OMG that Simple English portal page of the wikipedia has a dedicated page for schools/teachers/kids. Barry, I think this is what you've been looking for: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Schools
! On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Sven AERTS <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Barry, hi Samuel, > > Quiz: On the wikipedia, in the navigation pane on the left, under the > section "Languages" , there is a "language" / category mentioned that is > not a language and intended for a specific public. What is the name of that > "language"? > > "Languages" > > - Simple English <https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/> > > > The *Simple English Wikipedia* is a Wikipedia > <https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia> encyclopedia > <https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia>, written in basic English > <https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_English>.[1] > <https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_English_Wikipedia#cite_note-1> > > Articles in the Simple English Wikipedia use shorter sentences and simpler > words <https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Words> and grammar > <https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammar> than the English Wikipedia > <https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia>. > > The Simple English Wikipedia is also for people with different needs. Some > examples of people who use Simple English Wikipedia: > > - Students <https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student> > - Children <https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children> > - Adults <https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult> who might find it > hard to learn or read > - People who are learning English > <https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language> > > Other people use the Simple English Wikipedia because the simple language > helps them understand hard ideas or topics they do not know about. > Right now, the Simple English Wikipedia has 117,857 articles. As of > October 2015, it was the 49th largest Wikipedia > > On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 3:32 AM, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Barry, this looks like an excellent candidate to merge with Vikidia. >> Have you worked with them or their community of children and teachers? >> >> https://en.vikidia.org/wiki/Main_Page >> >> Warmly, SJ >> >> On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Barry Desborough < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello, I’m Barry Desborough, a retired teacher who taught in English >>> primary and secondary schools. >>> >>> I have been trying, on and off, to get an idea off the ground. It is for >>> a free, online, child-oriented encyclopedia. I have tried approaching >>> Wikipedia itself, the Khan Academy and the California CK-12 initiative, and >>> I have paid for and started to develop a Wikispaces site "Wikidia dot net" >>> to show how the idea works. Unfortunately, I was not able to rustle up >>> enough contributors to be able to justify continuing to pay for the site, >>> and for various reasons, the other sites are not a good match for the >>> project idea. >>> >>> What’s a child-oriented encyclopedia? It’s an encyclopedia that a child, >>> on their own, may go to and navigate for themselves, to find >>> age-appropriate educational content of interest to them. Pages should be >>> brief, and as simple as possible for conveying the information. The pages >>> should also be suitable for directed learners, and usable as teaching >>> material by educators. Wikipedia content, as is used by the OLPC Digital >>> Library, is not generated with the needs of children in mind. I have an old >>> prototype of the idea still on the net at >>> https://wikids.wikispaces.com/Index+1 which should give the general >>> idea. >>> >>> I am looking for a new home for this project, and it occurred to me that >>> the OLPC might be able to host it, and encourage other contributions of >>> suitable content, either from educators, or from children themselves, >>> wiki-style. Generating content for it should provide a great motivational >>> incentive for classes of pupils! There’s constructivism for you! All it >>> would need would be a separate searchable wiki on the OLPC website. I would >>> be happy to spend the rest of my retirement generating, curating and >>> moderating content for such a wiki, and I would be willing to contribute a >>> substantial (for me) sum in order to help get the thing started and keep it >>> going. >>> >>> With the cost and producing and distributing textbooks is so high, and >>> in a world where teachers are unavailable or too expensive but cheap >>> internet technology is becoming ever more accessible, I believe far more >>> attention should be paid to providing accessible, high quality, >>> appropriately pitched educational content. >>> >>> Is there anyone on the list with the authority to pick this up, or has >>> contacts with such people? >>> >>> What are your thoughts on the idea? >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Barry >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Olpc-open mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Olpc-open mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open >> >> >
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