COD 2010 - G582

Using Wikis as a Teaching Tool

Teachers interested in learning how to use an ICT tool such as wikis in their teaching.

2 sessions, start: 20-Oct

Course detail

Year: 2010
Level: General
Language: English
Status: Postponed
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Ms. Jennifer Verschoor
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ARS 130.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 20 October 2010 05:30 pm 08:30 pm
2 03 November 2010 05:30 pm 08:30 pm

Facilitator/s

Jennifer Verschoor

Jennifer Verschoor graduated from St. Andrew's Scots School. She holds a degree in Literary, Technical and Legal Translation as well as a Bachelor's degree in Educational Management, English Teaching and ICT in the Classroom validated by Trinity College London. She holds an MA in Virtual Environments and a Specialization in Education and ICT offered by the Ministry of Education in Argentina. She is the co-author of My First Digital Journey, an ebook published by The Round in December 2012. Currently she is working for the British Council in Argentina and Chile, ESSARP, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Cambridge English and SimpleK12 giving teacher training courses on the integration of ICT. She has been hired by SBS International to co-moderate TIC en el AULA, nominated for an ELTon Award in 2013 under the category Local Innovation.
Teachers interested in learning how to use an ICT tool such as wikis in their teaching.
- Learn how to create your own wiki for your own teaching context.
- Learn what a wiki is, and how it works in practice.
- Explore wikis especially developed for language learners.
We will work with real examples of wiki projects created by language teachers worldwide for teaching young learners, Business English and teacher training courses.
Hands-on practice workshop. Will be given in the computer lab.
- David Mattison (2003) Quickiwiki http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/apr03/mattison.shtml

- Wikipedia (2010) An overview of wikis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

- The Science of Spectroscopy (2009) Using wikis in education http://www.scienceofspectroscopy.info/edit/index.php?title=Using_wiki_in_education

- Victoria Davis and Adam Frey (2006)Wikis - What Are They, and Why Use Them in Education?" http://edtechlive.wikispaces.com/Recordings+List
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