I chose to check out Wikispaces for this journal entry which unfortunately will be short and sweet.
The Wikispaces site was super-easy to sign up for: a username, password, and email address is all you need! Once you sign up they instantly give you a mini tutorial in which they teach you the basics and even some of the more in-depth stuff.
The site seems comparable to google sites in features and options, and they even offer news and discussion boards. What's more amazing is the small link at the bottom that read "did you know Wiki Spaces is hiring?"
I could say that teaching this to a group of second language learners shouldn't be too difficult given enough preparation and an anticipation of possible hiccups/questions. This was not very complicated and it is a great way to collaborate on ideas.
Well, sorry to say but that'll have to do it for tonight.
:) I think we all agree that setting up a wiki is quite simple and straight forward. It's definately something that would be useful in a language learning classroom!
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