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=Enhancing World Languages/ESL Instruction Using Wikis: = Presented by Susan Abernethy Strauss  //Spanish Teacher at Hammarskjold Middle School, East Brunswick, N.J.//  My new class wiki: [|Spanish II]

**What is a wiki? **
A wiki is a collaborative website that allows visitors to easily add, remove, and edit/change/link the available content.

 "Wiki" comes from Hawaiian and means "quick."

 Wikis are a way to write and collaborate in the 21st Century. [|Praise] for wikis!

*We are here to share how to integrate technology in the classroom, explore new technologies and their potential for teaching and learning, and to create a community to share resources and support for world language educators*

 Explore is where we can begin to look at some websites and ideas.

 Create has additional resources.

 Each participant has a page that is serving as a workspace and sandbox to create in a wiki environment.

[|Edmodo]
[|edmodo] is like Twitter, but designed for the education community. Privacy is ensured, and teachers can create groups (for example, by class periods or grade level) to easily direct posts to the appropriate group(s). The student only sees the posts belonging to his or her group(s). In addition, you can attach documents and embed objects :-).

 [|edmodo:what students think] has some interesting thoughts and examples and [|edmodo:Microblogging (and more) for educators] provides additional insight. Here is what [|a middle school Language Arts teacher experienced].

 [|edmodo documentation guide] is available.

I have created a group for our purposes today, (and beyond,) if you would like to join you can create an account and type in this code: xod418

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 * <span style="color: #ebadad; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Let's learn about wikis! **


 * <span style="color: #ebadad; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;"> Please watch the following tutorial guide on wikis: **

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