Week 9
Wiki as a teaching strategy
Based on: "Online Collaborative Writing Using Wikis" by Paul Sze.
The internet has given us hundreds of options to be able to teach a language creatively and effectively, the ease of using sites like Wiki in which the same students can work with an internet connection and modify in the way they want it. Also, it facilitates the pedagogy of a teacher and improves student learning. The student through Wiki can work comfortably from home and edit their work as they like, it is not necessary to attend the classroom to develop a specific number of activities, the best of which is that the student can effectively improve the writing area and Strengthen your teamwork skills. However, this type of methodology could not be possible everywhere, since not all students and their families have Internet, as it is in the case of El Salvador and this is where this type of methodology could be affected, since which does not cover all socio-economic areas. To conclude, the use of new teaching methods such as Wiki can be much more comfortable for the teacher and for the student, facilitates their methods of evaluation and favors the learning of students through technology that is currently a major axis in life of all young people, it means that if we have all the necessary tools to apply it, it could be very useful.
Rank: 4
I totally agree with you Raquel! the Internet offers us many resources to lead our students to work on,and they can easily work from their homes, but as you mentioned, although most of them have access to the Internet, but, there are others that do not, so they have difficulty going the same rhythm than others.
ResponderBorrarI agree with the points you mentioned Raquel. The use of wikis can be useful for students to work in an interesting way, wikis are very popular in internet, so writing one of them can result exciting for many students. I also agree about the limits that this kind of activities have, the lack of access to internet. This can be a problem in order to work in a wiki in an appropiate way. However, I think it is a worthy activity that can be useful and funny for students.
ResponderBorrarI agree with you Raquel. Teachers and students have a lot of tools to improve English if you want to learn or teach. Internet offerts us different sites to practice the different skills, this method is different and funny for the students.
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