While many parents allow children free reign of the Internet at home, there is a debate on the pros and cons of digital devices at school. Let's take a look at some of the positives and negatives of electronic devices in the classroom for teacher and students.

When University of California, Davis student Anthony Nguyen wants to spelunk a little more deeply into the day's geology lesson, he knows help is just a click away. All the college senior has to do is visit YouTube.com, a file-sharing Web site typically known more for recorded stunts and home-video confessionals than for educational wisdom.

A Wiki can be thought of as a combination of a Web site and a Word document. It provides a ready to use site with a simple user interface, ability to easily add pages, and simple navigation structure. This allows students to spend more time devel- oping the content of the site, instead of trying to learn how to make one.