If it would help, I could incorporate these into a blog post for my next monthly update regarding the LearnWiki video series. However, would linking the two cause confusion because the styles, audiences and scopes are different? Or could those differences be explained in the blog entry?
Pinging Ed and Marti to ask how they would feel about a combined blog post.
Pine
On Aug 15, 2016 14:05, "James Salsman" jsalsman@gmail.com wrote:
Maria, these are really great! Is there a blog post with the text of your email below we can link to, please?
On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Maria Cruz mcruz@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi all, after months of hard work, we are happy to share with all a new video
series
on the Wikimedia Education Program. You can now watch all 12 episodes on Commons, Youtube and Vimeo.
With this series, we hope to engage new educators in using Wikimedia projects in the classroom, as well as promote existing resources to
support
education programs all over the world, like the Education Program Toolkit and the many brochures for educators.
What is this video series about?
Chapter 1: Introduction and Why do you teach Wikipedia? Meet Educators and Wikipedia education leaders from around the world who share why they use Wikipedia in classrooms not just as a way to access knowledge, but also a way to develop their students’ capacities, digital know-how and to share knowledge with the world. Learn how the process
turns
their students from consumers into knowledge producers, leaving behind papers that only the teacher reads for articles that the whole world can access.
Chapter 2: What was your first Wikipedia article? How did these educators and Wikipedia education leaders get started? Starting from light copyediting, to translating, realizing information of interest was missing… and creating new articles!
Chapter 3: The five pillars of Wikipedia 5 things you must know before you get started on writing on the
Wikipedia.
From these 5 rules, the educators reflect on the geopolitical
implications
of knowledge production, good online behaviour, and even learning to
express
knowledge the best we can.
Chapter 4: Assignments How does using Wikipedia in the classroom work in practice? Educators and Wikipedia education program leaders share different experiences and ways
to
turn the open online encyclopedia into an educational, active learning
tool.
… and the importance of explaining what plagiarism is, as well as the
value
of using good references.
Chapter 5: Brochures and tutorials Need a little help? Downloading a few brochures can go a long way into learning in more detail how to use Wikipedia as an edtech tool. Follow
the
link and : https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Brochures
Chapter 6: The key to a successful education program Starting small and then growing the educational program seems to be the
key.
If you are trying to start an education program in your region,
experiment
with a single teacher, learn from that experience, an then grow the
program
progressively.
Chapter 7: Social media & connectivity Social media is an ally to connect with other education initiatives,
other
educators, and helpful volunteers that can answer questions regarding the use of the internet.
Chapter 8: Work with the Wikipedia community A fact to take in consideration: connecting with the community of
volunteer
that edit the Wikipedia in your language increases the probability of success of your education project!
Chapter 9: Motivating students Motivating students to learn through editing Wikipedia is not very hard. Here are a few experiences that highlight the value of using Wikipedia
as an
educational tool, as well as a few tips on specific actions that will
fuel
their interest even more.
Chapter 10: Language and translation Wikipedia exists currently in 283 languages, and “incubates” many more encyclopedia in other languages. There’s a very high probability that students can work in the language they’re fluent in. Translation can be
an
activity that will show them the ropes and increase their language
skills,
on top of developing their knowledge of the subject matter.
Chapter 11: When to hire an employee How do you scale an education program that spans over many classrooms and even many institutions?
Chapter 12: Success and learning from failure Success or failure? It’s all learning! This applies at the student level, but also to the educators’ tasks, and to education program leaders.
How can you get involved? We count on you to help us spread the word about this series and to use
the
videos in your outreach efforts, for training and any other use you can
give
them! Let us know how you like them, and feel free to translate captions
as
well.
Thank you to all program leaders who took part in this video production, sharing what you have learned during all this time running your education program. A special thank you to Floor Koudijs, who sparked the first
efforts
for the series to be and set the wheels in motion for this series to
happen.
Have a great week!
Best,
María
María Cruz \ Communications and Outreach Coordinator, PC&L Team \ Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. mcruz@wikimedia.org | Twitter: @marianarra_
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