Wikibooks

By Mary Fedanzo-Dudley

WIKIBOOKS.ORG

Table of Contents

Section #1-What is wikibooks.org? Section #2-What is the history? Section #3-How can teachers benefit? Section #4-How can students benefit? Section #5-How might I use this? Conclusion

Section #1

What is Wikibooks.org?

Anyone in the country who can access the internet can use wikibooks.org.

It is available in multiple languages.

Wikibooks.org is a collection of open-content textbooks that anyone can edit.

Section #2

What is the history?

Wikibooks.org went online on July 10th, 2003.

Wikibooks.org is a sister project to wikipedia.

Section #3

How can teachers benefit from wikibooks.org?

Teachers have used wikibooks.org as a class project to create a textbook.

A teacher can create their own textbook for their class.

One of the best ways to learn about something is to teach it to someone else.

Section #4

How can students benefit from wikibooks.org?

If a teacher created a book, the information provided would be exact for the students.

There are many resources available on the site.

Students could access their books for free.

Section #5

How would I use this site as a teacher? There is a wide variety of information throughout

the site from Kindergarten through college. As a elementary major, the following link would

be useful in the classroom: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior:Bugs/Caterpillar/Butterfly http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior:Dinosaurs/Tyrannosaurus

The websites have good information with pictures and further links. It would be helpful for research.

Conclusion

Wikibooks.org provides many resources.

The site can be used throughout the world.

A big negative of the site is that anyone can edit the books at anytime. This could lead to misleading information.