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I am an English teacher. When my students do research projects, they are NOT allowed to use Wikipedia as a source, nor do any legitimate scholarly sources that I'm aware of recognize it as such. I would never, ever, copy off a wikipedia article and present it to my students as an authoritative piece of scholarship.
That said, I do recommend that they use it as a jumping off point. It's not a good research destination, but it can make a fine jumping off point and often lists some legitimate sources.
As far as needing hours to go through your resources-- well, that's how the teaching gig works, particularly in your early years. Look at it this way-- if one of your students came to you and said, "Dang, I could probably learn how to play that piece, but I would have to go home and practice every night for a week. There has to be an easier way," what would your response to that be?
use world-book if you use apple computers.
I'm just a student but my teacher often tell us that he got info from wikipedia... I think it's reliable...
Wikipedia can be a good jumping off point, but don't rely on it as complete fact unless you can back up the information you find on there.
Most of the stuff is pretty reliable unless it's controversial information. I would just make sure you check the facts before you present them to your class.
Wikipedia is kinda seedy, it's true. I'm a high school student and most of my teachers have banned sources directly from it, but often Wikipedia articles list sources, so a lot of times you can either check the accuracy or find another, more dependable source through those. There's also Citizendium, which is similar to Wikipedia except that they've got "Experts" in different topics moderating the articles and ensuring accuracy; it's also smaller and newer.
http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/main_page...
I'm sure that there are also other good sources, but I'm not a music teacher, so I dunno what you'll want. Good luck with your new job, K-8, now that's a variety. whew! :)
Yes, the articles will often list if there are problems with the sited sources or if the articles needs cleaning and its neutrality with subjects. With anything this includes the news and other sources of media and information you shouldn't just rely on one source of Anything. The reason I like Wiki is that it updated and very current and the information is wide spread not your typical pedia..
go to yahoo search or rediff
Personally, I think its crazy that someone will not trust Wikipedia's definition of Bach, but they will trust another website that was written, quite possibly by the same person.
Wikipedia is just fine. You're not using it as a source for your own articles, you're using it to teach kids something that they will relearn 7 more times before they leave high school. It's fast, it give you a lot of information, and most every music related think I've read there (which is a lot- I use it in music classes) has been written by people with a strong use of English and accurate. I haven't read any stupid or random postings. Personally, because anybody can adjust it, I like it better than a webpage that is only one person's opinion, because there's no checks or balances for that.
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