Could you please share a link where the news on Serbia's Ministry of education including the use of Wiki tools was published? (in English, French or Spanish). I can't find any.
Thanks, Vahid. @@@ @@@ @@@ Vahid Masrour Voluntario Wikimedia Ecuador http://www.wikimediaecuador.org/ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ecuador Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/+VahidMasrour/ <https://plus.google.com/+VahidMasrour/posts> Skype: vahidmasrour2 Twitter: @vahidm <http://twitter.com/#!/vahidm> Cel: +593 999.044.027 @@@ @@@ @@@ On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 1:08 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Education mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Education digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Integration Wikipedia into primary and secondary schools > in Serbia (Mina Theofilatou) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 09:08:02 +0300 > From: "Mina Theofilatou" <[email protected]> > To: "Wikimedia Education" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Education] Integration Wikipedia into primary > and secondary schools in Serbia > Message-ID: <2571EF4317BB4748AD4B06B216E41FCA@minaPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > And an encyclopedia we should add. That's probably the best argument I've > ever heard on this issue. > > Mina > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Andrew Leung > To: Wikimedia Education > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 7:31 AM > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Education] Integration Wikipedia into primary > and secondary schools in Serbia > > > One counter-argument that you can make is that a dictionary used in > school would have some dirty words that are not appropriate for school > children, yet you don't see those definitions being blacked out by > permanent marker or having the entire page ripped out because it contained > those words. > > Andrew > > > "Fill the world with children who care and things start looking up." > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 10:21:49 +0200 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Education] Integration Wikipedia into primary > and secondary schools in Serbia > > > Like I said before, great job for both Israel and Serbia ! > > > There is one very important issue that we (as WM Chapters) need to > address, now that Wikipedia editing will be part of the official school > curriculum. How do we answer teachers or parents raising concerns about the > so-called "adult" material found on Wikipedia ? Some of it is downright > porn, and we (as Chapters) have to be able to answer these concerns. > > > [[:fr:Catégorie:Position sexuelle]] = [[:en:Category:Sex positions]] = > other interwikis > > or > > Commons: Category:Wiki-Sexuality Images > > > > The Geneva education department has an Internet filter that blocks some > of the articles on the English wiki, for example > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingering_(sexual_act) is blocked, but does not > filter the French wiki fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doigtage. Obviously, the web > filter companies are US (aka English speaking), so they may or may not > filter other language Wikipedia pages. What we absolutely should avoid is > this type of web filtering, and certainly not such filtering done by > separate countries. > > Please note that I have always been opposed to censorship in general and > opposed to censoring Wikimedia in particular. The issue has been raised a > few times over the past few years, and I have always been able to provide > adequate answers to the parents or school officials. But now that Wikipedia > editing is a part of the official curriculum, these questions need a more > "official" answer as well. Information should be freely available to all, > even so-called "adult" information. As a school teacher using the web in > class, I have to keep a watch on the web sites the students browse and > discuss with them how to deal with inappropriate web sites that slip > through the filters. I do the same when my students start surfing on sex-ed > related Wikipedia articles... > > > I can just imagine the uproar in Israel when one or the other of the > more conservative religious groups finds out the kind of articles young > students are subjected to in class... I say that for Israel, but the same > uproar will be possible in some of the Swiss Cantons when Wikipedia editing > becomes an official part of their curriculum (each Canton has its own > curriculum, some Cantons include religious education, some do not, and so > on). We need, at the very least, a set of arguments we can use to defend > Wikipedia. For the moment, nobody has said anything, probably because > adults are usually not very curious. Our kids, on the other hand, tend to > explore a lot more... > > > Anyway, that was some food for thought. I am looking forward to learning > about how you will cope with that kind of issue, I know that the same > problem might arise some day here in Switzerland. > > > > Gabe > > > > > On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Vojtěch Dostál < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Below is my Wednesday e-mail which was denied from the conversation > because I sent it from an incorrect adress: > > --- > > > Congratulations to Israel and Serbia! > > > Now comes the tough job for you, though! You have to prove to the > public & to the teachers that Wikipedia is actually worth having in the > school curriculum. The worst scenario is teachers and parents going crazy > about the latest government's invention. You should really make Wikipedia > as beneficial to the students as possible, and you also need to prepare the > community for an enormous workload! > > > Not an easy job, but worth working for! > > > Good luck both of you, and I will be looking forward to the first > results. > > Vojtěch Dostál > > vice-chair > > Wikimedia Czech Republic > > > > > 2014-06-11 8:52 GMT+02:00 Oona Castro <[email protected]>: > > > 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: [email protected] > > 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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