wikis in the l2 classroom

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Using wikis in the

second languageclassroom

Dr. Yuly Asención-Delaney

Modern Languages Department

Northern Arizona University



What is a wiki?

Definition:

It¶s an open, free, web-based software/application/tool that allows allviewers of a page to change the content by editing the page onlinein a browser (Ebersbach, Glaser, & Heigl, 2006)

It¶s a website where anyone can edit anything anytime they want(Richardson, 2006).

Features:

Content is ego-less, time-less, and never finished.

It does not only have text, but also graphics, links, annotations,

reflections, PowerPoint presentations, video and audio files,discussion forum, and spreadsheets.

Content is made available in a quick and uncomplicated manner.



Uses of wiki in the L2

classroom - Examples

To teach collaborative writing skills (brainstorming,create or edit entries to books that have already beenstarted elsewhere, summarize readings and movies,develop research projects)

(http://schools.wikia.com/wiki/Tragedies)

(http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/French/Texts)

To develop reading/listening comprehension(http://leyendoenspa102.wetpaint.com/)

(http://listolearn.wetpaint.com/). To create an online text for your curriculum that you and

your students can both contribute to(http://spa513.wetpaint.com/).



Uses - Examples

To publish course resources like syllabi, handouts(http://profesorablue.wetpaint.com/)

As a presentation tool - students are able to

comment on and revise the presentation content. It could be a resource, a showcase for best

practices/teaching portfolio(http://fre202.wetpaint.com/).

It can be use as collaborative tools among teachersor districts to collect and share information.

(http://educators.pbwiki.com/ESL+wikis)



Benefits

Giving students editorial control can imbue in

them a sense of responsibility and ownership

for the site. Students learn how to develop and use all

sorts of collaborative skills, negotiating with

others to agree on correctness, meaning,

relevance, and more.

Easy-to-use. It requires little technical support

and training.



Benefits

Wikis invigorate and facilitate writing, reading,

listening and speaking.

They provide an effective communication andcollaboration tool.

They¶re learner-centered, affordable and

accessible.

Foster collaborative learning

Task-oriented and authentic.



How do we create wikis?

There are a variety of wiki tools:

Pbwiki

Wikispaces

Editme

WetPaint (www.wetpaint.com)

MediaWiki



Enhancing your wiki

Audio:

Audacity - to download the software:

(http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/)

Viewpoint (http://clear.msu.edu/viewpoint/)

Gcast (podcast) (http://www.gcast.com/)

Video:

Youtube

Google videos

Viewpoint



Enhancing your wiki

Images: Google images

Photobucket (http://photobucket.com/)

Images + audio comments:

Voicethread (http://voicethread.com/)

Presentations: Slideshare (http://www.slideshare.net/) Google docs

Links



References

Ebersbach, A., Glaser, M., & Heigl, R. (2006). Wiki web collaboration. Berlin,

Heidelberg, New York: Springer.

Lamb, B. (2004). Wide open spaces: Wikis, ready or not. EDUCAUSE Review, 39 (5),

36-48. Retrieved April 30, 2008, from

http://connect.educause.edu/Library/EDUCAUSE+Review/WideOpenSpacesWikisReadyo/40498

Parker, K.R., Chao, J.T. (2007). Wiki as a teaching tool. Interdisciplinary Journal of

Knowledge and Learning Objects, 3, 57-72. Retrieved May 06, 2008 from

http://www.ijklo.org/Volume3/IJKLOv3p057-072Parker284.pdf

Richardson, W. (2006). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful Web tools for

classrooms. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Warschauer, M., & Grimes, D. (2007). Audience, authorship, and artifact: The

emergent semiotics of web 2.0. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 27 , 1-23.

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