Hi everyone, at Wikimedia Argentina we are working with a potential new partner, to work in education. The institution gives school support to about 750 kids from 6 to 12 years old. However, they have huge needs of primary sources for consultation, when working on different school tasks and homework.
One idea that we considered at Wikimedia Argentina was to provide WikiReaders: students could access them when at school support, and they could read Wikipedia in Spanish for school work, if they need to consult any topic.
I wanted to know if anyone working on education programs has ever crafted a program that included the readers, and what was their experience. Can we install Wikipedia in Spanish? Is it useful for primary school research tasks? We can only buy it through Amazonhttp://www.amazon.com/WikiReader-WR-01-Pocket-Wikipedia/dp/B002N5521W/, or is there another channel to purchase these devices? Since it works offline, is it possible to update it every other time?
The only information I found was in the device homepagehttp://thewikireader.com/, but I would be glad to read about a program that uses WikiReader somewhere else.
Thanks in advance!
Warm regards,
Hi, María!
I think you'll be interested in this recent experience: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Aislinn_Dewey/Distribute_WikiRead...
I'm CCing Aislinn as well, as I'm not sure she's reading this mailing list, so she can offer her perspective.
Cheers,
Asaf
On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 12:17 PM, María Cruz maria@wikimedia.org.ar wrote:
Hi everyone, at Wikimedia Argentina we are working with a potential new partner, to work in education. The institution gives school support to about 750 kids from 6 to 12 years old. However, they have huge needs of primary sources for consultation, when working on different school tasks and homework.
One idea that we considered at Wikimedia Argentina was to provide WikiReaders: students could access them when at school support, and they could read Wikipedia in Spanish for school work, if they need to consult any topic.
I wanted to know if anyone working on education programs has ever crafted a program that included the readers, and what was their experience. Can we install Wikipedia in Spanish? Is it useful for primary school research tasks? We can only buy it through Amazonhttp://www.amazon.com/WikiReader-WR-01-Pocket-Wikipedia/dp/B002N5521W/, or is there another channel to purchase these devices? Since it works offline, is it possible to update it every other time?
The only information I found was in the device homepagehttp://thewikireader.com/, but I would be glad to read about a program that uses WikiReader somewhere else.
Thanks in advance!
Warm regards,
-- *María Cruz* Encargada de Comunicación A.C. Wikimedia Argentina
Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
Thanks Asaf! I see that Wikimedia Mexico was also involved in this project. I will probably also talk to Iván, in that case.
Cheers!
2014-03-20 16:36 GMT-03:00 Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org:
Hi, María!
I think you'll be interested in this recent experience:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Aislinn_Dewey/Distribute_WikiRead...
I'm CCing Aislinn as well, as I'm not sure she's reading this mailing list, so she can offer her perspective.
Cheers,
AsafOn Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 12:17 PM, María Cruz maria@wikimedia.org.arwrote:
Hi everyone, at Wikimedia Argentina we are working with a potential new partner, to work in education. The institution gives school support to about 750 kids from 6 to 12 years old. However, they have huge needs of primary sources for consultation, when working on different school tasks and homework.
One idea that we considered at Wikimedia Argentina was to provide WikiReaders: students could access them when at school support, and they could read Wikipedia in Spanish for school work, if they need to consult any topic.
I wanted to know if anyone working on education programs has ever crafted a program that included the readers, and what was their experience. Can we install Wikipedia in Spanish? Is it useful for primary school research tasks? We can only buy it through Amazonhttp://www.amazon.com/WikiReader-WR-01-Pocket-Wikipedia/dp/B002N5521W/, or is there another channel to purchase these devices? Since it works offline, is it possible to update it every other time?
The only information I found was in the device homepagehttp://thewikireader.com/, but I would be glad to read about a program that uses WikiReader somewhere else.
Thanks in advance!
Warm regards,
-- *María Cruz* Encargada de Comunicación A.C. Wikimedia Argentina
Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
-- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation http://www.wikimediafoundation.org
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Yes, we support a little bit of the project, but, literally a lot of storms braked our direct participation. IAsh have all the information, they have a lot of progress.
2014-03-20 13:46 GMT-06:00 María Cruz maria@wikimedia.org.ar:
Thanks Asaf! I see that Wikimedia Mexico was also involved in this project. I will probably also talk to Iván, in that case.
Cheers!
2014-03-20 16:36 GMT-03:00 Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org:
Hi, María!
I think you'll be interested in this recent experience:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Aislinn_Dewey/Distribute_WikiRead...
I'm CCing Aislinn as well, as I'm not sure she's reading this mailing list, so she can offer her perspective.
Cheers,
AsafOn Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 12:17 PM, María Cruz maria@wikimedia.org.arwrote:
Hi everyone, at Wikimedia Argentina we are working with a potential new partner, to work in education. The institution gives school support to about 750 kids from 6 to 12 years old. However, they have huge needs of primary sources for consultation, when working on different school tasks and homework.
One idea that we considered at Wikimedia Argentina was to provide WikiReaders: students could access them when at school support, and they could read Wikipedia in Spanish for school work, if they need to consult any topic.
I wanted to know if anyone working on education programs has ever crafted a program that included the readers, and what was their experience. Can we install Wikipedia in Spanish? Is it useful for primary school research tasks? We can only buy it through Amazonhttp://www.amazon.com/WikiReader-WR-01-Pocket-Wikipedia/dp/B002N5521W/, or is there another channel to purchase these devices? Since it works offline, is it possible to update it every other time?
The only information I found was in the device homepagehttp://thewikireader.com/, but I would be glad to read about a program that uses WikiReader somewhere else.
Thanks in advance!
Warm regards,
-- *María Cruz* Encargada de Comunicación A.C. Wikimedia Argentina
Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
-- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation http://www.wikimediafoundation.org
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org
Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
-- *María Cruz* Encargada de Comunicación A.C. Wikimedia Argentina
Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
Hi Maria, you think cheap android tablets might be an option as well?
I Googled a little and and found one for 30£. 4gb storage, with a micro sd slot: http://m.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/tablets/seriously-cheap-android...
There kiwix could go on and an ebook reader. Emmanuel, how big is the Spanish wikipedia without images currently?
Rupert Am 20.03.2014 21:46 schrieb "Ivan Martínez" galaver@gmail.com:
Yes, we support a little bit of the project, but, literally a lot of storms braked our direct participation. IAsh have all the information, they have a lot of progress.
2014-03-20 13:46 GMT-06:00 María Cruz maria@wikimedia.org.ar:
Thanks Asaf! I see that Wikimedia Mexico was also involved in this project. I will probably also talk to Iván, in that case.
Cheers!
2014-03-20 16:36 GMT-03:00 Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org:
Hi, María!
I think you'll be interested in this recent experience:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Aislinn_Dewey/Distribute_WikiRead...
I'm CCing Aislinn as well, as I'm not sure she's reading this mailing list, so she can offer her perspective.
Cheers,
AsafOn Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 12:17 PM, María Cruz maria@wikimedia.org.arwrote:
Hi everyone, at Wikimedia Argentina we are working with a potential new partner, to work in education. The institution gives school support to about 750 kids from 6 to 12 years old. However, they have huge needs of primary sources for consultation, when working on different school tasks and homework.
One idea that we considered at Wikimedia Argentina was to provide WikiReaders: students could access them when at school support, and they could read Wikipedia in Spanish for school work, if they need to consult any topic.
I wanted to know if anyone working on education programs has ever crafted a program that included the readers, and what was their experience. Can we install Wikipedia in Spanish? Is it useful for primary school research tasks? We can only buy it through Amazonhttp://www.amazon.com/WikiReader-WR-01-Pocket-Wikipedia/dp/B002N5521W/, or is there another channel to purchase these devices? Since it works offline, is it possible to update it every other time?
The only information I found was in the device homepagehttp://thewikireader.com/, but I would be glad to read about a program that uses WikiReader somewhere else.
Thanks in advance!
Warm regards,
-- *María Cruz* Encargada de Comunicación A.C. Wikimedia Argentina
Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
-- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation http://www.wikimediafoundation.org
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org
Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
-- *María Cruz* Encargada de Comunicación A.C. Wikimedia Argentina
Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
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