Maria, these are really great! Is there a blog post with the text of your email below we can link to, please?
On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Maria Cruz <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > after months of hard work, we are happy to share with all a new video series > on the Wikimedia Education Program. You can now watch all 12 episodes on > Commons, Youtube and Vimeo. > > With this series, we hope to engage new educators in using Wikimedia > projects in the classroom, as well as promote existing resources to support > education programs all over the world, like the Education Program Toolkit > and the many brochures for educators. > > What is this video series about? > > Chapter 1: Introduction and Why do you teach Wikipedia? > Meet Educators and Wikipedia education leaders from around the world who > share why they use Wikipedia in classrooms not just as a way to access > knowledge, but also a way to develop their students’ capacities, digital > know-how and to share knowledge with the world. Learn how the process turns > their students from consumers into knowledge producers, leaving behind > papers that only the teacher reads for articles that the whole world can > access. > > Chapter 2: What was your first Wikipedia article? > How did these educators and Wikipedia education leaders get started? > Starting from light copyediting, to translating, realizing information of > interest was missing… and creating new articles! > > Chapter 3: The five pillars of Wikipedia > 5 things you must know before you get started on writing on the Wikipedia. > From these 5 rules, the educators reflect on the geopolitical implications > of knowledge production, good online behaviour, and even learning to express > knowledge the best we can. > > Chapter 4: Assignments > How does using Wikipedia in the classroom work in practice? Educators and > Wikipedia education program leaders share different experiences and ways to > turn the open online encyclopedia into an educational, active learning tool. > … and the importance of explaining what plagiarism is, as well as the value > of using good references. > > Chapter 5: Brochures and tutorials > Need a little help? Downloading a few brochures can go a long way into > learning in more detail how to use Wikipedia as an edtech tool. Follow the > link and : https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Brochures > > Chapter 6: The key to a successful education program > Starting small and then growing the educational program seems to be the key. > If you are trying to start an education program in your region, experiment > with a single teacher, learn from that experience, an then grow the program > progressively. > > Chapter 7: Social media & connectivity > Social media is an ally to connect with other education initiatives, other > educators, and helpful volunteers that can answer questions regarding the > use of the internet. > > Chapter 8: Work with the Wikipedia community > A fact to take in consideration: connecting with the community of volunteer > that edit the Wikipedia in your language increases the probability of > success of your education project! > > Chapter 9: Motivating students > Motivating students to learn through editing Wikipedia is not very hard. > Here are a few experiences that highlight the value of using Wikipedia as an > educational tool, as well as a few tips on specific actions that will fuel > their interest even more. > > Chapter 10: Language and translation > Wikipedia exists currently in 283 languages, and “incubates” many more > encyclopedia in other languages. There’s a very high probability that > students can work in the language they’re fluent in. Translation can be an > activity that will show them the ropes and increase their language skills, > on top of developing their knowledge of the subject matter. > > Chapter 11: When to hire an employee > How do you scale an education program that spans over many classrooms and > even many institutions? > > Chapter 12: Success and learning from failure > Success or failure? It’s all learning! This applies at the student level, > but also to the educators’ tasks, and to education program leaders. > > How can you get involved? > We count on you to help us spread the word about this series and to use the > videos in your outreach efforts, for training and any other use you can give > them! Let us know how you like them, and feel free to translate captions as > well. > > Thank you to all program leaders who took part in this video production, > sharing what you have learned during all this time running your education > program. A special thank you to Floor Koudijs, who sparked the first efforts > for the series to be and set the wheels in motion for this series to happen. > > Have a great week! > > Best, > > María > > > María Cruz \\ Communications and Outreach Coordinator, PC&L Team \\ > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > [email protected] | Twitter: @marianarra_ > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > _______________________________________________ Education mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
