Mina, I love the video! You should upload it to Commons as well. :) I'm sorry to hear about the reduction in teachers; I hope something manages to work out and you can continue your excellent work somehow!
LiAnna On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Mina Theofilatou <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > Hello all > > I'm writing to share some news with you... first the good news: we > successfully completed and presented two school projects for the school > year 2012-13. The projects were featured in the Wikimedia Global blog > post > <http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/02/21/education-program-greece/#more-21982>I > wrote in February. In the post I had mentioned that we would be holding an > outdoor event to engage the locals in our work on Wikimedia Commons: the > event was initially planned for mid-March, but the weather was so > unpredictable this spring that we had to wait until mid-May to be certain > that we would not have to face a storm! Anyway, here is the video I just > uploaded : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWffhaJjAcY (in English). In > addition, I have submitted the video to the European "generations at > school" competition, as it was an intergenerational project both in the > making and presentation. > > And now for the bad news: this may be the last project I will be running > in secondary education in Greece: the "Troika" (IMF-ECB-EU) has > demanded that 12.500 people are fired from the public sector, and the > government intends to fire around 8000 school teachers. They are looking > primarily at ICT teachers (such as myself), as they intend to gradually > eliminate ICT from secondary education curriculum (they have already > removed a total of 4 hours per week in 1st and 2nd grade of upper secondary > since last year). With no evaluation, no forward thinking or planning and > no consideration for the quality of work ICT teachers have produced, we may > find ourselves jobless in a matter of days. > > The crisis in Greece has led many people to despair: with an unemployment > rate of nearly 30% (60% for the 18-25 age group), social structures > crumbling (schools, hospitals etc. are closing down on a daily basis) and > salaries cut by at least 40%, it's not surprising that suicide rates have > tripled over the last three years. Anyone interested in an eyewitness > account of the situation can read a post I wrote in English on my blog. > <http://agrypnocoma.blogspot.gr/2013/06/this-was-not-accepted-for-publication.html> > > Anyway, sorry to convey sadness... hope you all have a nice summer, and > keep up the great work:) > > Best, > Mina (saintfevrier) > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > -- LiAnna Davis Wikipedia Education Program Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation http://education.wikimedia.org (415) 839-6885 x6649 [email protected]
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