Thanks Asaf! I see that Wikimedia Mexico was also involved in this project. I will probably also talk to Iván, in that case.
Cheers! 2014-03-20 16:36 GMT-03:00 Asaf Bartov <[email protected]>: > Hi, María! > > I think you'll be interested in this recent experience: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Aislinn_Dewey/Distribute_WikiReaders_to_Schools/Report > > I'm CCing Aislinn as well, as I'm not sure she's reading this mailing > list, so she can offer her perspective. > > Cheers, > > Asaf > > > On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 12:17 PM, María Cruz <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> at Wikimedia Argentina we are working with a potential new partner, to >> work in education. The institution gives school support to about 750 kids >> from 6 to 12 years old. However, they have huge needs of primary sources >> for consultation, when working on different school tasks and homework. >> >> One idea that we considered at Wikimedia Argentina was to provide >> WikiReaders: students could access them when at school support, and they >> could read Wikipedia in Spanish for school work, if they need to consult >> any topic. >> >> I wanted to know if anyone working on education programs has ever crafted >> a program that included the readers, and what was their experience. Can we >> install Wikipedia in Spanish? Is it useful for primary school research >> tasks? We can only buy it through >> Amazon<http://www.amazon.com/WikiReader-WR-01-Pocket-Wikipedia/dp/B002N5521W/>, >> or is there another channel to purchase these devices? Since it works >> offline, is it possible to update it every other time? >> >> The only information I found was in the device >> homepage<http://thewikireader.com/>, >> but I would be glad to read about a program that uses WikiReader somewhere >> else. >> >> Thanks in advance! >> >> Warm regards, >> >> >> -- >> *María Cruz* >> Encargada de Comunicación >> A.C. Wikimedia Argentina >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Education mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education >> >> > > > -- > Asaf Bartov > Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > https://donate.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > -- *María Cruz* Encargada de Comunicación A.C. Wikimedia Argentina
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