Teachers often find themselves showing a computer's screen to a group of students. Whether it's a webpage or software application, chances are that much of what appears on the screen is too small to see clearly (even when projecting the screen onto a large wall).

Windows and Macintosh users have ways of zooming into portions of the screen. Magnifying parts of the screen is helpful to highlight what students should focus on.

Words on screen can be practically unreadable from a distance.You can see from the screenshots below that it's much easier to show an audience a link to click when zoomed.

Wikipedia is the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit. It can be a very valuable resource if you keep in mind that, no joke, anyone can edit it. Does this make it more or less accurate? Many educators agree that Wikipedia is a source to be consulted, but more reliable sources should be referenced. Educators should teach students to be careful readers when using Wikipedia.

I want to show you an often overlooked feature of each and every Wikipedia page. First, let's go to the Wikipedia page for Octopus. Continue reading "Wikipedia's Overlooked Feature"