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@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@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@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@gmail.com>:
>
> 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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