Review Wikimedia

Wikiquote is great. There are quotes from John Locke to John Foster Dulles. Today’s undergraduate English composition students must love this site, it great for teachers too. Using quotes could be the attention getter in Robert Gagnes’ nine events of instruction. Dwight D. Eisenhower wrote No people on earth can be held, as a people, to be an enemy, for all humanity shares the common hunger for peace and fellowship and justice. ... No nation's security and well-being can be lastingly achieved in isolation but only in effective cooperation with fellow-nations. I think this is a great quote and sums up the dilemma in countries like North Korea and Iran. I would ask my students if they agree with Eisenhower and if so to ponder whether it is justifiable to punish the citizens of such nations with sanctions or war when the real enemy is their governments. Quotes can also be the ninth step, enhance retention and transfer in Gagnes’ nine events of instruction. At the end of instruction, a powerful relevant quote could be used to help students encode the material into long term memory as well as retrieve it at a later date. 

Wikivoyage offers a starting point where students can learn about regions around the world.  Travel topic range from car camping to visiting famous cemeteries. There are also star articles about different locations that have been competitively selected as the best the website offers. As with most other wiki sites, this is my first visit but I will not be my last. I learned that the Antarctica is driest continent on Earth, despite all the ice. The winter temperature at the South Pole can plummet to -80°C (-112°F).  There is a great deal to be learned from this site, and there is a need for wikivoyage and similar websites A recent poll revealed that nearly one-third of young Americans couldn’t locate Louisiana on a map and nearly half were unable to identify Mississippi. Additionally, a poll of Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 revealed that 6 in 10 couldn’t find Iraq.  http://www.nbcnews.com/id/12591413/ns/us_news-education/t/young-americans-shaky-geographic-smarts/