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
one entry point: https://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/Brick_and_mortar_collaboration
On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 2:34 PM, 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 _______________________________________________ Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
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
Floor Koudijs
Wikipedia Education Program Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
............................................................................
T. +1.415.839.6885 x6806
E. fkoudijs@wikimedia.org
I. wikimediafoundation.org http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/ ............................................................................
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 _______________________________________________ Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
Don't worry Floor, we are well aware of Graeme here and really value his contribution!
It would still be interesting to see what other chapters could suggest to him. I mostly know of this list (scroll down for Schools): http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education_Portal/Projects_and_Programs
Regards, Daria
In addition to the OER4Schools/ORBIT projects (sent off list but available at http://oer.educ.cam.ac.uk/) the edutech wiki might also be of interest Graeme http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Wiki_metrics,_rubrics_and_collaboration_tools #Introduction I also occasionally see research on pedagogic value of using Wikis although I'd need to hunt that out :-)
Best
Simon
From: education-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:education-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Daria Cybulska Sent: 28 March 2014 13:44 To: Wikimedia Education Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Education] MediaWiki projects in Schools
Don't worry Floor, we are well aware of Graeme here and really value his contribution!
It would still be interesting to see what other chapters could suggest to him. I mostly know of this list (scroll down for Schools):
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education_Portal/Projects_and_Programs
Regards,
Daria
There was a few days project in zürich called "hallo rohstoff" (hello commodity). Every class participating did example edits on wikiversity , and visited a public library to connect wikipedia with its references. Erkan and his colleagues of wikiversity were very welcoming btw.
Rupert Am 28.03.2014 14:52 schrieb "Simon Knight" sjgknight@gmail.com:
In addition to the OER4Schools/ORBIT projects (sent off list but available at http://oer.educ.cam.ac.uk/) the edutech wiki might also be of interest Graeme http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Wiki_metrics,_rubrics_and_collaboration_tools... I also occasionally see research on pedagogic value of using Wikis although I’d need to hunt that out :-)
Best
Simon
*From:* education-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: education-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Daria Cybulska *Sent:* 28 March 2014 13:44 *To:* Wikimedia Education *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Education] MediaWiki projects in Schools
Don't worry Floor, we are well aware of Graeme here and really value his contribution!
It would still be interesting to see what other chapters could suggest to him. I mostly know of this list (scroll down for Schools):
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education_Portal/Projects_and_Programs
Regards,
Daria
-- Daria Cybulska - Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 207 065 0994
+44 7803 505 170
--
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
Floor Koudijs
Wikipedia Education Program Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
............................................................................
T. +1.415.839.6885 x6806
E. fkoudijs@wikimedia.org
I. wikimediafoundation.org
............................................................................
On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 6:34 AM, Graeme Arnott graemejarnott@gmail.com wrote:
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 _______________________________________________ Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
-- Daria Cybulska - Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 207 065 0994
+44 7803 505 170
--
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
*Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
Hello Graeme I am willing to talk about the work I do with my 7th grade students. They work on the French Wikipedia, but I am perfectly bilingual English-French. National Geographic ran an article about it (in English): http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/news/web-work/?ar_a=1
Gabe
On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 1:16 PM, rupert THURNER rupert.thurner@gmail.comwrote:
There was a few days project in zürich called "hallo rohstoff" (hello commodity). Every class participating did example edits on wikiversity , and visited a public library to connect wikipedia with its references. Erkan and his colleagues of wikiversity were very welcoming btw.
Rupert Am 28.03.2014 14:52 schrieb "Simon Knight" sjgknight@gmail.com:
In addition to the OER4Schools/ORBIT projects (sent off list but available
at http://oer.educ.cam.ac.uk/) the edutech wiki might also be of interest Graeme http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Wiki_metrics,_rubrics_and_collaboration_tools... I also occasionally see research on pedagogic value of using Wikis although I'd need to hunt that out :-)
Best
Simon
*From:* education-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: education-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Daria Cybulska *Sent:* 28 March 2014 13:44 *To:* Wikimedia Education *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Education] MediaWiki projects in Schools
Don't worry Floor, we are well aware of Graeme here and really value his contribution!
It would still be interesting to see what other chapters could suggest to him. I mostly know of this list (scroll down for Schools):
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education_Portal/Projects_and_Programs
Regards,
Daria
-- Daria Cybulska - Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 207 065 0994
+44 7803 505 170
--
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
Floor Koudijs
Wikipedia Education Program Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
............................................................................
T. +1.415.839.6885 x6806
E. fkoudijs@wikimedia.org
I. wikimediafoundation.org
............................................................................
On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 6:34 AM, Graeme Arnott graemejarnott@gmail.com wrote:
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 _______________________________________________ Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
-- Daria Cybulska - Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 207 065 0994
+44 7803 505 170
--
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
*Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
Wow Gabriel, what a great article! Your method of work, the dilemmas you faced and the goals you set were very similar to the way I embraced Wikipedia as an education tool. Great work, keep it up:)
Mina
----- Original Message ----- From: Gabriel Thullen To: Wikimedia Education Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 11:38 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Education] MediaWiki projects in Schools
Hello Graeme
I am willing to talk about the work I do with my 7th grade students. They work on the French Wikipedia, but I am perfectly bilingual English-French.
National Geographic ran an article about it (in English): http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/news/web-work/?ar_a=1
Gabe
On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 1:16 PM, rupert THURNER rupert.thurner@gmail.com wrote:
There was a few days project in zürich called "hallo rohstoff" (hello commodity). Every class participating did example edits on wikiversity , and visited a public library to connect wikipedia with its references. Erkan and his colleagues of wikiversity were very welcoming btw.
Rupert
Am 28.03.2014 14:52 schrieb "Simon Knight" sjgknight@gmail.com:
In addition to the OER4Schools/ORBIT projects (sent off list but available at http://oer.educ.cam.ac.uk/) the edutech wiki might also be of interest Graeme http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Wiki_metrics,_rubrics_and_collaboration_tools... I also occasionally see research on pedagogic value of using Wikis although I'd need to hunt that out :-)
Best
Simon
From: education-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:education-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Daria Cybulska Sent: 28 March 2014 13:44 To: Wikimedia Education Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Education] MediaWiki projects in Schools
Don't worry Floor, we are well aware of Graeme here and really value his contribution!
It would still be interesting to see what other chapters could suggest to him. I mostly know of this list (scroll down for Schools):
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education_Portal/Projects_and_Programs
Regards,
Daria
-- Daria Cybulska - Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 207 065 0994
+44 7803 505 170
--
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
Floor Koudijs
Wikipedia Education Program Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
............................................................................
T. +1.415.839.6885 x6806
E. fkoudijs@wikimedia.org
I. wikimediafoundation.org
............................................................................
On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 6:34 AM, Graeme Arnott graemejarnott@gmail.com wrote:
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 _______________________________________________ Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
_______________________________________________ Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
-- Daria Cybulska - Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 207 065 0994
+44 7803 505 170
--
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Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.
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Great reports, everyone! :-)
Wikimedia Israel has been working with the ministry of education for over a year now, in verious ways, and we are all looking into expending the collaboration.
I don't have much time to write now, but I will say this - * we have different modules for different ages * besides the kids, you have to teach the teachers (especially if you want it to escalate and deal with big numbers * from their point of view, it's all about pedagogy and teaching literacy, so, whatever the program is, we work with the ministry / teachers to make sure these points are met.
There's a specific program right now in Be'er Sheva (the south of Israel) which also submitted for wikimania, so you might have some details there. If you can't find the link, I'll post it here later.
Best, Shani. On 1 Apr 2014 00:13, "Mina Theofilatou" theoth@otenet.gr wrote:
Wow Gabriel, what a great article! Your method of work, the dilemmas you faced and the goals you set were very similar to the way I embraced Wikipedia as an education tool. Great work, keep it up:)
Mina
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Gabriel Thullen gabriel@thullen.com *To:* Wikimedia Education education@lists.wikimedia.org *Sent:* Monday, March 31, 2014 11:38 PM *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Education] MediaWiki projects in Schools
Hello Graeme I am willing to talk about the work I do with my 7th grade students. They work on the French Wikipedia, but I am perfectly bilingual English-French. National Geographic ran an article about it (in English): http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/news/web-work/?ar_a=1
Gabe
On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 1:16 PM, rupert THURNER rupert.thurner@gmail.comwrote:
There was a few days project in zürich called "hallo rohstoff" (hello commodity). Every class participating did example edits on wikiversity , and visited a public library to connect wikipedia with its references. Erkan and his colleagues of wikiversity were very welcoming btw.
Rupert Am 28.03.2014 14:52 schrieb "Simon Knight" sjgknight@gmail.com:
In addition to the OER4Schools/ORBIT projects (sent off list but
available at http://oer.educ.cam.ac.uk/) the edutech wiki might also be of interest Graeme http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Wiki_metrics,_rubrics_and_collaboration_tools... I also occasionally see research on pedagogic value of using Wikis although I'd need to hunt that out :-)
Best
Simon
*From:* education-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: education-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Daria Cybulska *Sent:* 28 March 2014 13:44 *To:* Wikimedia Education *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Education] MediaWiki projects in Schools
Don't worry Floor, we are well aware of Graeme here and really value his contribution!
It would still be interesting to see what other chapters could suggest to him. I mostly know of this list (scroll down for Schools):
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education_Portal/Projects_and_Programs
Regards,
Daria
-- Daria Cybulska - Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 207 065 0994 <%2B44%20%280%29%20207%20065%200994>
+44 7803 505 170
--
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
Floor Koudijs
Wikipedia Education Program Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
............................................................................
T. +1.415.839.6885 x6806 <%2B1.415.839.6885%20%C2%A0x6806>
E. fkoudijs@wikimedia.org
I. wikimediafoundation.org
............................................................................
On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 6:34 AM, Graeme Arnott graemejarnott@gmail.com wrote:
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 _______________________________________________ Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
-- Daria Cybulska - Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 207 065 0994 <%2B44%20%280%29%20207%20065%200994>
+44 7803 505 170
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Dear all -
(thanks Graeme for spearheading this, and thanks Floor for offering assistance etc.)
We (as a global movement) really need to be mapping all this great work (and ideas) in a systematic way. The Education Co-op (in formation) may be an appropriate catalyst for this, but there may be scope beyond this grouping. I say this mainly because the co-op is still in the process of seeking clarity in terms of its goals and scope. At present, the co-op seems to be focused mainly on higher education (18+) but we need clear(er) guidelines for work in Education setting with people who are under 18 and even under 16, if not under 11. I mention this latter category because I saw a fabulous presentation in India from under 11s a couple of years ago, and I'm sure there are others I/we don't know anything about.
WMUK is aware of at least 4 MediaWiki projects in Universities (not schools - terminology may be problematic across different countries) that are not Wikimedia wikis. I'm fairly certain that there are others we don't know about, but it would be great if we could map these, especially as part of a more global effort.
Kind regards,
Toni
On Tuesday, 1 April 2014, Shani shani.even@gmail.com wrote:
Great reports, everyone! :-)
Wikimedia Israel has been working with the ministry of education for over
a year now, in verious ways, and we are all looking into expending the collaboration.
I don't have much time to write now, but I will say this -
- we have different modules for different ages
- besides the kids, you have to teach the teachers (especially if you
want it to escalate and deal with big numbers
- from their point of view, it's all about pedagogy and teaching
literacy, so, whatever the program is, we work with the ministry / teachers to make sure these points are met.
There's a specific program right now in Be'er Sheva (the south of Israel)
which also submitted for wikimania, so you might have some details there. If you can't find the link, I'll post it here later.
Best, Shani.
On 1 Apr 2014 00:13, "Mina Theofilatou" theoth@otenet.gr wrote:
Wow Gabriel, what a great article! Your method of work, the dilemmas you
faced and the goals you set were very similar to the way I embraced Wikipedia as an education tool. Great work, keep it up:)
Mina
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From: Gabriel Thullen To: Wikimedia Education Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 11:38 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Education] MediaWiki projects in Schools Hello Graeme I am willing to talk about the work I do with my 7th grade students. They
work on the French Wikipedia, but I am perfectly bilingual English-French.
National Geographic ran an article about it (in English): http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/news/web-work/?ar_a=1
Gabe
On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 1:16 PM, rupert THURNER rupert.thurner@gmail.com
wrote:
There was a few days project in zürich called "hallo rohstoff" (hello
commodity). Every class participating did example edits on wikiversity , and visited a public library to connect wikipedia with its references. Erkan and his colleagues of wikiversity were very welcoming btw.
Rupert
Am 28.03.2014 14:52 schrieb "Simon Knight" sjgknight@gmail.com:
In addition to the OER4Schools/ORBIT projects (sent off list but
available at http://oer.educ.cam.ac.uk/) the edutech wiki might also
Toni Sant, 01/04/2014 08:58:
The Education Co-op (in formation) may be an appropriate catalyst for this, but there may be scope beyond this grouping. I say this mainly because the co-op is still in the process of seeking clarity in terms of its goals and scope. At present, the co-op seems to be focused mainly on higher education (18+) but we need clear(er) guidelines for work in Education setting with people who are under 18 and even under 16, if not under 11.
I asked about this on https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikimedia_Foundation/Proposal_form too, but is there some on-wiki documentation of the co-op current status etc.?
Nemo
Hi Federico -
Thanks for your question about the coop. There a plans for the co-op to be launched at Wikimania. Initial on-wiki information about the current status is here (but it's rather limited): https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education_Portal/Newsletter/March_2014/E...
Best wishes,
Toni
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On 30 April 2014 04:45, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemowiki@gmail.com wrote:
Toni Sant, 01/04/2014 08:58:
The Education Co-op (in formation) may be an appropriate catalyst for
this, but there may be scope beyond this grouping. I say this mainly because the co-op is still in the process of seeking clarity in terms of its goals and scope. At present, the co-op seems to be focused mainly on higher education (18+) but we need clear(er) guidelines for work in Education setting with people who are under 18 and even under 16, if not under 11.
I asked about this on https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:APG/ Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikimedia_Foundation/Proposal_form too, but is there some on-wiki documentation of the co-op current status etc.?
Nemo
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