Community reviews for Quora

Overall, Quora is a resource that can provide students with background and insight on a variety of subjects from a variety of contributors. Left to their own devices, students may become overwhelmed and find themselves off-task as they peruse the seemingly endless database of questions and answers. As far as contributors go, it is mixed bag -- the most credible answers often populate at the top of the list, but I would caution student users as the purpose of Quora is to provide real-life answers, and as such, may include content not suitable for all students. I definitely like the idea of Quora, but find it's adult-centered nature challenging to use in class without having already chosen the content for my students.

This can work with several different Common Core Standards but I like to use it in particular with RH.11-12.8 ( Evaluate an author’s premises, claims, and evidence by corroborating or challenging them with other information.) It provides information and media from around the world and is crowdsourced so not all of the information can be considered reliable. As a teaching tool it gives access to multiple perspectives on a subject, and gives primary sources to evaluate as well which can add a critical thinking layer to classroom instruction. The information can be spotty and many topics don't appear, but I use this as a way to have students look at what is trending in media so even this can be a tool for learning.