Hi, I want to share with all my colleagues this new project on Technology supported on a wiki. In case you have never heard about it or browsed one, here goes a short definition I gave my students:
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A wiki is a collection of web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified language. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites. For example, the collaborative encyclopedia Wikipedia is one of the best known wikis.To learn more about wikis click here. "
Since it is on-line, you will be able to access this site from home or just anywhere via Internet. This is the Internet site for the project:
http://www.introductiontotechnology.wikispaces.com/Introduction to Technology is aimed at advanced or high advanced students since, this time, English is considered just a tool to approach some technology-related concepts and situations.
The formats presented are very innovative and varied: podcasts, youtube videos, discussion forums and more but through very user-friendly activities, therefore requiring minimum knowledge on these applications.
Reading and Listening comprehension are the star skills developed throughout the lesson plans, as well as speaking, whenever a face-to-face debate is suggested. An enhanced comprehension of technology-related vocabulary will definitevely result from the activities.
I hope you browse and probably make use of some or all the pages on these site. For comments or suggestions, please contact me at
jcastellion@ort.edu.arBye for now, Jimena
