Wikipedia...how trusty is it [View All]

The librarian at our school told the kids to NEVER use it. My students are doing a Bio Brief on Inventors



They are 8th graders and we only have about 35 minutes each day after you factor out getting the laptops powered up and then put away and attendance ect maybe we have 25 minutes of total time to work


I want them to look up their inventor, find their full names and any nicknames, place them in historical context, discuss what it was that made them notable and any other legacy issues.

All of this is to be put onto a publisher flyer in ONE paragraph of no more than 5 sentences and then put a picture of the inventor and the invention on it


The paragraph must be in the students own words.

It will have to be done by Tuesday



I say let the kids use it but verify with other sources

I want two sources such as Encarta or biographies ect...but I told them Wiki was a great place to start







what say you?