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This wiki was developed for the course "Electronic Literacy in Foreign Language Teaching"in WS2009/10 by Andreas Marschollek at the TU Dresden. It will stay online for reference. = = = = =Thank you for this interesting Wiki Session!= Check out this well-designed page Use a Wiki in a Classroom even including a video (scroll to bottom of page).

Feedback
I thought the session went quite well, although there are some chances for improvement (__please add your own__)
 * keep the task visible at all times
 * tutorial not in sandbox but in own wiki (no parallel edits)
 * forgot to mention that the help-function (top right) is quite useful
 * common problems: problems with openID login (leave out next time), some students edited the main page instead of creating their own, some created their own wiki and worked there...
 * what a pity that some students just copied my slides, i was hoping for a little more thought. but yes, the main purpose (familiarizing with a wiki) has nevertheless been accomplished

Our Task
Let's develop a wiki on "Wikis in the classroom" together!
 * 1) Please sign up. Choose an option:
 * You have a google, yahoo, flickr, aol, or other openID account? Go here and click on "sign in using my openID"
 * For a fresh account go to wikispaces
 * 1) In pairs, choose one of the topics provided. Research on the net or use my presentation ([|Wiki-classroom.odp] [|Wiki-classroom.pdf]) as a starting point.
 * 2) Create your page by clicking "new page" in the menu on the left and start editing!
 * use given questions as a guide, add you own thoughts
 * structure your page (headings, enumerations etc.)
 * include links to external pages (sources, further reading), internal links, pictures, videos...
 * 20 min.

Conventions

 * no need to __join__ the wiki
 * don't use discussion pages, discuss in class.
 * small edits (save regularly) --> see "parallel edits" below

Parallel edits
When I am editing an article and Tom starts to edit the same article, I am notified through a pop-up. I can save my page, but it will not include the changes Tom has made. Ideally, I would copy my new content, cancel editing and edit the latest version saved by Tom. explanation at wikipedia wikispaces has this to say

Need Help?

 * Click on the help link above to learn more about how to use our wiki.
 * or ask me 1259680719