site! Click on the "Edit this page" link at the bottom to get started.Useful pages: OrphanedPages, WantedPages, TextSearch, BiblioImport, BiblioInsert, BiblioManage, BiblioSearch.
Fundamentals for using the Wiki
This is a first experimental wiki for an elementary French class. Students are encouraged to brainstorm with suggestions for how a language course wiki might be used. An important concept to keep in mind when building a wiki is that it is a great place for any kind of collaborative project.
Project may sound like an intimidating word. Think instead of expressions like these:
open inquiries (more or less structured
explorations of a range of topics
a virtual space for creative thinking and sharing of ideas.
You'll see the Edit this Page link on all your Wiki pages. Any time you want to edit this or any page, click on Edit Page, and the edit window will open up.
When you are ready to submit your editorial changes or additions, click on Save your changes.
You can learn more about how to use wikis in AboutWikis
.General and Specific Topics of Interest in this Wiki
FAQ: How can PC users generate vowels with accent marks in the wiki, as are needed for French (acute, grave, circumflex, occasionally the umlaut). On the Mac the keyboard shortcut that works in Word and other applications also works in textboxes on web pages. I don't know of corresponding key strokes for the PC.
Réponses
PC Alt-numeric shortcuts can be found at:
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/accents/codealt.html
These are cumbersome, and it may be preferrable to use the windows character map
to cut and paste, see:
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/accents/charmap.html
Sadly, windows is behind mac in providing quick access to these symbols. Of
course, if the user has their keyboard set up for a specific language, those
characters should be part of that keyboard.
If you are interested in this option, please see:
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/keyboards/index.html
Premier Exercice
Team up with one or two classmates. Thinking together, use this virtual space to jot down a few ideas about how members of our French class could use this space for collaborative work in French 102B.
