Hi Felix,
The education program at Wikimedia Israel runs in Middle schools and in
High schools as well in both Hebrew and Arabic for few years now.
In both programs, the students write new articles and improve articles too
by enriching the content. Choosing a theme
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/February_2018/The_Multidisciplinary_Choices_of_High_School_Students:_The_Arabic_Education_Program;_Wikimedia_Israel>
for each group would be a good start especially if there is a common
template to the topic on Wikipedia (i.e. flags); another interesting
project was working with students on expanding Wiktionary
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/April_2018/Students_Write_Wiktionary>,
students added expressions in Hebrew following a research instructed by the
teacher and assisted by an editing tool developed by WMIL. In multilingual
educational systems, translating short articles can be a good exercise
especially if a glossary was determined ahead by the instructional team.
The organization accompanies the school staff and the students throughout
the program by 1) introducing Wikipedia which is essential to the process,
2) providing instructional tools which enable students to self-train
themselves at home too, 3) running editing workshops at schools. Some
schools would run the program as of part of their "project based learning"
activities, which ensures efficiency.
I hope my answer was helpful, and good luck with the initiative!
Best,
Bekriah Mawasi
Arabic Education Coordinator, WMIL
On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 2:06 AM Felix Nartey <flixtey(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hello All,
A middle school has approached us to run a Wikipedia program for them. We
are considering training the students on how to effectively use Wikipedia
as well as hinting them on the ability to correct basic things such as
typos and grammar. We also intend to teach them how to play the Wikidata
game.
Is our approach good? or what alternative activities we can have with the
school.
Thanks in advance for your comments or suggestions.
Regards,
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