Using Wikipedia: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #5

Let’s talk about Wikipedia. Wikipedia is often maligned by teachers and Twitter trolls alike as an unreliable source. And yes, it does sometimes have major errors and omissions, but Wikipedia is also the Internet’s largest general reference work and is such an incredibly powerful tool. Today we’ll discuss using Wikipedia for good – to help us get a birdseye view of content, better evaluate information with lateral reading, and find trustworthy primary sources.

Special thanks to our partners from MediaWise who helped create this series: The Poynter Institute and The Stanford History Education Group.

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