One important correction to your final f/g, Heather:

A lesson like this teaches a much more important skill set than digital literacy (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_literacy) or media literacy. It teaches information literacy (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_literacy).

That is what I hope the students learned more from this project. :)

This is coming from a credentialed and experienced (US) teacher in this field. 

Anna Koval, M.Ed.
Manager, Wikipedia Education Program
Wikimedia Foundation
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On Wednesday, November 12, 2014, Heather Walls wrote:

Thank you, Michael!

On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Michael Guss <mguss@wikimedia.org> wrote:

Hello everyone,

Here is the proposed sm for "Excelling students" blog post. Thanks for reviewing!

Blog post: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/10/excelling-students-in-beer-sheva-write-articles-about-their-city-in-the-hebrew-wikipedia/

t: Innovative education project had honor students edit Wikipedia, via partnership with @WikimediaIL

http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/10/excelling-students-in-beer-sheva-write-articles-about-their-city-in-the-hebrew-wikipedia/

t: Israeli students helped contribute to the sum of all human knowledge - as part of their homework:

http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/10/excelling-students-in-beer-sheva-write-articles-about-their-city-in-the-hebrew-wikipedia/

I like this ^

 

t: Israeli Mayor thanks honor students for contributing articles as part of education project by @WikimediaIL

http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/10/excelling-students-in-beer-sheva-write-articles-about-their-city-in-the-hebrew-wikipedia/

t: The city of Be'er Sheva, Israeli Ministry of Education, & @WikimediaIL celebrate first year of education project

http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/10/excelling-students-in-beer-sheva-write-articles-about-their-city-in-the-hebrew-wikipedia/

t: Israeli High school students were able to contribute articles to Hebrew Wikipedia about their city - for class.

http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/10/excelling-students-in-beer-sheva-write-articles-about-their-city-in-the-hebrew-wikipedia/

This, too^

 

t: Wikimedia Israel worked with local teachers to help students gain writing and digital literacy skills via Wikipedia

http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/10/excelling-students-in-beer-sheva-write-articles-about-their-city-in-the-hebrew-wikipedia/

f/g: This past academic year, Wikimedia Israel teamed up with the Israeli Ministry of Education, and the municipality of Be'er Sheva in an innovative education project that had excelling Israeli students contribute articles about their city as part of their curriculum. Learn about the findings from a productive first year: 

 http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/10/excelling-students-in-beer-sheva-write-articles-about-their-city-in-the-hebrew-wikipedia/

Maybe: 

Wikimedia Israel teamed up with the Israeli Ministry of Education, and the municipality of Be'er Sheva in an innovative education project. Israeli students contributed Hebrew Wikipedia articles about their city as part of their curriculum. Here's what happened:

 

f/g: In accordance with lesson plans approved by the Be'er Sheva Municipality, Wikimedia Israel worked with local teachers to help students garner writing and digital literacy skills as part of an education initiative through engagement with Hebrew Wikipedia.

http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/10/excelling-students-in-beer-sheva-write-articles-about-their-city-in-the-hebrew-wikipedia/

How about:

Wikimedia Israel worked with local teachers in the Be'er Sheva Municipality to help students improve their writing and digital literacy skills as part of an education initiative on Hebrew Wikipedia.

http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/10/excelling-students-in-beer-sheva-write-articles-about-their-city-in-the-hebrew-wikipedia/

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