Hi Tighe, My post, if I write one, will probably be available in early September. If you want to publish a blog entry of your own before then, I won't hold the train. (:
Pine On Aug 16, 2016 08:22, "Tighe Flanagan" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Pine and James, > > We're hoping to get a blog post together soon with the help of some of the > members of the Education Collab. > > @Pine, that said, we'd be happy to have these videos shared whenever > relevant or useful. If you think it could complement your blog (with the > right framing, for the reasons you mention in your mail like audiences, > styles, etc), go for it. Or we may have a blog by then that you could > reference or refer to (depending on when you expect to publish your next > update… and depending on when we get said blog post up). > > Cheers, > Tighe > > -- > Tighe Flanagan > Senior Manager, Wikipedia Education Program > Wikimedia Foundation > [email protected] > education.wikimedia.org > > On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 3:42 AM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If it would help, I could incorporate these into a blog post for my next >> monthly update regarding the LearnWiki video series. However, would linking >> the two cause confusion because the styles, audiences and scopes are >> different? Or could those differences be explained in the blog entry? >> >> Pinging Ed and Marti to ask how they would feel about a combined blog >> post. >> >> Pine >> >> On Aug 15, 2016 14:05, "James Salsman" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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 >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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