wikis

=Wikis!=



What's a wiki and why should you be interested?
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 * [|Wikipedia] is the best known example of a wiki - it has quickly become the biggest and most used free encyclopedia in the world.

How do wikis work in practice?
Take a look at the fascinating process here as illustrated by the changes to Wikipedia's 'Heavy Metal Um-laut' article http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/gems/umlaut.html

An example EFL wiki project:

 * **Barcelona Summer 06** - This [|summer school project wiki] was started in 2006 and has been added to ever since by subsequent summer school students. The students were asked to write articles about subjects that they were interested in
 * A project with secondary school students (upper-intermediate level) at the Franco-Brazilian school.


 * More examples here:** http://wikisinefl.wikispaces.com/Wikis+in+EFL
 * More about wikis here:** http://wikisinefl.wikispaces.com/