Education March 2014

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by Graeme Arnott

Dear All I've been asked by a civil servant at the Scottish Government to look into the ways that mediawiki literacy could be incorporated into Scottish secondary school work (12-18 years of age). This might be something like installing MediaWiki on the schools' national intranet, or doing something with Wikiversity or simply using Wikipedia within a particular project. When I discussed the project with the civil servant it was clear that the aim was not simply to provide MediaWiki skills training for students and teachers, but to make possible collaborative inter- and intra-school work, as well as raising and developing the digital citizenship of school teachers and students. That is really as far as I've got. One problem is that I don't actually work in schools. So I thought that a good place to start was this list, and to ask for help in identifying examples of any Wikimedia project work that either you've been involved in at school level, or that you know about. It would be great to get links to the actual work (if it's publicly available on Wikipedia for example), but it would also be good to get links to reflective blog posts on successes, failures, things to avoid etc. I can then collate and map these for further discussion with the government. I'm just at the start of the conversation, but I'll keep the list updated on any progress. With thanks in advance and best regards, Graeme. Volunteer for Wikimedia UK Community Coordinator for Open Knowledge Foundation Scotland @thegrimmbrother

9 years, 7 months

Wikimania Submission: Wiki-med

by Shani

Hi, everyone. Just wanted to draw your attention to a submission I made re my Wiki-Med course at the Sackler school of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University. I'm aiming to not only present the results of this first-of-its-kind course, but also use it as a case-study for future collaborations, which I'm hoping some of you may find interesting.. :) It's called: "Wiki-Med: The Story of the First Full Wikipedia Course in Israel - A Case Study"<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Wiki-Med:_The_Story_of…> . Please feel free to let me know your thoughts on this! Cheers, Shani.

9 years, 8 months

Cool talks about Wikipedia?

by Vojtěch Dostál

Hello everyone we are all giving dozens of lectures on Wikipedia all the time. Sometimes it occurs to me that mine are not interesting enough. Did you come up with some cool way of talking about Wikipedia? Some method to catch the attention of the class and make sure that they not only learn about Wikipedia but also have fun? Thank you for your ideas Vojtech, Czech Rep. Vojtěch Dostál Faculty of Science Charles University in Prague Albertov 6, 128 43 Praha 2 www.natur.cuni.cz/en

9 years, 8 months

Another education article

by Martin Poulter

Hi all, my recent "Ten ways educators can use Wikipedia" article has gone down so well that I've been asked for follow-up articles. The first one of these is out today as a guest post on the CILIP blog. CILIP is the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, so this is a way to reach a lot of the library community, including university librarians who support courses or deliver student inductions. The article expands on a few of the "Ten ways". http://www.cilip.org.uk/cilip/news/3-ways-use-wikipedia-education-tool Again, the contents nothing new to the people on this list, but hopefully useful for reaching librarians and educators who hadn't seen the relevance of Wikipedia to their work. The "Ten ways" article is at http://www.jisc.ac.uk/inform/inform39/TenWaysEducatorsCanUseWikipedia.html Amongst others on this list, I should credit Alex Stinson who started me off with lots of these ideas and introduced me to Is/Is Not exercises which I still use in my workshops. Cheers, -- Dr Martin L Poulter Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador, July 2013 - April 2014 Wikipedia contributor http://enwp.org/User:MartinPoulter Volunteer, Wikimedia UK http://wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter<http://uk.wikimedia.org/> Musician http://soundcloud.com/martin-poulter http://myspace.com/comapilot Person http://infobomb.org/

9 years, 8 months

The last extension for ICCTIM2014 deadline!

by The International Conference on Computing Technology and Information Management (ICCTIM2014)

*************************************************************************** We apologize for multiples copies. Please circulate this CFP among your colleagues and students. *************************************************************************** [ICCTIM 2014] The International Conference on Computing Technology and Information Management April 9-11, 2014 Dubai, UAE http://sdiwc.net/conferences/2014/icctim2014/ **************************************************************************** Paper due: March 25, 2014 **************************************************************************** The proposed conference on the above theme will be held at Academic City Campus, Dubai, UAE, From April 9-11, 2014 which aims to enable researchers build connections between different digital applications. The conference welcomes papers on the following (but not limited to) research topics: * Computational Intelligence * Forensics, Recognition Technologies and Applications * Theories and methodologies of enterprise management * Computer Graphics and Simulations * Information and Data Management * Internet Modeling * Mobile Networking * E-Technologies, E-Business and E-Government * Multimedia Computing * Network Security * Peer-to-Peer Social Networks * Information Management * Project Management * Wireless Communications * Real-Time Systems * Engineering management and applications * Fuzzy and Neural Network Systems * Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition and Applications * Self-Organizing Networks and Networked Systems * Semantic Web, Ontologies * Sensor Networks and Social Sensing * Remote Sensing * Web Services Security * Business Intelligence and Web Services * Ethics in Technology Management * Web Services Architecture, Modeling and Design * Software Engineering **************************************************************************** All registered papers will be published in one of the following special issues provided that the author do major improvements and extension within the time frame that will be set by the conference and his/her paper is approved by the chief editor: * International Journal of New Computer Architectures and their Applications (IJNCAA) * International Journal of Digital Information and Wireless Communications (IJDIWC) * International Journal of Cyber-Security and Digital Forensics (IJCSDF) * International Journal of E-Entrepreneurship and Innovation (IJEEI) * International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications (IJESMA) * International Journal of Information Technology Project Management (IJITPM) * International Journal of Multimedia Data Engineering and Management (IJMDEM) * International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology (IJSSMET) ****************************************************************************

9 years, 8 months

WikiReaders - Can anyone give some advice please?

by María Cruz

Hi everyone, at Wikimedia Argentina we are working with a potential new partner, to work in education. The institution gives school support to about 750 kids from 6 to 12 years old. However, they have huge needs of primary sources for consultation, when working on different school tasks and homework. One idea that we considered at Wikimedia Argentina was to provide WikiReaders: students could access them when at school support, and they could read Wikipedia in Spanish for school work, if they need to consult any topic. I wanted to know if anyone working on education programs has ever crafted a program that included the readers, and what was their experience. Can we install Wikipedia in Spanish? Is it useful for primary school research tasks? We can only buy it through Amazon<http://www.amazon.com/WikiReader-WR-01-Pocket-Wikipedia/dp/B002N5521W/>, or is there another channel to purchase these devices? Since it works offline, is it possible to update it every other time? The only information I found was in the device homepage<http://thewikireader.com/>, but I would be glad to read about a program that uses WikiReader somewhere else. Thanks in advance! Warm regards, -- *María Cruz* Encargada de Comunicación A.C. Wikimedia Argentina

9 years, 8 months

Organizational Information Request

by Christopher Leonard

What is the most effective way for me to learn how I can participate in the organizational goal of Wikimedia Education in the United States of America?

9 years, 8 months

WikiConference USA Announcement

by Pharos

I am very pleased to announce that Wikimedia NYC and Wikimedia DC are working in collaboration to host the first national Wikimedia conference in the United States! Here are the details for the conference: Dates: Friday, May 30, 2014 - Sunday, June 1, 2014 Location: New York Law School (185 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013) Website: http://wikiconferenceusa.org Email: wikicon(a)wikimedianyc.org Registration: http://wikiconusa.eventbrite.org/ For more information, please review our official press release below! We hope you will join us and help us spread the word! https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikiCon_USA_2014_Press_Release_v1.p… Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) Wikimedia NYC

9 years, 8 months

The Last Invitation for ICCTIM2014-Dubai, UAE

by The International Conference on Computing Technology and Information Management (ICCTIM2014)

9 years, 8 months

(Announcement) LiAnna Davis to leave the Wikimedia Foundation

by Rodney Dunican

Hello everyone, More change is coming to the Wikipedia Education Program team. LiAnna Davis has let me know she will be leaving the Wikimedia Foundation. LiAnna has directed our team's communications since I hired her for the pilot program in the United States back in June 2010. Her last day will be March 14. While we'll miss LiAnna at the Wikimedia Foundation, she'll continue to be involved in the Wikipedia Education Program in the U.S. and Canada. She's joining Frank Schulenburg and Jami Mathewson at the Wiki Education Foundation, where she's excited about helping the U.S. program achieve the potential we all saw in it when we started it back in 2010. Over the next several week, I will be working with the team to reorganize the many tasks that LiAnna currently does for the program. We'll be reaching out to and meeting with various program leaders worldwide. We will keep you posted about the Wikipedia Education Program team. As you can see, there is a lot happening, so stay tuned for more information. Please join me in thanking LiAnna for all her hard work for the Wikimedia Foundation and wishing her the best in her new role with the Wiki Education Foundation. Rod Rod Dunican Director, Global Education Wikipedia Education Program Wikimedia Foundation

9 years, 8 months

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