What I learned

This class has been pretty cool. I was pretty knowledgable with the computer, but I was really excited to learn about how to make a website. Although I don't really feel comfortable posting information that can be linked to me without being VERY secured to JUST certain people, but I enjoyed making a website that I can share with people about my upcoming wedding.

Through the blog posts, I learned how to incorporate a blog for my classroom, and I really look forward to have a classroom blog and igoogle so my parents and students can keep up with their work, and class news.

Overall, I enjoyed this class! I reccomend this class for anyone who wants to learn more about the computer, not just elementary education majors :-).

Wikipidia... a great source?

I was shocked to find out that practically anyone can change information posted on Wikipidia.com. "Corporations like Diebold, Raytheon, Pfizer, Exxon Mobil and Wal-Mart. Not to mention the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, members of Congress, the CIA, the Church of Scientology and the Catholic Church. They all made changes of some kind to entries that included references or information about them". What amazed me even more is that "Wikipedia calls itself 'the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit,'" which I agree "is another way of saying it is not fact-checked. Or spin-checked, for that matter."

I have used Wikipidia for many school projects and research papers, and I don't think I will be using it anymore. Who knows where the information comes from, and who it has been changed by. I think someone needs to do something about it, so that the information can actually be trusted.