Buthaina Al Othman (Pecha Kucha @ WIAOC)

This 6min 40sec presentation lists a number of showcases on the use of wiki in class. With numerous screenshots, webhead Buthaina al Othman explains how her learners engage in collaborative writing activities and complete projects and how they add text, images and videos. She also relates, how these wiki pages help her as a teacher to quickly write a thought down and even to scold the students for plagiarism.

(about Buth) Buthaina teaches EFL, EAP, and ESP at the Language Center of Kuwait University since 2001. She has been a Webhead in action since the community of practice / network was founded in 2002. She became an independent trainer and e-learning consultant focused on blended learning using informal learning approaches to facilitate Business English for employees in the financial industry. She has a BA in English Literature from Kuwait University, and a MS in TESOL from the State University of New York, (SUNY) Albany, NY, USA. Her website is at http://alothman-b.tripod.com/

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