Hi Maria, you think cheap android tablets might be an option as well? I Googled a little and and found one for 30£. 4gb storage, with a micro sd slot: http://m.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/tablets/seriously-cheap-android-tablet-hits-the-uk-for-30-1208145
There kiwix could go on and an ebook reader. Emmanuel, how big is the Spanish wikipedia without images currently? Rupert Am 20.03.2014 21:46 schrieb "Ivan Martínez" <[email protected]>: > 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>. * > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > >
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