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]
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Anna Koval, M.Ed.
Manager, Wikipedia Education Program
Wikimedia Foundation
+1.415.839.6885 x 6729
Skype: annakoval.wiki
akoval(a)wikimedia.org
On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 4:35 AM, Anna Koval <akoval(a)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/Educ…
[2]
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/December_2014/East…
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.
--
Anna Koval, M.Ed.
Manager, Wikipedia Education Program
Wikimedia Foundation
+1.415.839.6885 x 6729
Skype: annakoval.wiki
akoval(a)wikimedia.org
education.wikimedia.org
On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 1:10 AM, Vira Motorko <vira.motorko(a)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_Wikipedi…
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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