Comments on: Simple English Wikipedia in Language Lessons http://www.avatarlanguages.com/blog/simple-english-wikipedia-in-language-lessons/ Learn Foreign Languages in Second Life: Real Teachers and Real Languages in a Virtual Classroom Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:16:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Are Textbooks Still Relevant in a Web 2.0 World? http://www.avatarlanguages.com/blog/simple-english-wikipedia-in-language-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-1378 Are Textbooks Still Relevant in a Web 2.0 World? Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:50:17 +0000 http://www.avatarlanguages.com/blog/simple-english-wikipedia-in-language-lessons/#comment-1378 [...] Wikipedia articles can be edited by students as well as being used as a source of information. [...] [...] Wikipedia articles can be edited by students as well as being used as a source of information. [...]

]]> By: Wikitravel and other wikis - students as authors http://www.avatarlanguages.com/blog/simple-english-wikipedia-in-language-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-1307 Wikitravel and other wikis - students as authors Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:16:21 +0000 http://www.avatarlanguages.com/blog/simple-english-wikipedia-in-language-lessons/#comment-1307 [...] intended to write this blog as a follow up to the one on students writing for Wikipedia – and I checked back to see when it was written – almost exactly a year ago. Since then quite a [...] [...] intended to write this blog as a follow up to the one on students writing for Wikipedia – and I checked back to see when it was written – almost exactly a year ago. Since then quite a [...]

]]> By: bolivia1 http://www.avatarlanguages.com/blog/simple-english-wikipedia-in-language-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-137 bolivia1 Sat, 31 May 2008 20:54:19 +0000 http://www.avatarlanguages.com/blog/simple-english-wikipedia-in-language-lessons/#comment-137 Thank you Damon for the link to the article - it's interesting that Wikipedia is now being seen in a more positive light by educators. I'm including the link you have just given here again... http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/10/29/wikipedia because i had difficulties opening it in your comment above (because of the period after it I think). Thank you Damon for the link to the article – it’s interesting that Wikipedia is now being seen in a more positive light by educators. I’m including the link you have just given here again… http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/10/29/wikipedia because i had difficulties opening it in your comment above (because of the period after it I think).

]]> By: Damon http://www.avatarlanguages.com/blog/simple-english-wikipedia-in-language-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Damon Sat, 31 May 2008 20:41:11 +0000 http://www.avatarlanguages.com/blog/simple-english-wikipedia-in-language-lessons/#comment-136 Hi Howard, It's interesting to hear how Simple English Wikipedia is working out for you and your students. Maybe if your students feel a little intimidated about getting their grammar perfect before posting, you should try editing existing entries together. The featured entries are quite good, but it's not hard to find entries that need a lot of help. The bar really isn't that high. Also you might find this article about university-age students writing regular Wikipedia entries to be interesting: http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/10/29/wikipedia. In particular the problems they encountered are quite interesting. Hi Howard,

It’s interesting to hear how Simple English Wikipedia is working out for you and your students.

Maybe if your students feel a little intimidated about getting their grammar perfect before posting, you should try editing existing entries together. The featured entries are quite good, but it’s not hard to find entries that need a lot of help. The bar really isn’t that high.

Also you might find this article about university-age students writing regular Wikipedia entries to be interesting: http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/10/29/wikipedia. In particular the problems they encountered are quite interesting.

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