Our Class Wiki:Learning to Learn Together

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Collaboration for Learning:Team Work

You will present a team

business project

You will read to lead

discussions

You will compose

group written work

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What a wiki isClick to find out

Shared information

Communication

Knowledge exchange

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Gains knowledge from each

other

Learns from Classmates

Work

Shares work

Learner

How can you use it?

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Our Class Wiki: International Business English

Supplement to class

assignments

Site for sharing work

Collaborative learning

tool

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To Get Started

• I invite you to join via e-mail

• You accept the invitation:• http://mariatomehopalerminocelop. pbworks.com/

• Then you are ready to begin:– reading documents, sharing your comments,

adding to & editing files.

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pb wiki-What Is A Wiki?

• Listen to this video by clicking on the title• Determine which statements are T/F• A wiki is:

– An online conversation– A place where people plan ideas– Wiki means instant– A wiki becomes 3-dimensional– You have to know html. Language– You need to worry about design & ftp

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Sources

• International Business English wiki, http://internationalbusinessenglish.pbworks.com/International-Business-English

• Ask.com, wiki answers, http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_wiki

• Youtube, pbwiki, What is a wiki?, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmByB0sIPog

• Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Answers

• A wiki is:– An online conversation FALSE– A place where people plan ideas FALSE– Wiki means instant FALSE– A wiki becomes 3-dimensional TRUE– You have to know html. Language

FALSE– You need to worry about design & ftp FALSE

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