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Wikis test students' research skills

- Roger Riddell, eSchool News
Study: Wikipedia as accurate as Britannica--at least on science. Nature conducted a side-by-side comparison of articles in covering a broad swath of the scientific spectrum . Wikipedia and other reference sites that allow users to submit and edit content themselves are creating new challenges for educators. Experts say the rise of these kinds of web sites underscores the need for educators to teach students strong information-literacy skills. Read full article.

Science teacher touts blogging as educational

EDWARD L. KENNEY, Delaware News Journal
Blogs, or online journals, are linking people everywhere these days. They are even branching out into school. Teacher Kelly Green has tapped into blogs as a teaching tool to help students in her seventh-grade science classes at Louis L. Redding Middle School become better readers and writers. She uses an online journal to allow students to share their experiments and discuss science-related topics. Some people might think practicing reading and writing skills is better suited for English class than science lab. But Green would disagree.