[Foundation-l] Re: Wikipedia, Kennisnet, and me

Sun Sep 11 15:04:47 UTC 2005

Marjon Bakker wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> You probably do not know me, I'm Galwaygirl from the Dutch Wikipedia and 
> I have some news to tell you. I went to Wikimania and I met Jan-Bart de 
> Vreede and Annemiek Nederpel from the Kennisnet Foundation (the Internet 
> organisation for Dutch schools). Jan-Bart was a speaker at Wikimania. 
> (http://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimania05/Presentation-JB1)
> 
> The week after Wikimania, Jan-Bart asked me to go to work for Kennisnet. 
> Kennisnet has some initiatives regarding ways to use Wikipedia in 
> classrooms. Jan-Bart was looking for someone from the Dutch Wikipedia 
> community to work with.
> 
> That someone turned out to be me, much to my surprise. So now I'm 
> working for Kennisnet as a part-time freelancer (yes, I'm getting paid). 
> I will be working on my own account, not as a representative of the 
> nl.wikipedia community, although it may sometimes prove impossible to 
> keep things absolutely separate.
> 
> There are several things I will be doing for Kennisnet, basically it 
> comes down to this:
> *I'll write a simple, easy-to-use manual that Kennisnet can make 
> available for students and teachers. This manual could be published on 
> the Dutch Wikipedia as well.
> *I'll participate in talks about how to use Wikipedia in classrooms.
> *When Wikipedia is actually starting to get used in classrooms, I will 
> answer specific questions from both students and teachers.
> 
> I thought this might interest some of you. Personally, I'm really exited 
> about this, as it is a wonderful turn in my "career". :-)
> 
> Thanks for your attention,
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Galwaygirl
> (http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebruiker:Galwaygirl)

Hi Galwaygirl;

Thanks for telling us, this must be very exciting as an experience. I 
hope you can keep us informed on how Wikipedia will be used in classroom.

I was also interested to know if you planned to get involved in wikiversity.

Ant