Hi Felix,
The education program at Wikimedia Israel runs in Middle schools and in High schools as well in both Hebrew and Arabic for few years now. In both programs, the students write new articles and improve articles too by enriching the content. Choosing a theme https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/February_2018/The_Multidisciplinary_Choices_of_High_School_Students:_The_Arabic_Education_Program;_Wikimedia_Israel for each group would be a good start especially if there is a common template to the topic on Wikipedia (i.e. flags); another interesting project was working with students on expanding Wiktionary https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/April_2018/Students_Write_Wiktionary, students added expressions in Hebrew following a research instructed by the teacher and assisted by an editing tool developed by WMIL. In multilingual educational systems, translating short articles can be a good exercise especially if a glossary was determined ahead by the instructional team. The organization accompanies the school staff and the students throughout the program by 1) introducing Wikipedia which is essential to the process, 2) providing instructional tools which enable students to self-train themselves at home too, 3) running editing workshops at schools. Some schools would run the program as of part of their "project based learning" activities, which ensures efficiency.
I hope my answer was helpful, and good luck with the initiative!
Best, Bekriah Mawasi Arabic Education Coordinator, WMIL
On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 2:06 AM Felix Nartey flixtey@gmail.com wrote:
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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