Yes! I didn't get a chance to post it here yesterday, but this is very exciting amd hopefully the beginning of a new era in Israeli schools. :-)
Leigh, could you add the link to the wiki blog in the coming issue if the newsletter..? Thanks, Shani. On 11 Jun 2014 09:56, "Pine W" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm forwarding this good news from WikimediaAnnounce-l that mysteriously > wasn't received by Wikimedia-l. I'm sending this to Wikimedia-l and > Education-l. > > Pine > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Itzik - Wikimedia Israel <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 8:58 PM > Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Israel’s Ministry of Education & > Wikimedia Israel Agree On New, Unique Initiative > To: [email protected] > > > (Posted also on the Wikimedia Blog: > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/israels-ministry-of-education-wikimedia-israel-agree-on-new-unique-initiative/ > ) > > An agreement was met in a meeting between Rabbi Shai Piron, Israel’s > Education Minister, Jan-Bart de Vreede, Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation > Board of Trustees, Itzik Edri, Chair of the Wikimedia Israel Board and > Michal Lester, Executive Director of Wikimedia Israel, regarding a shared > cooperation with Wikimedia Israel in the framework of the ministry’s school > curricula in the coming years. Through the planned cooperation, history, > geography and science teachers will receive special professional training > to instruct students on how to contribute to new or incomplete Wikipedia > articles for which information is lacking or inadequate. > > The Education Ministry will also examine the possibility of integrating > Wikipedia writing assignments in the teaching of research and community > involvement. They will also consider having students who speak additional > languages (primarily English and Russian) write Wikipedia articles about > Israel in those particular languages. > > Education Minister Rabbi Shai Piron said, “It is important to us that the > education system in Israel leads in innovation and cooperating with > Wikipedia is a wonderful opportunity to think outside the box and enable > students in Israel to do things that make a difference from which others > can also benefit.” > > Jan-Bart de Vreede, Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees > said, “Israel is today among the leading countries in the integration of > Wikipedia in the education system and academia. I hope our joint work model > will also serve as an example to other education systems around the world.” > > In the framework of cooperation that is already in place between Wikimedia > Israel and the Ministry of education, several pilot projects are being > conducted. The projects involve teacher training in good Wikipedia usage, > article composition, Wikipedia article writing by gifted high school > students and the teaching of proper Wikipedia usage to elementary > schoolchildren. It is worth mentioning that through cooperation with > academics in a variety of universities and colleges throughout Israel, > hundreds of articles are written each year by students in courses. Thus > students write Wikipedia articles as part of their degrees, sometimes even > in lieu of exams or final papers. The Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv > University recently conducted a special 2-credit course on the subject of > Wikipedia and medicine. > > Survey results published last week as part of Wikipedia Academy 2014 > Israel revealed that 84% of the Israeli public relies heavily on Wikipedia > and 74% say that it provides all the information they need. Over one third > of the population expressed interest in learning to write for Wikipedia. > > > > *Regards,Itzik Edri* > Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel > +972-(0)-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately > directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia > community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > >
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