Hi Mathias, > > Hi, in France we have an equivalent : Wikipédia en classe > <http://www.wikimedia.fr/sites/default/files/userfiles/Wikip%C3%A9dia%20en%20classe-Wikim%C3%A9dia%20France.pdf>, > it mention Vikidia, and advice it for pupils up to 15 years old.
Good resource! Thanks for sharing. > > Vikidia is an equivalent of Wikipedia for 8 to 13 years old children. I've > already sent a message about it more than a year ago. > It exists in French, Spanish and Italian (and is about to be launched in > Russian) whereas another group opened it in dutch : > http://fr.vikidia.org/ ; http://es.vikidia.org/ ; http://it.vikidia.org/ I know Vikidia and I think is a very useful alternative for younger students... Once I did an experience in a primary school here in my city, Córdoba, and it worked well... Aroud 20 kids of fifth grade previously prepared a topic of their interest and they edited with our help (their teacher and me). But till I know, they didn't continue editing after the workshop... The problem I have found, not only in this case, so maybe it's a more general problem, it's how to share our commitment with other teachers. In some cases, digital literacy of teachers is very basic for experimenting with Wikipedia. But in most of cases, I guess, the main issue is they don't know the free culture dynamics that Wikipedia embodies, and how participating of such a project from school could be a meaningful learning for their students. Maybe someone in this list has a kind of "tip" about this... how to encourage teachers to appropriate themselves of the pedagogical possibilities of the projects. Best, _______________________________________________ Education mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
