Iolanda -- Can you help me understand what is meant by "curriculum-based questions"? You use the phrase many times and each time it sounds like what I would call "teaching to the test". I appreciate that the proposal goes on to answer many worries from an educator's perspective. I suspect there are remaining worries from the perspective of the Wikipedia community which I would describe as "curiosity-based". Thanks and best regards. -- Ward


On Mar 15, 2013, at 6:20 AM, Iolanda Pensa wrote:

Wikipedia Primary School

Providing on Wikipedia the information necessary to complete the cycle of primary education in the languages used by the different education systems.

A project allowing students, families and teachers to find on Wikipedia the documentation necessary to obtain the primary school qualification in their country, in their language.

Wikipedia is meant to be an educational tool and it is currently available online, via mobile phones and offline. Experiences have shown that, once accessible, Wikipedia does not provide information that responds directly to curriculum-based questions. The project relies on Wikipedia as an existing and growing resource, it solves the need for an encyclopaedia capable of responding to curriculum-based questions, and it fosters Wikipedia content, quality and outreach.