Thats a real shame, if the project is completely tabled. Is there anything
we can do to help? What is needed most to keep this as an opportunity? As I
said previously, such a project has considerable positive outcomes on a
Global scale, and I would hate to see it tabled.
Cheers,
Alex Stinson
On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 4:41 PM, Josie Fraser <josie(a)josiefraser.com> wrote:
Hi Anna,
Many thanks for your kind words. Yes, the schools building programme
capital implementation grant is primarily funded by UK central government (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_Schools_for_the_Future), and
delivered by local government (Leicester City Council). The DigiLit
Leicester project has been developed in partnership with De Montfort
University and 23 local school communities
http://www.digilitleic.com/).
On a less positive note, the council were criticised in the Mail on Sunday
this week for supporting the project:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3123142/30-000-teach-pupils-use-Wik…
Best, Josie
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*From:* Anna Koval <akoval(a)wikimedia.org>
*To:* Josie Fraser <josie(a)josiefraser.com>om>; Wikimedia Education <
education(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
*Sent:* Friday, 12 June 2015, 19:32
*Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Education] Wikipdia information literacy
resources for secondary school/K12 learners
Hi Josie,
Thanks so much for sharing this. It sounds very interesting.
I was curious to learn more, so I Googled "BSF ICT Innovation and Learning
Group consultation" (which was mentioned in the blog post [1] ) and found
this article in *The Guardian* [2] which references: "The government's
£45bn Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme to rebuild or
refurbish all secondary schools in England within the next 10-15 years..."
My question is: would you consider this to be a government partnership of
sorts? I believe I would. If you agree, I'd like to add this to the
Government Partnerships page on Outreach:Education. [3] :)
Thank you again for your leadership on this project and for sharing it
with the global education community.
All the best,
Anna
[1]
http://www.digilitleic.com/?p=889
[2]
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2008/mar/18/link.link11
[3]
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Government_Partnerships#Unite…
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Wikimedia Foundation
+1.415.839.6885 x 6729
Skype: annakoval.wiki
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On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Josie Fraser <josie(a)josiefraser.com>
wrote:
Hi Alex, and thanks for the encouraging reply. The format that the
activities and games take will be determined by the team appointed in
consultation with school staff and young people. They may be web hosted but
not web based for example, and it's likely they will include activities for
groups. We've put up a little more info on our blog: Wikipedia - support
for schools <http://www.digilitleic.com/?p=889>
[image: image] <http://www.digilitleic.com/?p=889>
Wikipedia - support for schools <http://www.digilitleic.com/?p=889>
We are really excited about our latest project, which will produce games
based resources to enhance Year 9 learners (13-14 years old) engagement
with, and understan...
View on
www.digilitleic.com <http://www.digilitleic.com/?p=889>
Preview by Yahoo
The Wikipedia Adventure game is great - I'll be sure to pass on the link
and your contact details to the team appointed (if they aren't already
aware of them).
Many thanks! Josie
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*From:* Alex Stinson <sadads(a)gmail.com>
*To:* Josie Fraser <josie(a)josiefraser.com>om>; Wikimedia Education <
education(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
*Sent:* Thursday, 11 June 2015, 16:27
*Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Education] Wikipdia information literacy
resources for secondary school/K12 learners
Hi Josie,
That sounds like a really interesting project. At the Wikipedia Library,
we have been thinking a lot about readerly literacy in Wikipedia (and hope
to build a portal to expose people to research literacy information), and
the age group that you are targeting these materials for, would be fairly
good for a public audience as well. Will this work product/game based
learning material have to be in an on-wiki format?
It would be awesome if we could distribute it more broadly, while keeping
people on Wikipedia. I am thinking the game-architecture used for the The
Wikipedia Adventure (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Adventure ) would
allow for such a piece of information to be shared with members of the
editing community and become a standard link on things like welcome
templates.
Cheers,
Alex Stinson
On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 1:58 PM, Josie Fraser <josie(a)josiefraser.com>
wrote:
For those of you who haven't seen it, Leicester City Council are currently
tendering for a team to work on a short games based learning project with
schools and 13/14 year olds, to create games to support Wikipedia use and
engagement:
http://www.sourceleicestershire.co.uk/contracts/show/id/12580
<http://t.co/E7ZpK6LjOT>
<http://t.co/E7ZpK6LjOT>
Please do pass on to people you know who the work might suit. For those
outside the UK, the outputs will of course all be shared under an open
licence and I'll post an update to the list.
Best, Josie Fraser
@josiefraser
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