WIKI STRATEGIES THAT FOSTER VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT

In treating with the topic, I am able to reflect on our session regarding the development and uses of wikis and have come to the understanding, that instructional technological practices and strategies designed for developing vocabulary do not need to be difficult and overwhelming. There are several interactive approaches that are highly student-centered, and provide an environment that is motivational, engaging, collaborative and thus create a classroom environment rich with learning opportunities. This environment is sustained by a variety of activites that are couched within theoretically framed learning strategies.I think the pupils who engage in such activities are likely to become independent, higly motivated learners . As a result, not only will the students be developing vocabulary knowledge but they will also build their capacity to learn and perform.
I would suggest integrating strategies whereby pupils, for example, create wikis that depict new vocabulary with a visual aid and audio file for the word meaning and maps can be created to show vocabulary connections. We can engage our students in a continuing story in which our students are required or are invited to add new sentences using new vocabulary . In this way they, for example, may write an adventure story in collaboration wth the whole class. I believe it will be unlikely that they will forget the meanings of the words as they read and re-read their story each time they visit the wiki to make additions..The story can be a single class version or it can branch off into multiple versions and endings. I hope you find this helpful in some way.

Lemoy