My presentation too is based on Wikimedia in education, but I chose to present it in a
"common people" context, to illuminate my audience - adult learners from all
walks of life at an evening high school, which from what I gather is unique to Greece -
and shift the limelight from academic contributions. These people have made important
contributions, some of which have helped preserve "fading" traditions. The
techniques we use to document our articles and to substantiate notability are challenging
and downright exciting at times:)
Also, I wrote the "Wikipedia Quick Start Guide" for an educators' workshop
in Prague last August, and it worked well. I was expecting it to have grabbed more
attention for its conciseness. I would be interested in discussing it with fellow
educators and troubleshooting/improving it to help newbie educators propagate the
Wikimedia concept. There is an interest in the European community for this (otherwise my
Wikipedia editing in the classroom poster wouldn't have won first prize at a Science
Educators' conference in Brussels!). I think it's time we collaborate to take
action:)
Sorry for not inserting any links to all the above, I'm in a rush... they're
available on my user page, but I could just add them to this message later on in the day
if someone is interested...:-)
Greetings from Greece
Mina (Saintfevrier)
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From: Craig Franklin
To: education(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 7:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Education] Education-related ideas for Wikimania
Excellent idea Andrew, while there are many high quality education programmes that now
exist in our space, they do seem to be aimed predominately at universities and
"traditional" academia. Entire fields of "blue collar" knowledge are
being left out. Good to see I'm not the only one that's spotted that gap!
Cheers,
Craig
On 24 March 2012 13:46, Andrew Owens <orderinchaos78(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I've proposed a talk on vocational education, deliberately designed to be a bit
different to some of the other likely talks on this subject so that we can get some new
ideas going. It's obviously dependent on whether I can get to Wikimania or not, but if
I don't, I'll write it up and upload it somewhere anyway :)
kindest regards
Andrew
On 24 March 2012 00:32, LiAnna Davis <ldavis(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Are you going to Wikimania this year? I'm excited to see so many
education-related sessions proposed so far! I've started a list of
education-related submissions on this page:
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Education_Program/Wikimania_20…
But I'm sure the list is missing some -- please add submissions you
see! And please click through and add yourself to the interested
attendees list for the sessions you think sound interesting.
I'm also trying to coordinate some kind of education meet-up while
we're there. There's also a list on that page of people who are hoping
to or planning to attend Wikimania; please add yourself and add any
ideas you have about the best things we could do as a group there.
LiAnna
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Wikipedia Education Program Communications Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
http://education.wikimedia.org
(415) 839-6885 x6649
ldavis(a)wikimedia.org
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