I'll be there. :) I, too, am looking forward to meeting you and all the others from the list, whom I haven't met personally yet.
Best, Shani. On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Simon Knight <[email protected]> wrote: > Brilliant, thanks Shani and I look forward to hopefully meeting you (and > other education colleagues) at Wikimania! > > > > Best > > Simon > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Shani > *Sent:* 11 June 2014 11:21 > > *To:* Wikimedia Education > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Education] Integration Wikipedia into primary > and secondary schools in Serbia > > > > Hi, Simon. > > > > Yes, I agree we should get better at sharing success stories, case studies > (including of collaborations that didn't work out well -- yes, we had some > of those as well! :)), and of course resources. By saying *we* I mean both > Wikimedia Israel, but also everyone else worldwide. > > > > A group of us, wiki-education enthusiasts from around the world, have been > working with the WMF's education team on improving the education portal and > the newsletter among other things in the hopes of consolidating everything > that is already out there and make our global efforts more transparent, > visible, cohesive and in-sync. We're not done or ready yet, but hopefully > we will be in Wikimania. > > The reason I'm mentioning this here, is to say that I hope when we are > done, we'll have a better platform to share resources, success stories, > case-studies and experiences in a much more productive way. And till then, > we have the newsletter, which hopefully more will contribute to. > > > > More to the point of your specific question -- I'll forward your request > to the WM-IL team and ask them to make an effort to share their resources > and thoughts more globally. Hope that helps, and if you have any additional > questions and thoughts, please feel free to check in with me privately as > well. :) > > > > Cheers, > > Shani. > > > > On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Simon Knight <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Fantastic effort and thought – thanks for sharing, especially the extra > detail. I wonder if the curricula and supporting resources are online? They > sound really useful! Even though of courses ‘translation’ into another > context is not as simple as just translation, there might be some merit in > working on translations if there are resources available to share. I had a > quick look around Wikimedia.org.il but can’t see anything (but working > through google translate is not so easy!) > > > > Thanks again :-) > > > > Simon > > > > Vice chair WMUK > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Shani > *Sent:* 11 June 2014 10:31 > *To:* Wikimedia Education > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Education] Integration Wikipedia into primary > and secondary schools in Serbia > > > > Thanks, Oona, this is indeed exciting. :-) > > I have to say though, that this did not come out of nowhere. Rather, this > is a result of many different smaller collaborations and pilot projects > with specific schools, specific teachers, specific targeted groups (like > gifted children) GLAMs, universities and later on with the Ministry of > Education itself. These projects have been running separately by different > wikipedians and wikimedians in Israel in the past 3 years, and even longer > in higher education and universities. > > For schools, we created different models of integration for different > age-groups. It was crucial, since for example, though high-school students > and gifted children in junior high may be mature enough to write full > articles, this is not the case for elementary school and regular junior > high students. We had to cteate a system where different ages engage with > wikipedia in a different way that makes sense in terms of their abilities > and capacity, and that the wiki skills they are taught, are used to teach > them other learning skills from an pedagogical POV. > Junior-high students (7th-9th grades) might work in a groups, with the > teacher, and only improve articles. And elementary shool children (1st-6th > grades) might not be able to contribute anything, but just learn how > wikipedia works and how to properly work with it as a tool. > > So in order to scale, it became clearer and clearer that the teachers are > as much our target as the students. We began giving wiki-workshops to > teachers, who would then become wiki-agents in the classroom. > > In the latest pilot that has been running in Israel, 2 wikipedians ran a > pilot in Beer-Sheva, a big city in the south of Israel, with the ministry > of education. They reached out to many different junior high classes, in > various schools in the city, at the same time, working closely with the > teachers and the ministry. Students improved articles and even wrote new > ones about historical places and monuments in the city and the pilot came > to show a successful model of working with junior high students. > > Joining other smaller but successful collaborations with gifted children > (sometimes in collaboration with GLAMs we've been working with), highschool > students and even elementary scools, the minister got convinced it could > work and we are working on building a program that will help teachers > implement it in class. > > I'm sure like everything new that hasn't been done exactly like that > before, there will be some "labor pains" and a learning curve. But given > the opportunity to do that on the national level is huge for every country > - Serbia, Israel, it doesn't matter; it's only a matter of time till it'll > be something that is regularly done worldwide. That is what we want, really > - to be part of the process and keep being there for the long run. > > Cheers, > Shani. > > --------------------------------------- > Shani Evenstein, > WM-IL. > > On 11 Jun 2014 09:53, "Oona Castro" <[email protected]> wrote: > > excellent news! congratulations! > > > > Did you guys see Israel is also to get Wikipedia included in the > curriculum of public schools? Sorry for crossposting in case it has been > shared here: > http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=18059 > > I'm really excited to hear and learn more about these initiatives, though > I'm really concerned about our limitations in the Brazilian education > system. > > > > Oona > > > > On 11 June 2014 03:42, Nurunnaby Chowdhury <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wow..excellent news Mile! > Congratulations.. > > -- > > Nurunnaby Chowdhury | @nhasive > > Sysop, Bengali Wikipedia | User: Nhasive > > Member, IEG, WMF > > Ambassador, OK Bangladesh > > Sent from my iPhone device > > > > On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 4:55 AM, Shani <[email protected]> wrote: > > Great news, Mile! > Looking forward to seeing you in London and hear some more, :-) > Shani. > > On 11 Jun 2014 01:31, "Jens Best" <[email protected]> wrote: > > That's really great news. Congratulations to all people involved in > preparing and realizing this important success. > > best regards > > Jens Best > > > -- > Präsidium - Board of Trustees > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. > web: http://www.wikimedia.de > mail: jens.best <http://goog_17221883>@wikimedia.de > > Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. > > Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts > Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig > anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, > Steuernummer 27/681/51985. > > > > 2014-06-10 23:13 GMT+02:00 Mile Kiš <[email protected]>: > > Hello everyone! > > I am honored to inform you that several months of integrating Wikipedia > into primary and secondary schools in Serbia has finally paid off! > > > > After the Ministry has prescribed that from September 2014 all students of > the second year of secondary school curriculum *must study wiki tools*, > Institute for the Improvement of knowledge and education has included a > course on Wikipedia in its catalog of programs of continuous professional > development of teachers, professors and other school personnel. We got > accreditation for two years. Not a lot applicants got accreditation. > > > > This course will start in December. > > > > > > > > first challenge we successfully crossed :) next will come. > > > > I started writing blog post about this and hope it will be ready on 20 > June. > > > > If you have some questions I will be happy to answer you :) > > > > > > > > Mile Kiš > > > > Vikimedija Srbije - rs.wikimedia.org - > > 00381 (0)60 7 454 772 > > > > „Zamislite svet u kome svaka osoba ima slobodan pristup celokupnom > ljudskom znanju. 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