I was recently involved in a children's
photography competition
through another organisation I'm involved in. I think that commons and
"Wiki loves monuments" has a huge opportunity there, as most UK kids
now seem to have access to digital cameras and the Internet. It would
be great to launch a "Wiki loves monuments" competition to schools, or
as a badge for scouts to earn.
Providing the rules were clear about not including your friends in the
photographs, or using your full name as your commons ID at least until
you are 18, I think this could be useful, good for the kids and a
great entry route to the community.
WSC
On 5 June 2011 19:19, Martin Poulter <infobomb(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Chris, what I understand by schools outreach is
getting the educational
benefits of WM projects into schools - via teachers. Hence still an adult
audience.
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Chris Keating <chriskeatingwiki(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Pitching this stuff is hard; kids at different ages see things
differently, and kids in different areas age at different speeds.
I think you've hit one of the main challenge of schools outreach on the
head.
We are starting to have a "recipe" for introducing adult organisations to
Wikipedia which will basically work for charities, universities, museums
and the like - we would need several, for schools.
Plus our adult outreach model is based on people coming to events of their
own free will, not because they've been told to! I imagine that a room full
of schoolkids is a much more difficult audience than what we're used to.
I think this is part of the reason why we're focusing more on universities
and GLAMs at the moment. But clearly schools need to be part of the
long-term plan...
Chris
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