Dear Wikimedians,
[Please, excuse the cross-posting!]
We know how crucial media and information literacy skills are in today's
world and we see the opportunities in the use of Wikipedia as a pedagogical
tool. So how can we continue to support educators to integrate Wikipedia
into their classrooms to foster these skills?
Last year, the Education team at the Wikimedia Foundation launched the Reading
Wikipedia in the Classroom
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/our-work/education/reading-wikipedia-in-the-classroom/>
program in 3 pilot countries: Bolivia, Morocco, and the Philippines. We
worked with local coordinators from the Wikimedia affiliates in each
country to provide an online professional development opportunity to close
to 1000 secondary school teachers
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2020/12/10/nearly-1000-teachers-participate-in-reading-wikipedia-in-the-classroom-pilot/>
with a localized curriculum
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/04/02/a-three-module-teachers-guide-about-reading-wikipedia-in-the-classroom-is-now-available-on-commons/>
that aligns Wikipedia with UNESCO’s Media and Information Literacy
framework.
We would like to invite you to an open meeting where the Education team and
the pilot’s local coordinators will share the experiences of the program:
the curriculum design, the methodology, the impact, and the next steps for
you to get involved!
You can join us on one of these two dates via Zoom:
-
Thursday, May 6, 13:00 UTC (link to join:
https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/93678353815)
-
Friday, May 7, 17:00 UTC (link to join:
https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/99326961118)
We are eager to share our learnings with you and to continue working
towards a critical inclusion of Wikipedia in education. In the meantime,
you can explore the teacher's guides and booklets developed for the program
available on Wikimedia Commons
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Reading_Wikipedia_in_the_classroom>
.
Please, don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions or doubts you might
have (or if you need an invite to the event for your personal calendar).
¡Gracias!
--
Melissa Guadalupe Huertas (she/her)
Senior Program Officer, Education
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>