Kilian - that would be fantastic. Thank you!

On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 1:05 AM, Kilian Kluge <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi Jane,
>
> I'm not from the US, but in Germany we've been running a Wikipedia
> education program targeted at middle and high school teachers and students
> since 2010. Until the end of 2012, Wikimedia Germany was in charge of the
> project, since early 2013 we're an independent group of instructors (almost
> exclusively experienced Wikipedians).
>
> I'm quite familiar with the US education system and I believe that many of
> our ideas and material could easily be adapted. If you're interested in
> further information, I'm happy to provide you with an English
> summary/overview and material.
>
> Regards,
>
> Kilian
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 12:53 AM, Jane Park 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Who at Wikimedia (if anyone) is at all focused on education for K-12 on
>> Wikipedia and related topics? Re this 
>> thread<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2013-September/thread.html#128240>which
>>  I don't have the permissions to post to. I'm looking for someone in
>> the US, preferably the California Bay Area.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jane
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Jane Park <[email protected]
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I like it!
>>>
>>> Here's a list of a few existing copyright curricula we highlight (not
>>> exhaustive) that may be repurposed for this:
>>> https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/39781
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 3:51 AM, Laura Hale <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 9:09 PM, Tyler Romeo <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Andrew Lih <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> > I'd be OK if they simply gave some space in the training materials
>>>>> to talk
>>>>> > about public domain, free licenses and fair use. That's not likely to
>>>>> > happen given who's in control of those lesson plans.
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>> You're still just arguing about the correctness of the material. I
>>>>> agree
>>>>> that this curriculum is stupid and misleading, but that doesn't
>>>>> explain why
>>>>> the WMF should care enough to make a statement, or even continue
>>>>> discussion, about it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> One alternative option would be to work with the Education folks and
>>>> create Wikimedia centric lesson plans for teachers to use that share the
>>>> values people are expressing.  These can be linked on education outreach
>>>> pages, distributed to chapters, etc.  Or general handouts can be made that
>>>> explain these concepts ad the linked on
>>>> https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bookshelf . This is a nice option
>>>> because it is pro-active and community driven.  If some one does approach
>>>> the WMF externally asking for support on this issue, they have the
>>>> materials to then work with.
>>>>
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