Yes, we support a little bit of the project, but, literally a lot of storms braked our direct participation. IAsh have all the information, they have a lot of progress.
2014-03-20 13:46 GMT-06:00 María Cruz <[email protected]>: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > -- *Atentamente:Iván MartínezPresidenteWikimedia México A.C.wikimedia.mx <http://wikimedia.mx>Imagina un mundo en donde cada persona del planeta pueda tener acceso libre a la suma total del conocimiento humano. Eso es lo que estamos haciendo <http://es.wikipedia.org>. *
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