We should do this before some aggressive outfit like Wikinfo jumps in... It wouldn't be an anyone can edit wiki. Only authorized student accounts could edit. It would be a teaching tool.
Fred > Forwarded to the list on behalf of a non-member. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jacob Franklin <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 7:39 PM > Subject: wikiEducation: The Classroom Wikipedia > To: [email protected] > > > Dear WikiMedia, > In recent weeks I have been reading about the work of your > foundation and all of the wikipages you have created. The scope of > your organization is vast, along with the amount of people who use its > tools. I believe that this incredible reach gives you a wonderful > opportunity to positively affect the lives of many people. > > My name is Jake Franklin and I am an educator. I graduated from > Colby College with a degree in Philosophy in 2008. Since then I have > been teaching English in Shenyang, China and studying Chinese. Next > year I am planning to return to the US to go to graduate school for a > Masters in Educational Policy or International Education. I am > extremely passionate about improving the educational opportunities, > tools, and resources for all students. I believe that giving all > students access to quality education both enriches their educational > experience and provides them with a strong foundation to build towards > a better future. > > It is because of this dedication to the enrichment of education > that I wish to develop a relationship with your foundation. I have an > idea that I am passionate about and dedicated to and am writing this > email to introduce it to you. > > The basic idea is to create a version of wikipedia that is > exclusively written and edited by students. It is called > wikiEducation. There is one site for each grade level, and teachers > can sign up their classes to be writers and editors. The site grows > through students submitting their work as wikiEducation articles, > which are then edited by other students. By pairing collective > responsibility and a published presence, wikiEducation gives both > writers and editors a sense of achievement, a feeling of > responsibility and a relationship with each other that would be absent > without this tool. Moreover giving students ownership of the > information on the site motivates them to develop more intimate and > long-lasting relationships with the material. > > I think the idea would work best if implemented through the > Wikimedia Foundation and therefore have come to you first. I think > that you have the people and experience to build the site in the best > possible way. I would like to work with you to bring this idea to > fruition. I dont have the technical know-how to build a website but I > do have the desire, drive and experience to bridge the gap between the > technical aspects of website building and the creation of an effective > teaching tool. WikiEducations success depends on teacher use. I can > work with the teachers and the builders to create a highly functional > website that teachers will enjoy using. > > The detailed business plan includes; a more detailed description > of > the site, information about the sites special features, market > analysis, and potential problems along with suggested solutions. > Please let me know whom I should send the plan to, and how I can > continue to play a role in its creation. > > Sincerely, > Jake Franklin > Email: [email protected] > Skype: jakefranklin2 > > > > > -- > [[User:Ral315]] > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
