How To Teach With Technology
- 1. in language teaching Wikis
- 2. A wiki: Is like a public website, or public web page. Is started by one person, but visitors can add to , delete or change as they wish. Is dynamic. Can have multiple authors. Is like having a publicly accessible word processing document available online, which anyone can edit.
- 3. One of the best-known wikis is: www.wikipedia.org
- 4. You can visit our wiki at: Lense 4to
- 5. Advantage: When a web page in a wiki is edited, changed or deleted previous versions of the page are automatically saved.
- 6. How to start using a wiki with learners:
- 7. The best way is setting up simple collaborative writing project.
- 8. Using a free wiki site, the teacher sets up the first page of a wiki , outlining the topic of the project, and the steps the learners will need to take in the project.
- 9. The wiki can be kept as an internal class project or can be given the public nature of the Internet.
- 10. Knowing that the wiki will be viewed by readers outside the classroom is an added incentive for learners.
- 11. By giving the wiki a password, only those who know the password can edit it, which gives your wiki some measure of security.
- 12. webquests
- 13. Webquest Is a mini-project in which the input and material are supplied from the Internet. Is an “inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the Internet” Can be teacher-made or learner-made.
- 14. You can find more information about webquests in:
- 15. An example of a webquest:
- 16. Main sections to a webquest : Introduction: Introduce the overall theme: give background information on the topic, introduce key vocabulary and concepts. Task: Explain clearly and precisely what the learners will have to do. Process: Guide the learners through a set of activities and research task, using a set of predefined resources. Evaluation: Self-evaluation: learners compare, contrast what they have produced with other learners, and give feedback. Teacher evaluation.
- 17. The skillset for producing a webquest : Research skills: It is essential to be able to search the Internet and to quickly and accurately find resources. Analytic skills: It is important to be able to cast a critical eye over the resources you find when searching. Word processing skills: You will need to be able to use a word processor to combine text, images and weblinks into a finished document.