Hi Melissa Guadalupe Huertas (she/her)
Application form - Training of Trainers for Reading Wikipedia in the
Classroom.
The application process is much longer. Update it. I opened the
application and went to submit, but the application was canceled due to
various problems. I will not submit.
Thank You
On Thu, 10 Feb 2022, 11:33 pm Melissa Guadalupe Huertas, <
mguadalupe(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi everyone!
Kind reminder: the information session about the Training of Trainers
program is taking place tomorrow Friday February 11, 2022 at 13:00 UTC.
Join us to get an overview of the Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom
program, learn about the curriculum and application process of the Training
of Trainers, and hear about the experience of 3 graduates from El Salvador,
Bangladesh and Nigeria who will be joining us then.
The information to join this session and to apply to the Training of
Trainers can be found on Meta-Wiki:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Reading_Wikipedia_in_the_Classroo…
Remember that applications for the second cohort are open until February
20th!
If you can't make it, come back for the recording of the session later and
check out this article on Diff about the experience of the first cohort in
2021:
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/02/10/expanding-the-reading-wikipedia-in-th…
Hope to see you there!
Melissa Guadalupe Huertas (she/her)
Senior Program Officer, Education
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 5:56 PM Melissa Guadalupe Huertas <
mguadalupe(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
tl;dr: Looking for a way to engage secondary
school teachers with
Wikipedia? Become a certified trainer of the Reading Wikipedia in the
Classroom program! Apply from Jan. 31 - Feb. 20. Information session
coming
up on February 11, 2022 at 13:00 UTC
Hola everybody!
The Education team at the Wikimedia Foundation is happy to announce that
applications are open for the second cohort of the Training of Trainers
(ToT) program for “Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom”! This call is open
for Wikimedians, educators, and members of mission-aligned organizations
who believe in the value of Wikipedia to advance key 21st century skills
[1] and who are interested in implementing the “Reading Wikipedia in the
Classroom” program in their countries.
Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom[2] is a professional development
program for secondary school teachers that aligns a critical approach to
Wikipedia with UNESCO’s Media and Information Literacy framework. You can
read more details about the impact of the pilot experience in our report
[3]. The educational resources created for the program are available on
Wikimedia Commons [4] in four languages.
The Training of Trainers program is a 9-week online learning experience
that prepares participants to implement the Reading Wikipedia in the
Classroom program locally - by the end of the ToT, successful
participants
will be certified to lead the program in their
countries. Participants
who
complete the ToT will also have access to a pool
of funding that can
support their local implementation of the program. Applications are open
from *January 31st to February 20th*, 2022. You can find the application
form, important dates, and general guidance on Meta-Wiki [5] and check
out
this newsletter article [6] to learn about the
experience and learnings
of
the first ToT cohort in 2021.
You’re also invited to join our information session on February 11, 2022
at 13:00 UTC where we’ll share more details and answer any pending
questions (find the link to join on Meta-Wiki [5]). If you have any
questions ahead of this event, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the
team: education(a)wikimedia.org
We look forward to seeing you at the information session!
- Melissa (on behalf of the Education team)
[1]
http://www.battelleforkids.org/networks/p21
[2]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/our-work/education/reading-wikipedia-in-the…
[3]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reading_Wikipedia_Final_Report.pdf
The program report shows us how teachers’
attitudes towards Wikipedia
changed as they moved through the program. For example, one teacher from
Bolivia said that at first he “thought that Wikipedia was a platform like
Google, but now I value all the volunteer work done by the community
behind
it”. The program model also supported members of
the local Wikimedia
affiliates to improve their capacity to organize and lead education
initiatives. Currently, the Wikimedia affiliates in Bolivia and Morocco
are
working on second editions of the program.
[4]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Reading_Wikipedia_in_the_classr…
[5]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Reading_Wikipedia_in_the_Classroo…
[6]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/January_2022/Welcoming_new_t…
--
Melissa Guadalupe Huertas (she/her)
Senior Program Officer, Education
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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Melissa Guadalupe Huertas (she/her)
Senior Program Officer, Education
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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