Iolanda -- Can you help me understand what is meant by "curriculum-based
questions"? You use the phrase many times and each time it sounds like what I would
call "teaching to the test". I appreciate that the proposal goes on to answer
many worries from an educator's perspective. I suspect there are remaining worries
from the perspective of the Wikipedia community which I would describe as
"curiosity-based". Thanks and best regards. -- Ward
On Mar 15, 2013, at 6:20 AM, Iolanda Pensa wrote:
Wikipedia Primary School
Providing on Wikipedia the information necessary to complete the cycle of primary
education in the languages used by the different education systems.
A project allowing students, families and teachers to find on Wikipedia the documentation
necessary to obtain the primary school qualification in their country, in their language.
Wikipedia is meant to be an educational tool and it is currently available online, via
mobile phones and offline. Experiences have shown that, once accessible, Wikipedia does
not provide information that responds directly to curriculum-based questions. The project
relies on Wikipedia as an existing and growing resource, it solves the need for an
encyclopaedia capable of responding to curriculum-based questions, and it fosters
Wikipedia content, quality and outreach.