Welcome to the Wikipedia Education Update — a newsletter from the Wikimedia Foundation that is distributed the first and third Tuesday of each month. Someone from our staff has talked with you about our Wikipedia Education Program to bring Wikipedia into higher education classrooms around the world, and we wanted to keep you in the loop on all of our exciting activities. If you would prefer not to receive these messages, simply reply to the email and ask for your address to be removed. Learn more about subscribing or read the archives.
Wikimania pre-conference draws crowd
Nearly 30 Wikimedians gathered for a pre-conference at Wikimania focused on developing educational programs. Representing more than 20 countries, the participants discussed challenges, solutions, and plans for educational efforts in their countries. Representatives from Namibia, the U.K., Germany, and the Wikimedia Foundation led sessions on fears, best practices, challenges, working with institutions, reaching out to different target groups, and program evaluation, among other topics. Learn more about the pre-conference, including notes and photos from the event.
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US, Canada programs prep for new term
The new term is upon us in the United States and Canada, and many professors and Ambassadors have already begun creating Course Pages on the MediaWiki education extension on the English Wikipedia. If you are a professor who plans to use Wikipedia in the classroom this term, please make sure you have created the page for your class. You may need to get in touch with a Wikipedia Education Program representative to receive the appropriate user rights, which you can request on the Education Noticeboard. You can also email jmathewson(a)wikimedia.org if you still need support in finalizing your assignment, finding an Ambassador, or creating your Course Page. Create your Course Page.
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EduWiki Conference issues call for proposals
Wikimedia U.K. is hosting the second annual EduWiki Conference in Cardiff, Wales, on 1-2 November 2013. A call for proposals has been issued, and potential participants are encouraged to submit papers, presentations, provocations, and posters about Wikipedia's use in education, both as a teaching tool and as a source. The deadline for proposals is 26 August. Read the call for proposals.
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Hello fellow Ambassadors,
I've signed up to present on how I, and a college professor, implemented
the Wikipedia Education Program in a class with undergraduate students in
the Global STEMx Virtual Conference<http://stemxcon.com/page/2013-conference>.
My workshop is titled "Transforming learners into global citizens through
Wikipedia<http://stemxcon.com/forum/topics/transforming-learners-into-global-citizens…>"
and is scheduled for Friday, 9/20 at 9:00am EST. This is a totally open,
free, virtual conference that truly is global.
I've also submitted proposals to present at the Homeschool/Unschool/Democratic
Education conference <http://www.homeschoolconference.com/> (also totally
open, free, online and global), and Computers in
Libraries<http://www.infotoday.com/cil2014/CallForSpeakers.asp>(unfortunately,
not free or virtual, but still a good conference). I do not
yet have the links (or even know if my proposal will be accepted) at these
latter conferences yet. However, I wanted to send out this announcement as *all
of these conferences are still accepting (and still need) good presenters,
and I can't think of a better way to get out there and reach a LOT of
global educators!!*
Please join me and submit a proposal to present--you can make a
presentation from 20-45 minutes in length, virtually, from any computer in
the world. *Also, sign up as a participant, or as a conference volunteer to
assist in moderating sessions! Since this is a free conference, they really
need help in any way they can get it.*
Thank you!
Natalie Teske Rector
Emerging Technologies Visiting Librarian
Jane Bancroft Cook Library
New College of Florida and USF Sarasota-Manatee
(941) 487-4416
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Welcome to the Wikipedia Education Update — a newsletter from the Wikimedia Foundation that is distributed the first and third Tuesday of each month. Someone from our staff has talked with you about our Wikipedia Education Program to bring Wikipedia into higher education classrooms around the world, and we wanted to keep you in the loop on all of our exciting activities. If you would prefer not to receive these messages, simply reply to the email and ask for your address to be removed. Learn more about subscribing or read the archives.
Video encourages Wikipedia's use in classrooms
Wikimedia Sweden wanted to create a video about Wikipedia's use in classrooms -- and the result is a fun, creative story. Incorporating characters including the teacher who hates Wikipedia and the star pupil as well as a fun ditty teachers can hum, and starring the incredible Sophie Österberg playing all the roles, the video is sure to be a hit with teachers around the globe. Learn more and watch the video.
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Wikimedia Commons brochure released
A new brochure about Wikimedia Commons is now available. Designed to be a companion brochure to the Welcome to Wikipedia brochure, the Commons brochure, titled "Illustrating Wikipedia: A guide to contributing content to Wikimedia Commons", covers what Commons is, how to upload files, how to use files, and the basics of free licenses. The brochure will be useful for any classroom assignment that includes a media component, including adding an image to a Wikipedia article. The brochure is available in PDF or in print from the Wikimedia Foundation. Download the brochure.
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New book includes chapter on Wikipedia
Professor Lori Britt of James Madison University has participated in the Wikipedia Education Program in the United States since 2011, so she has several terms' worth of experience teaching with Wikipedia. She used that experience to author a chapter on teaching with Wikipedia in a new book, "The Plugged-In Professor," now available from Woodhead Publishing. Lori's chapter is called "Writing for Wikipedia: co-constructing knowledge and writing for a public audience". Read more or order the book.
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Welcome, Tighe Flanagan!
A warm welcome to the newest member of the Wikimedia Foundation's Wikipedia Education Program team, Tighe Flanagan. Tighe will be serving as the new Arab World Program Manager, focused on expanding the program currently in operation in Egypt, Jordan, Algeria, and Saudi Arabia. While in graduate school at Georgetown University, Tighe wrote three articles on the English Wikipedia about the Arab World as part of his coursework through the United States program, and he is excited to use his knowledge of the program to guide the direction of the Arab World programs. Leave a message for Tighe on his user page, welcoming him to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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