good evening! today i'm going to talk about wiki. what is wiki? wiki is a web technology used for collaborative publishing on the web. wiki is a type of server software that allows you to work with data on a remote server on the web. users interact with the software through a web interface that lets them read, edit and publish content. there are differend types of wiki experiences: - teflpedia — a great example of a professional teachers’ community that comes together by means of a wiki site - student wiki guide is ready-to-use student manual for wikispaces - using wikispaces at umb (presentation)could be used as an introductory presentation of wikispaces. more in-depth instruction and clear structure will help your students quickly get used to the new platform. - richard doyle, english fifteen in 15 weeks! is a fascinating esp wiki-based project held at penn state - gabrilovich, evgeniy and shaul markovitch. 2006. overcoming the brittleness bottleneck using wikipedia: enhancing text fategorization with encyclopedic knowledge. a fascinating insight into using Wikipedia in education the way it was supposed to be used - wikiversity, a wikipedia-like learning community is an example of a vivid and vibrant learning community operating with the help of wiki technology - briann laugher, teaching responsible use of wikipedia is an inspiring and very instructive presentation on the ethics of wiki collaboration and the exact mechanisms of improving the wiki knowledge - henry jenkins, wikis in professional learning can be interesting for its cases in industrial use of wikis. contains testimonials from industry professionals regarding the use of wikis in occupational and corporate training - vicky davis, wonderful world of wikis — vicky davis offers a wide selection of beautiful wiki examples in education let's take a closer look at the teflpedia. teflpedia is a wiki dedicated to everything associated with teaching english as a foreign language (tefl) or second language (tesl). they are a user-generated resource for english teachers from all over the world. you can take what you like for your classroom and leave something you love for another teacher. but you should be mindful that copyleft is built on the foundation of copyright

what advantages does it have? you could: - have a look at our list of websites that provide free lessons - they may help you with your next lesson - sign in, create a userpage and use it to advertise yourself. teflpedia allows discreet use of self-promotion on your own userpage - upload a lesson of yours to show the world your creative abilities - learn how to edit a wiki - wikis are growing in popularity, and this is an excellent place to learn wiki-editing skills - contribute to the growth of something new - write an article about something you've recently learnt - a good way to make sure you have learnt or understood something is to write an article about it and get it peer-reviewed - teflpedia has articles which include advice for new teachers - for the most experienced teachers out there, i.e. those of you who have been there, seen it and done it all - yes, you know who you are - teflpedia serves as a quick reference providing useful links to an almost infinite number of resources and dedicated websites available on internet. you'll find tried-and-tested ideas for warmers, wordlists, pronunciation exercises, and the odd cultural aspect of the uk or the us that you might develop for use in class, among other interesting stuff - pop into our teachers' room to get feedback on any ideas, concerns or just for that friendly chat over a cuppa (: