Wikis

What is a Wiki and how can it be used in language teaching? The Wiki is a type of webpage that allows any person reading it to edit and add information. Wikis are based on collaboration and the exchange of information, and so lend themselves well to project management and coordination. Wikis are available to anyone with an internet connection and a web browser, are either free or affordable, and are very easy to use, even by people with no prior knowledge of markup language. Due to their accessibility and versatility, Wikis are being used in businesses, classrooms, as well as just for fun. In language teaching, Wikis have been used to document students' academic progress and development, and as a tool for reflection, where on completion of a course students can go back and see how they felt and what they learned along they way. Language learning takes place just by virtue of having students collaborate on a Wiki written in the target language. Wiki uses in language teaching are constantly evolving and expanding as people think of new and exiting ways to incorporate them into their courses. Ultimately, what Wikis can bring to the language classroom, or any classroom, is only bound by the limits of one’s imagination.

//You don't have to take my word for it! Visit the sites below and see for yourself: What is a Wiki? //  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki http://www.sitepoint.com/article/what-is-a-wiki/ http://wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatIsWiki http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2006/07/07/what-is-a-wiki.html http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=What_is_a_Wiki  //How can it be used in language teaching? //

http://www.scribd.com/doc/167120/Wiki-as-a-Teaching-Tool http://cloudworks.open.ac.uk/taxonomy/term/598 http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Language_learning#B.29_Wikis http://llt.msu.edu/vol7num2/emerging/default.html

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