Hi all, I saw this article come across my Facebook feed about your project: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Scrapped-Nonsense-30-000-plan-teach-Leicester/story-26728515-detail/story.html
Thats a real shame, if the project is completely tabled. Is there anything we can do to help? What is needed most to keep this as an opportunity? As I said previously, such a project has considerable positive outcomes on a Global scale, and I would hate to see it tabled. Cheers, Alex Stinson On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 4:41 PM, Josie Fraser <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Anna, > > Many thanks for your kind words. Yes, the schools building programme > capital implementation grant is primarily funded by UK central government ( > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_Schools_for_the_Future), and > delivered by local government (Leicester City Council). The DigiLit > Leicester project has been developed in partnership with De Montfort > University and 23 local school communities http://www.digilitleic.com/). > > On a less positive note, the council were criticised in the Mail on Sunday > this week for supporting the project: > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3123142/30-000-teach-pupils-use-Wikipedia-Fury-council-pays-expert-children-critically-engage-online-encyclopaedia.html > > > Best, Josie > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Anna Koval <[email protected]> > *To:* Josie Fraser <[email protected]>; Wikimedia Education < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, 12 June 2015, 19:32 > > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Education] Wikipdia information literacy > resources for secondary school/K12 learners > > Hi Josie, > > Thanks so much for sharing this. It sounds very interesting. > > I was curious to learn more, so I Googled "BSF ICT Innovation and Learning > Group consultation" (which was mentioned in the blog post [1] ) and found > this article in *The Guardian* [2] which references: "The government's > £45bn Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme to rebuild or > refurbish all secondary schools in England within the next 10-15 years..." > > My question is: would you consider this to be a government partnership of > sorts? I believe I would. If you agree, I'd like to add this to the > Government Partnerships page on Outreach:Education. [3] :) > > Thank you again for your leadership on this project and for sharing it > with the global education community. > > All the best, > > Anna > > [1] http://www.digilitleic.com/?p=889 > [2] http://www.theguardian.com/education/2008/mar/18/link.link11 > [3] > > https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Government_Partnerships#United_Kingdom > > -- > > Anna Koval, M.Ed. > Manager, Wikipedia Education Program > Wikimedia Foundation > +1.415.839.6885 x 6729 > Skype: annakoval.wiki > [email protected] > education.wikimedia.org > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Josie Fraser <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi Alex, and thanks for the encouraging reply. The format that the > activities and games take will be determined by the team appointed in > consultation with school staff and young people. They may be web hosted but > not web based for example, and it's likely they will include activities for > groups. We've put up a little more info on our blog: Wikipedia - support > for schools <http://www.digilitleic.com/?p=889> > > > [image: image] <http://www.digilitleic.com/?p=889> > > > > > > Wikipedia - support for schools <http://www.digilitleic.com/?p=889> > We are really excited about our latest project, which will produce games > based resources to enhance Year 9 learners (13-14 years old) engagement > with, and understan... > View on www.digilitleic.com <http://www.digilitleic.com/?p=889> > Preview by Yahoo > > > The Wikipedia Adventure game is great - I'll be sure to pass on the link > and your contact details to the team appointed (if they aren't already > aware of them). > > Many thanks! Josie > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Alex Stinson <[email protected]> > *To:* Josie Fraser <[email protected]>; Wikimedia Education < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, 11 June 2015, 16:27 > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Education] Wikipdia information literacy > resources for secondary school/K12 learners > > Hi Josie, > > That sounds like a really interesting project. At the Wikipedia Library, > we have been thinking a lot about readerly literacy in Wikipedia (and hope > to build a portal to expose people to research literacy information), and > the age group that you are targeting these materials for, would be fairly > good for a public audience as well. Will this work product/game based > learning material have to be in an on-wiki format? > > It would be awesome if we could distribute it more broadly, while keeping > people on Wikipedia. I am thinking the game-architecture used for the The > Wikipedia Adventure ( > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Adventure ) would > allow for such a piece of information to be shared with members of the > editing community and become a standard link on things like welcome > templates. > > Cheers, > > Alex Stinson > > On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 1:58 PM, Josie Fraser <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > For those of you who haven't seen it, Leicester City Council are currently > tendering for a team to work on a short games based learning project with > schools and 13/14 year olds, to create games to support Wikipedia use and > engagement: http://www.sourceleicestershire.co.uk/contracts/show/id/12580 > <http://t.co/E7ZpK6LjOT> > > <http://t.co/E7ZpK6LjOT> > Please do pass on to people you know who the work might suit. For those > outside the UK, the outputs will of course all be shared under an open > licence and I'll post an update to the list. > > Best, Josie Fraser > @josiefraser > > > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > >
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