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Widgepedia is a support wiki for teachers who use or are interested in using Widgets Inc.: A task-based course in workplace English (2018, Atama-ii Books) in their English classes. If you are not familiar with Widgets Inc., please read about the course.

Anyone can access and use the materials on Widgepedia. However, if you wish to edit pages, add other resources or share your modified lesson plans, etc., we ask that you request an account.

You do not need to use your real name as your account name, but do include it in the "bio" box when you make your request. Also please briefly mention your institution, and how you know of Widgets Inc.. This information will not be shared or used for any purpose other than account verification. Thanks!

When editing and creating pages, please be respectful of others and follow our User Guidelines. If you would like to experiment how to edit a wiki first, you can use this Sandbox page. Make any changes or edits to the Sandbox (of course, the user guidelines still apply!)

License

Widgets Inc. (i.e. the coursebook itself) is published under a standard copyright license (2018, Atama-ii Books). This means that all permissions to copy and share it are reserved by the publisher. If you would like permission to print or copy pages or text from the book, please contact us at publisher@atama-ii.com.

However, we are committed to contributing to open educational resources, and so we allow the full text of the book to be accessed online via the Issuu platform. You can access this by navigating to the "About the Course" page in the sidebar. Supporting materials, including video, downloadable pages, lessons plans, etc. are available here on this wiki under a CC license, which is explained below.

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