Using Wikipedia to teachlinguistic and digital

competences

by Roxana Sordo

EFL Teacher, MA. Ed..

Wikipedia as a threat or as an opportunity for innovation?

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Main page

Wikipedia, the free enciclopedia

en.wikipedia.org

Wikipedia 5 pillars:

1. It is an encyclopedia

2. Neutral point of view

3. Free content

4. Respect and civility

5.No firm rules

What are students reading Wikipedia articles for?

Why? How come? How?

Wikipedia as a writing task

Reducing the gender gap

What writing strategies can we teach students by using Wikipedia?

Wikipedia to learn linguistic

and digital competences

Proyecto Wikipedia en la Educación CFE-

Plan Ceibal

Wikipedia assignment Project in Lenguas Extranjeras Plan 2008 IPA

Wikipedia forcollaorativework

Collaborative work

• Interactive language community

• Process writing

• Constant immediate feedbackWikipedia to promotecollaborative work

Wikipedia as anassessment tool

Evaluation tool

Wikification and digital competences

Linguistic competences

Digital literacy and digital responsibility

Email notifications on Wikimedia

Wikipedia as a teachingresource

Useful links

Wikipedia, la enciclopedia librees.wikipedia.org

Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaen.wikipedia.org

Wikimedia commonshttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Proyecto Wikipedia en la Educaciónhttp://eduwiki.me/IPA

Some testimonials

"In my opinion, Wikipedia is an internet asset to democracy. It is about collaborative work, which is a great teaching practice. “ Ignacio.

"I reckon the work it takes to create a Wikipedia article has contributed to my knowledge about this software. Besides, it makes me wonder about the learning process, specifically in reference to knowledge production about a certain topic.” Loredana.