Simple English Wikipedia Activities

Slides introducing how I use the Simple English version of Wikipedia in my EFL class. Homework and classroom activities are included.

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1. Practical classroom activities using Wikipedia
2. Practical classroom activities using Wikipedia Knowledge battle Link search and story-making Interesting fact hunt
3. Choose a page for students to read Read the page TEACHER STUDENTS (I recommend one of the featured pages) Write five questions Bring them to school Collate group questions Battle! •When did tea come to Japan from China? •When did matcha become popular? •What is chasen in English? •What do people wear at a tea ceremony? •How long is a tea ceremony? Knowledge battle
4. Knowledge battle Practical classroom activities using Wikipedia Link search and story-making Interesting fact hunt
5. Penny Arcade: The gamification of education http://www.penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/gamifying-education Link search and story-making
6. Choose a start page Choose an end page Go to start page TEACHER STUDENTS (Make sure there is a link between the two) Click on a link REPEAT! Find end page Write down your route Link search and story-making
14. ...but there is a quicker route... ...and your students will find it!
18. Mario → Plumber → Economy → House →Tent → Circus → Clown Using each of the links STUDENTS Mario the plumber set out to improve his countries economy. He thought initially to save money by getting rid of houses and replacing them with tents. The people that had big houses were given circuses instead. A real boom time for professional clowns! write a (very) short story Link search and story-making
19. Practical classroom activities using Wikipedia Knowledge battle Link search and story-making Interesting fact hunt
20. Rives: Reinventing the encyclopedia game http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/rives_reinventing_the_encyclopedia_game.html Interesting fact hunt
21. Choose a start page Find an interesting fact Write it down (simplifying if necessary) Click a link to a new page Interesting fact hunt (Homework) TEACHER STUDENTS
22. STUDENTS Read facts to group Choose the best fact from the group Tell the class the best fact Interesting fact hunt (Next Class) Choose the “Fact of the Day” Previous Facts of the Day • If male-only clown fish are brought together, the largest will become a female. •The center of a comet is one of the blackest things in the universe. When light is shone on it, only 4% of light reflects back. •When The Beatles performed on American television in 1964, about half the population tuned in to watch. •Pigs are very intelligent animals. They can be taught to dance, race, pull carts and sniff out land mines.
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