Hello Graeme
I am willing to talk about the work I do with my 7th grade students. They
work on the French Wikipedia, but I am perfectly bilingual English-French.
National Geographic ran an article about it (in English):
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/news/web-work/?ar_a=1

Gabe


On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 1:16 PM, rupert THURNER <[email protected]>wrote:

> There was a few days project in zürich called "hallo rohstoff" (hello
> commodity). Every class participating did example edits on wikiversity ,
> and visited a public library to connect wikipedia with its references.
> Erkan and his colleagues of wikiversity were very welcoming btw.
>
> Rupert
> Am 28.03.2014 14:52 schrieb "Simon Knight" <[email protected]>:
>
> In addition to the OER4Schools/ORBIT projects (sent off list but available
>> at http://oer.educ.cam.ac.uk/) the edutech wiki might also be of
>> interest Graeme
>> http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Wiki_metrics,_rubrics_and_collaboration_tools#Introduction
>>  I also occasionally see research on pedagogic value of using Wikis
>> although I'd need to hunt that out :-)
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Simon
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Daria Cybulska
>> *Sent:* 28 March 2014 13:44
>> *To:* Wikimedia Education
>> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Education] MediaWiki projects in Schools
>>
>>
>>
>> Don't worry Floor, we are well aware of Graeme here and really value his
>> contribution!
>>
>>
>>
>> It would still be interesting to see what other chapters could suggest to
>> him. I mostly know of this list (scroll down for Schools):
>>
>> http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education_Portal/Projects_and_Programs
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Daria
>>
>>
>>
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>> +44 7803 505 170
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>> On 27 March 2014 17:02, Floor Koudijs <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Graeme,
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm happy to hear that you are interested in introducing Wiki work into
>> schools in Scotland. I work at WMF in San Francisco on the Wikipedia
>> Education Program, which is related to what you are doing. The programs we
>> support are usually set up a little different than what you appear to be
>> looking at. We encourage secondary schools and universities to have their
>> students learn how to use and edit Wikipedia in the classroom. So instead
>> of just another paper to write that only the teacher will read, students in
>> class will learn how to update a Wikipedia article.
>>
>>
>>
>> If this is something you'd be interested in, I would love to tell you
>> more about the work that is done in this field around the world. Also, it
>> might be useful for you to talk to Toni Sant, who is working on education
>> stuff with Wikimedia UK. You can reach him at [email protected]
>> .
>>
>>
>>
>> There are several countries where the Ministry of Education is involved
>> in introducing Wikipedia in the classroom. If you would like some more
>> examples of that, please let me know and I can put you in touch with people
>> in different countries who might have some inspiring stories for you.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best of luck with your ideas, and please let me know if you have any
>> further questions.
>>
>>
>>
>> Floor
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Floor Koudijs
>>
>> Wikipedia Education Program Manager
>>
>> Wikimedia Foundation
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>>
>> ............................................................................
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>> T. +1.415.839.6885  x6806
>>
>> E. [email protected]
>>
>> I. wikimediafoundation.org
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>> ............................................................................
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>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 6:34 AM, Graeme Arnott <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear All
>>
>> I've been asked by a civil servant at the Scottish Government to look
>> into the ways that mediawiki literacy could be incorporated into Scottish
>> secondary school work (12-18 years of age). This might be something like
>> installing MediaWiki on the schools' national intranet, or doing something
>> with Wikiversity or simply using Wikipedia within a particular project.
>> When I discussed the project with the civil servant it was clear that the
>> aim was not simply to provide MediaWiki skills training for students and
>> teachers, but to make possible collaborative inter- and intra-school work,
>> as well as raising and developing the digital citizenship of school
>> teachers and students.  That is really as far as I've got.
>>
>> One problem is that I don't actually work in schools. So I thought that a
>> good place to start was this list, and to ask for help in identifying
>> examples of any Wikimedia project work that either you've been involved in
>> at school level, or that you know about. It would be great to get links to
>> the actual work (if it's publicly available on Wikipedia for example), but
>> it would also be good to get links to reflective blog posts on successes,
>> failures, things to avoid etc.  I can then collate and map these for
>> further discussion with the government.
>>
>> I'm just at the start of the conversation, but I'll keep the list updated
>> on any progress.
>>
>> With thanks in advance and best regards,
>> Graeme.
>> Volunteer for Wikimedia UK
>> Community Coordinator for Open Knowledge Foundation Scotland
>> @thegrimmbrother
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