Wikipedia Video

Prior to watching the video assigned for the week, I thought (and as what was pointed out in the video) that Wikipedia is not the direction I would steer my students if they were doing academic research on a given project.  But as the video pointed out, Wikipedia will certainly provide a starting direction in finding notable people, events etc. within the wiki to leads you to seek out information from more reliable, research based articles about these people and/or events.  The reference section will also provide a good source to explore when searching for source material for the project or paper.  The video also mentioned the use of imprtant vocabulary words and terms to help the student have a better understanding and, again, allow them to continue a search for other sources the made have a solid research foundation.  Like any academic research, student need to verify the reliablility of the information they use in their project/paper regardless as to where they find it.