Thanks for this new blog post, Vira. I enjoyed reading about the projects you are working on!
-- Samir Elsharbaty, Wikipedia Education Program Wikimedia Foundation +20.100.944.3478 education.wikimedia.org
On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Anna Koval akoval@wikimedia.org wrote:
P.S. I forgot to thank Vira for mentioning the Education Program Extension for MediaWiki [1] in the post! The course page on Ukrainian Wikipedia [2] looks awesome. :)
[1] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Extension [2] https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0...)
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Anna Koval, M.Ed. Manager, Wikipedia Education Program Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 x 6729 Skype: annakoval.wiki akoval@wikimedia.org education.wikimedia.org
On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 4:35 AM, Anna Koval akoval@wikimedia.org wrote:
Dear Vira,
Thank you so much for sharing your draft blog post with our Collab. Here are my highlights:
- It is an excellent summary of events with ample context and gorgeous
photos.
- I *love* that you used the WEP tagline "Wikipedia belongs in education"
in the *first sentence* of your blog. I suspect that Floor Koudijs will love it more!
- It's excellent that Wikimedia Ukraine understands that teachers must be
involved with editing Wikipedia and that WMUA intends to provide the maximal possible training.
- That this educational collaboration led to a municipal MoU is
fantastic! We're going to need to add a summary to the government partnerships page [[here https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Government_Partnerships#Ukraine]] on Outreach wiki. Please feel free to start the draft!.
- The Summer Wikischool idea is awesome! Can I come, please?? :)
For the record, I just want to say that I am so proud of Wikimedia Ukraine and their growing Wikipedia Education Program.
When the Wikimedians of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) gathered for their 4th annual meeting in Estonia in 2015 [1], I had a long heart-to-heart with Levon (User:Ліонкінг) about expanding the education program to this region. My heart is so happy to see this dream become a reality.
Truth be told, we (WMUA and I) have been talking about how to expand Ukraine's WEP since the 3rd CEE meeting in Ukraine [2]. This just goes to show that if we are patient and if we persevere, good things happen.
This news was a long time coming and a long time in the making. This, truly, is my best Christmas present of all.
Again, I am so proud of Wikimedia Ukraine and their growing Wikipedia Education Program.
Дякую, Віро. <3 Thank you, Vira. <3
Sincerely yours,
Anna
[1] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/December_2015/Educa...
[2] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/December_2014/Easte...
P.S. Because I also wish to share my positive feedback with your chapter's leadership, I redacted about a half a dozen emoticons from this message. I hope that the undercurrent of joy and pride and wikilove still permeates it nevertheless.
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Anna Koval, M.Ed. Manager, Wikipedia Education Program Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 x 6729 Skype: annakoval.wiki akoval@wikimedia.org education.wikimedia.org
On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 1:10 AM, Vira Motorko vira.motorko@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
We managed to reach out to several institutions in Mykolaiv Oblast (region) in Ukraine, university as well as authorities, so there is a hope for fruitful WEP (and GLAM) collaboration there. But it's only starting.
My colleagues asked me to write a draft post for Wikimedia Blog so here it is https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Drafts/Expansion_of_Wikipedia...
I would appreciate your feedback or any reflections on text, regarding its language as well as its contents and the ideas themselves.
Thank you, *--* *Vira Motorko* Wikimedia Ukraine https://ua.wikimedia.org/ +380667740499
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