Dear Wikimedia & Education Community,
Please bring topics you want to discuss, ask, or share about! It will be an
opportunity to have a conversation about them with the Education Team, and
also with those that participate in the meeting.
We will be using Google Meet to host the meeting, so please make sure you
have it installed before the meeting starts. You can download it from:
https://meet.google.com/
For the month of September, the meetings are set as follows:
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September 20, 12:00 UTC (probably most practical for participants in
Asia and Oceania)
- Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/epq-ygcs-ibw
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September 26, 17:00 UTC (probably most practical for participants from
the Americas, Europe and Africa)
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Meet link: https://meet.google.com/iba-yhwr-whg
If you have any questions, please address them to education(a)wikimedia.org
or reply to this message. We look forward to speaking with you at office
hours!
Best Regards,
Vahid.
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Vahid Masrour
Community Capacity Manager, Wikipedia Education Program
vmasrour(a)wikimedia.org
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education
Today I proposed a product plan [1] for Event Tool based on the two Sept. 6 metrics posts—here [2] and here [3]—that I brought to this list a few weeks ago. The proposed program of work is designed to turn Grant Metrics into a simple but capable tool that will meet the metics needs of most event organizers—a “one-stop shop,” as one organizer called it, for getting the data that many organizers now laboriously assemble from multiple sources.
I’ve called the project laid out in the two posts reference above “ambitious but achievable,” and I think that’s a good description. Now it’s your turn again: does this direction look right? Is there anything we can add that would make it work better for you? And—since it’s possible we won’t get to everything—are there any features here you think we could drop or put on our low-priority list? If you have ideas or questions, now is the time to bring them forward. We’re listening!
[1] Sept. 19, 2018: Proposing a product plan for ‘Event Tool’ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech/Tools_for_program_and_event_…
[2] Sept. 6, 2018: Proposed metrics features—what do you think? https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech/Tools_for_program_and_event_…
[3] Sept. 6, 2018 (continued): New data and reports in detail https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech/Tools_for_program_and_event_…
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Joe Matazzoni
Product Manager, Community Tech
Wikimedia Foundation
Greetings!
Apologies for cross-posting. This is to introduce a new Wikimedia project called "The AfroCine Project".[1] This new project is dedicated to improving the coverage of the history, works, people, places, events, etc, that are associated with the cinema, theatre and arts of Africa, African countries, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. If you would love to be part of this (or you're already active in this area), by coordinating local programmes around African cinema (independently or otherwise) in your community or local Wiki, kindly list your username or organization as a participant on the meta project page cited above.
Furthermore, In the months of October and November, we are organizing a global contest and edit-a-thon tagged: "The Months of African Cinema".[2] If you would love to join this exciting event, also list your username as a participant on the English Wikipedia contest page. If you would love to lead this contest (or any other relevant program) for a non-English Wikipedia community, please feel free to translate the English Wikiproject page to your local language Wikipedia, or you can create one from scratch!
If you have any questions, complaints, suggestions, etc., please reach out to me personally or right here on the mailing list or the project talkpages.
Thank you!
Sam Oyeyele.
[1]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_AfroCine_Project
[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Af…
[3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine
Good Morning,
Please open the attached document. It was scanned and sent to you using a Samsung MFP.
It was nice working with you.
MCANDREW Ewan
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Greetings!
Apologies for cross-posting. This is to introduce a new Wikimedia project called "The AfroCine Project".[1] This new project is dedicated to improving the coverage of the history, works, people, places, events, etc, that are associated with the cinema, theatre and arts of Africa, African countries, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. If you would love to be part of this (or you're already active in this area), by coordinating local programmes around African cinema (independently or otherwise) in your community or local Wiki, kindly list your username or organization as a participant on the meta project page cited above.
Furthermore, In the months of October and November, we are organizing a global contest and edit-a-thon tagged: "The Months of African Cinema".[2] If you would love to join this exciting event, also list your username as a participant on the English Wikipedia contest page. If you would love to lead this contest (or any other relevant program) for a non-English Wikipedia community, please feel free to translate the English Wikiproject page to your local language Wikipedia, or you can create one from scratch!
If you have any questions, complaints, suggestions, etc., please reach out to me personally or right here on the mailing list or the project talkpages.
Thank you!
Sam Oyeyele.
[1]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_AfroCine_Project
[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Af…
[3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine
Dear EDUWiki Enthusiasts,
*Voting for the new Wikipedia & Education User Group is now open
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group/User_Gro…>!*
Please vote by adding your support under the relevant candidate's
nomination.
We will be selecting 5 board members and you are welcome to vote for as
many candidates as you wish to support, once per candidate.
Please note that you have to be a supporter of the user group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group> in
order for your vote to count.
*Voting will remain open** till September 30th*, so please participate and
vote!
Good luck to all! :)
Shani.
Hello Programs & Events Dashboard users community!
The Programs & Events Dashboard has proven itself to be a key tool for many
community organizers, including Program Leaders that work in the fields of
education, GLAM, edit-a-thons, and in Affiliates.
As this tool matures, it is becoming necessary to make sure that it has the
community support it needs. One of the aspects of this is to formalize a
group of Dashboard Admins that can help the community by providing it with
basic support when needed.
We are therefore calling for volunteers that want to participate in this
field. Their expected responsibilities will cover the following:
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Providing support to users and Affiliates
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Monitoring & reporting on the use of the Dashboard
Dashboard Admins, like many other roles in the the Wikimedia community will
be required to sign a Non-disclosure Agreement (NDA) with the Wikimedia
Foundation, in order to ensure that data privacy policies are respected by
all.
Ideally, we want to cover all “major” languages, as well as all the
languages that actively use the P&E Dashboard.
All Admins will be required to take a (short) online training [1] on how to
be Admins, besides demonstrating knowledge on how to use the Dashboard.
The selection process will be as follows:
1.
Sign up to indicate your interest
2.
Take the online training [1]
3.
A selection committee composed of Vahid Masrour and Sage Ross will
select the first cohort of Admins.
If you think you can assist the movement by performing this function,
please sign-up here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs_%26_Events_Dashboard/Admins
Best Regards,
Vahid.
[1]
https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/training/learning-and-evaluation/dash…
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Vahid Masrour
Community Capacity Manager, Wikipedia Education Program
vmasrour(a)wikimedia.org
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education
Hello All,
A middle school has approached us to run a Wikipedia program for them. We
are considering training the students on how to effectively use Wikipedia
as well as hinting them on the ability to correct basic things such as
typos and grammar. We also intend to teach them how to play the Wikidata
game.
Is our approach good? or what alternative activities we can have with the
school.
Thanks in advance for your comments or suggestions.
Regards,
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*Open Foundation West Africa <https://openfoundationwestafrica.org/>*
*+233242844987 | **+447452508504*
*Skype:Flixtey*
*Website: **https://openfoundationwestafrica.org/
<https://openfoundationwestafrica.org/>*
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