Don't worry Floor, we are well aware of Graeme here and really value his
contribution!
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On 27 March 2014 17:02, Floor Koudijs
fkoudijs@wikimedia.org wrote:
> Dear Graeme,
>
> I'm happy to hear that you are interested in introducing Wiki work into
> schools in Scotland. I work at WMF in San Francisco on the Wikipedia
> Education Program, which is related to what you are doing. The programs we
> support are usually set up a little different than what you appear to be
> looking at. We encourage secondary schools and universities to have their
> students learn how to use and edit Wikipedia in the classroom. So instead
> of just another paper to write that only the teacher will read, students in
> class will learn how to update a Wikipedia article.
>
> If this is something you'd be interested in, I would love to tell you more
> about the work that is done in this field around the world. Also, it might
> be useful for you to talk to Toni Sant, who is working on education stuff
> with Wikimedia UK. You can reach him at toni.sant@wikimedia.org.uk.
>
> There are several countries where the Ministry of Education is involved in
> introducing Wikipedia in the classroom. If you would like some more
> examples of that, please let me know and I can put you in touch with people
> in different countries who might have some inspiring stories for you.
>
> Best of luck with your ideas, and please let me know if you have any
> further questions.
>
> Floor
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> Floor Koudijs
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> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 6:34 AM, Graeme Arnott
graemejarnott@gmail.comwrote:
>
>> 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
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