Dear all -
(thanks Graeme for spearheading this, and thanks Floor for offering
assistance etc.)
We (as a global movement) really need to be mapping all this great work
(and ideas) in a systematic way. The Education Co-op (in formation) may be
an appropriate catalyst for this, but there may be scope beyond this
grouping. I say this mainly because the co-op is still in the process of
seeking clarity in terms of its goals and scope. At present, the co-op
seems to be focused mainly on higher education (18+) but we need clear(er)
guidelines for work in Education setting with people who are under 18 and
even under 16, if not under 11. I mention this latter category because I
saw a fabulous presentation in India from under 11s a couple of years ago,
and I'm sure there are others I/we don't know anything about.
WMUK is aware of at least 4 MediaWiki projects in Universities (not schools
- terminology may be problematic across different countries) that are not
Wikimedia wikis. I'm fairly certain that there are others we don't know
about, but it would be great if we could map these, especially as part of a
more global effort.
Kind regards,
Toni
On Tuesday, 1 April 2014, Shani <shani.even(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Great reports, everyone! :-)
Wikimedia Israel has been working with the ministry of education for over
a year
now, in verious ways, and we are all looking into expending the
collaboration.
I don't have much time to write now, but I will say this -
* we have different modules for different ages
* besides the kids, you have to teach the teachers (especially if you
want it to
escalate and deal with big numbers
* from their point of view, it's all about
pedagogy and teaching
literacy, so, whatever the program is, we work with the
ministry / teachers
to make sure these points are met.
There's a specific program right now in Be'er Sheva (the south of Israel)
which also submitted for wikimania, so you might have some details there.
If you can't find the link, I'll post it here later.
Best,
Shani.
On 1 Apr 2014 00:13, "Mina Theofilatou" <theoth(a)otenet.gr> wrote:
Wow Gabriel, what a great article! Your method of work, the dilemmas you
faced and
the goals you set were very similar to the way I embraced
Wikipedia as an education tool. Great work, keep it up:)
Mina
----- Original Message -----
From: Gabriel Thullen
To: Wikimedia Education
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 11:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Education] MediaWiki projects in Schools
Hello Graeme
I am willing to talk about the work I do with my 7th grade students. They
work on
the French Wikipedia, but I am perfectly bilingual English-French.
National Geographic ran an article about it (in
English):
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/news/web-work/?ar_a=1
Gabe
On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 1:16 PM, rupert THURNER <rupert.thurner(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
There was a few days project in zürich called "hallo rohstoff" (hello
commodity). Every class participating did example edits on wikiversity ,
and visited a public library to connect wikipedia with its references.
Erkan and his colleagues of wikiversity were very welcoming btw.
Rupert
Am 28.03.2014 14:52 schrieb "Simon Knight" <sjgknight(a)gmail.com>om>:
In addition to the OER4Schools/ORBIT projects (sent off list but
available at
http://oer.educ.cam.ac.uk/) the edutech wiki might also
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