Using Wikis in Education |
Welcome to the AATSP/AATF Conference Workshop on Wikis in Education! |
This page contains an outline of the points we'll be covering in the workshop. You can return any time to review what we covered and further investigate the resources that are linked from this page. |
1. What is a wiki?
To sum up the key characteristics of a wiki:
Remember: Edit, Write and Save! Useful links: Videos from PBwiki / About Wikis, from Wikipedia |
2. How can wikis be used in education, and
specifically in foreign language education? However, the possibilities for using wikis in education go beyond their potential as web site replacements. Remember that a wiki page can be edited by anyone who has access to it, though this access can be controlled by password protection. This feature makes wikis useful for group projects or collaborative web sites. Useful links: Using Wiki in Education (a wiki book) |
3. Specific Ideas for using wikis in the foreign language classroom. Let's look at some examples of how educators are using wikis:
Useful links: How educators are using wikis (From PB Wiki) |
4. Time to practice! Of course, I've set up a wiki for this workshop: http://ncfl.pbwiki.com/ (thats n-c-f-l, as in North Carolina Foreign Languages) I have not modified this page in any way since I set it up, so what you'll see there is exactly what you would see if you created your own educational wiki. However, we can now start personalizing the page, and adding content. Let's imagine that we want this wiki to be a site where language teachers from all over the state could find information and resources. |
5. Sites that offer free wiki hosting for educators
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