Hi guys,
Sometime back, Isaac a student at Egerton University posted some activities that he and a team of other Egerton students have been doing to create awareness of Wikimedia as well as the schools project in there university. These included distributing the Wikipedia for schools zim file and Kiwix around their region as well as setting up a Wikipedia stand in an Open Day at their campus.
I feel that the magnitude of the work this team has done hasn't quite been recognized. So far, the Egerton group has been able to visit 6 schools with regards to the schools project as well as represent Wikimedia Kenya during their open day and even had the Minister of higher education visit their stand. They've also received great feedback from the schools they've visited so far which Isaac will make available.
So I'd like to give a thumbs up to the Egerton team for the awesome work done and acknowledge the presence of active Wikimedians in Nakuru.
With this said, we should really come up with strategies to support and recognize activities from Wikimedians and new contributors from all over Kenya so as to have a sustinable growth of Wikimedia Kenya.
cheers,
Alex
Congrats to Isaac and his team. And thanks for bringing them to the limelight:-) I know that Isaac is subscribed to the mailing list, but I do hope that the rest of his team is also subscribed as well -- so that they can all be on the loop.
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Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 05:46:32 -0800 From: xelawafs@yahoo.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org; kips8505izo@gmail.com Subject: [Wikimedia Kenya] Egerton Updates
Hi guys,
Sometime back, Isaac a student at Egerton University posted some activities that he and a team of other Egerton students have been doing to create awareness of Wikimedia as well as the schools project in there university. These included distributing the Wikipedia for schools zim file and Kiwix around their region as well as setting up a Wikipedia stand in an Open Day at their campus.
I feel that the magnitude of the work this team has done hasn't quite been recognized. So far, the Egerton group has been able to visit 6 schools with regards to the schools project as well as represent Wikimedia Kenya during their open day and even had the Minister of higher education visit their stand. They've also received great feedback from the schools they've visited so far which Isaac will make available.
So I'd like to give a thumbs up to the Egerton team for the awesome work done and acknowledge the presence of active Wikimedians in Nakuru.
With this said, we should really come up with strategies to support and recognize activities from Wikimedians and new contributors from all over Kenya so as to have a sustinable growth of Wikimedia Kenya.
cheers,
Alex
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Hi Guys, I promised to give you an update about what we have done so far.............. here it is:- Egerton Team The Egerton team is comprised of the following 1) Isaac Kosgei- 4th Bsc Agribusiness Management. 2) Bethuel K. Kiay-4th year Bsc. Computer Science. 3) Edward Yego-3rd year Bsc. Economics and statistics. The above team has successfully done the following projects:- Visited a number of schools in rift valley and managed to install Kiwix. Collected data/ feedback from the schools we have visited including recommendations. Represented Wikimedia Kenya during the Egerton University open Day held on 17th Feb 2011 at Egerton’s sports Ground where the higher Education minister was the Guest of honour. Prepared a catching PowerPoint presentation about Wikipedia for schools project. Sensitized the staff and students at Egerton about Wikimedia foundation and our project. Planning to represent Wikimedia for schools in a national exhibition organized by the commission for higher Education- ( will be Held in Kakamega on 17th-19th march 2011)
Dr. Birech reading the Wikipedia for schools in her office at Utafiti Egerton uni
Schools Covered in Our Region Kapsabet Boys’ High school. Kapsabet Girls’ High School. Nakuru high school. Egerton Secondary school. Kaptel high school. Njoro boys The reception in the above schools was very wonderful. Only Kaptel boys did not take coz they said the headmaster was not around, as for Egerton secondary and Njoro Boys we will be installing it on Mon 21st. We still plan to visit a few other schools at random before we compile our report. The major points noted positively by the teachers of the schools we visited are:- They appreciate the fact that it is donated free of charge especially the fact that they get a free DVD copy of the software. It does not worry the teacher that his/her students can access irrelevant material e.g. adult content. It is easy to install and easy to use. It is a very good reference copy for the teachers. It is good for general knowledge. The disadvantages are :- It has no Kiswahili which is part of the examinable subjects they are therefore recommending that it be included. It is note updated with the current events happening in the world the chronology of events is updated only to 2004. ( click 2005 and you won’t find) The English Grammar is very shallow as compared to the Kenyan syllabus. The Sciences are complex for the students especially. It covers a lot of things that aren’t in the syllabus and students may end up wasting time reading things that won’t be examined they expect to find topic like preparation of chemical elements in chemistry- including diagrams of the same.(Others Noted this as a positive in that for those who are curious with a topic thy can follow it up) The African History has not been covered well esp. as per the syllabus.
Subjects that met the threshold Mathematics. Biology. Geography. General knowledge. Recommendations The Heads of the schools we have gone so far put forward the following recommendations Revised the content as per the Kenyan syllabus coz the current one seems to have been tailor made for a syllabus in another country. Include Kiswahili. Include Examples and answers especially in the area of mathematics and sciences. Make a follow up of schools Organize to give motivational talks to students on topics like e-learning.
Hi.
Thanks for this update, Alex; it's great that you took the initiative to report on this.
Kudos to the Egerton team for their work!
May I suggest that e-mails are not the optimal way to _store_ these reports? E-mail is good to share the reports, certainly, but for good access, searchability, and availability for future subscribers to this list who will not have received today's e-mail, I recommend that we copy these reports into sub-pages under: http://wikimedia.or.ke/Wikipedia_for_Schools_Project
Keep up your inspiring work!
http://wikimedia.or.ke/Wikipedia_for_Schools_ProjectCheers,
Asaf
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Alex Wafula xelawafs@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi guys,
Sometime back, Isaac a student at Egerton University posted some activities that he and a team of other Egerton students have been doing to create awareness of Wikimedia as well as the schools project in there university. These included distributing the Wikipedia for schools zim file and Kiwix around their region as well as setting up a Wikipedia stand in an Open Day at their campus.
I feel that the magnitude of the work this team has done hasn't quite been recognized. So far, the Egerton group has been able to visit 6 schools with regards to the schools project as well as represent Wikimedia Kenya during their open day and even had the Minister of higher education visit their stand. They've also received great feedback from the schools they've visited so far which Isaac will make available.
So I'd like to give a thumbs up to the Egerton team for the awesome work done and acknowledge the presence of active Wikimedians in Nakuru.
With this said, we should really come up with strategies to support and recognize activities from Wikimedians and new contributors from all over Kenya so as to have a sustinable growth of Wikimedia Kenya.
cheers,
Alex
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