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The platform I'm using for this presentation is called Wikispaces. **Wiki** is a Hawaiian word that means "quick". A wiki is a website that we can create on the spur of the moment and build along a certain period of time. It's very simple and quick to create a wiki and have your students collaborate in its construction. Through it they move from passive learners to active learners - co-creators, co-builders and co-publishers of their own knowledge -, each one with a share of responsibility in the content they produce.

A wiki is what I call a **multimedia website**, because you can use text, images, audio and video separately or combined. Concerning audio and video, you can opt to create links or embed (insert) the files in the wiki. The latter allows you to listen to or see the files directly in the wiki without the need to go to a different page or site. Here's the difference with examples of recordings from my Yakutsk workshop last February.

A link [|Isolda's recording]
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Embedded code (Isolda's recording) media type="custom" key="8894646"

A link [|Tatiana's message]
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Embedded code (Tatiana's message) media type="custom" key="8894702"

**Creating a wiki** implies that you first register/create an account with Wikispaces and then complete 3-4 simple steps. You'll be guided along the way.

To **insert content** in your Homepage you need to click the "Edit" tab (top right), keyboard your content and then click the "Save" button (top right).

To **create a new page**, click the "New Page" link (top left), give it a simple name with no spaces in between (use - or _ to separate words) and click the "Create" button.

The rest is practice, practice, practice.

**Tutorials** Here are a few short tutorials about different features of Wikispaces.