I started working on an article that deals with zoonoses, disease outbreaks, and who is in charge, over the past three weeks. The book has valuable information about what could, and did go wrong during five previous disease outbreaks. It is a chronology, and a reference for leaders. I am learning about the relationship between animals humans and diseases. I put the work so far on a blog article.
I participated last week in a webinar by the author. I found online curriculum for a course that Dr. Kahn teaches, and books used relating to zoonoses. I found some of the books used in her course affordable on Amazon.
I have been emailing online information that I found online to a few friends that have stimulated very engaging conversations. Especially, in light of the fact that our parents' generation took germs, viruses, and bacteria seriously. They lived during a period of history when antibiotics were not so prevalent. When I was growing up women wore white gloves.
http://adjoalinda.blogspot.com/2020/04/whos-in-charge-leadership-during_87.h...
The field of zoonoses is fascinating. It should be common knowledge.
Sincerely,
Linda Fletcher
On Apr 2, 2020 5:18 AM, "Netha Hussain" nethahussain@gmail.com wrote:
Dear LiAnna and other Wiki-Edu enthusiasts,
I would like to brainstorm about how we can present information about COVID-19 in educational material for students at the high school and university level. Is anyone working on this at the moment? I am interested in creating the text, but I will need help in creating an interface, landing pages and graphics. Creating an educational material on COVID-19 can be tricky because the facts are being updated on a daily basis, and there are no printed textbooks where we can find a model from. But I am confident that if we have the possibility to update the content from time to time, it will turn out to be an excellent resource.
Right now, I am mostly doing content creation on English Wikipedia for COVID-19, but if there is sufficient interest, I can help with creating a project around this.
Regards Netha [[User: Netha Hussain]]
On Wed, 1 Apr 2020 at 17:03, LiAnna Davis lianna@wikiedu.org wrote:
A reminder, this meeting will start in 24 hours.
Thanks to a suggestion from John Cummings, I'll also paste a Google calendar invite below so you can add it to your calendar! https://calendar.google.com/calendar/r/eventedit?dates=20200402T150000Z/ 20200402T163000Z&text=Wikipedia+%26+Education+User+ Group+Open+Meeting&location=https://zoom.us/j/759620545& details=Join+Zoom+Meeting%0Ahttps://zoom.us/j/759620545% 0A%0AMeeting+ID:+759+620+545&sf=true
On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 10:45 AM LiAnna Davis lianna@wikiedu.org wrote:
(usual apologies for cross-posting!)
The board of the Wikipedia & Education User Group invites you to attend our user group's next Open Meeting, one week from today, on Thursday,
April
2, at 15:00 UTC, as always via Zoom. We'll be discussing the Wikimedia & Education community's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Guest speakers include:
- Nichole Saad and Melissa Guadalupe Huertas from the WMF Education Team
will talk about their strategy and how you can help. ( https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/education/2020-March/002511.html)
- User:TiagoLubiana, a graduate student in Computational Biology from
the
University of São Paulo, and a leading editor at Wikidata:WikiProject COVID-19, will discuss Wikidata's work around COVID-19 and how the Wikimedia and education community can help. ( https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_COVID-19)
Per usual, the board will provide an update on user group activities,
and
we'll offer an opportunity for others to briefly share what they've
been up
to in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Join us!
What: Wikipedia & Education User Group Open Meeting When: Apr 2, 2020 15:00 UTC Where: https://zoom.us/j/759620545 Meeting ID: 759 620 545
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