Re: [Wikimedia Education] Moodle at Wikimedia

[Gabriel Thullen]

The Geneva (Switzerland) education department has been using Moodle for
years and is quite satisfied with the platform. A few films were produced
on the subject:

https://edu.ge.ch/site/archiprod/?s=DIP-Moodle

That been said, Moodle is great for online courses with a Classroom size
number of attendees. That is probably fine for us, I do not think that we
will have hundreds and hundreds of simultaneous participants. I do have not
any personal experience with a Moodle course addressing thousands of
attendees.

Best regards
Gabe

On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 1:12 PM Nichole Saad  wrote:

> Hi Peter,
>
> Can you be more specific on the kind of information you are looking for?
> With more details we can be of more assistance.
>
> all the best,
>
> Nichole
>
> On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 6:44 PM Ilario Valdelli 
> wrote:
>
> > To follow-up what Federico Leva said, Wikimedia Italia and Wikimedia CH
> > did an analysis to check the best platform for a MOOC.
> >
> > Moodle is good for small classes and for well targeted trainings but
> > cannot be "massive" because its architecture is not to be massive.
> >
> > Anyways Moodle comes with a lot of gadgets and plugins.
> >
> > Kind regards
> >
> > --
> > Ilario Valdelli
> > Education Program Manager and Community liaison
> > Wikimedia CH
> > Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens
> > Association pour l’avancement des connaissances libre
> > Associazione per il sostegno alla conoscenza libera
> > Switzerland - 8008 Zürich
> > Tel: +41764821371
> > http://www.wikimedia.ch
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Education  On Behalf Of
> > Shani Evenstein
> > Sent: 14 July 2019 18:39
> > To: Charles Matthews ; Education ML <
> > education@lists.wikimedia.org>
> > Cc: Peter Southwood ; Melissa Guadalupe
> > Huertas - EDU WMF 
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Education] Moodle at Wikimedia
> >
> > The WMF Education team is indeed using Moodle to develope the Greenhouse
> > online course on Wikipedia.
> > CCing Nichole Saad & Melissa who can share more details.
> >
> > Best,
> > Shani.
> >
> > On Sun, 14 Jul 2019, 17:21 Charles Matthews via Education <
> > education@lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > > On 13 July 2019 at 10:47 Peter Southwood
> > > > 
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > The current Greenhouse course is running on Moodle. Where can I get
> > > > more information on the use of Moodle by Wikimedia projects?
> > >
> > > I was involved in developing Moodle content for Wikimedia UK in the
> > > period
> > > 2012 to 2014. As the domain moodle.wikimedia.org.uk is currently
> > > offline, there is nothing to show for this project right now. There is
> > > some accumulated experience in the practical side of hosting Moodle.
> > >
> > > Charles
> > >
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Re: [Wikimedia Education] (no subject)

[Gabriel Thullen]

Hello,
Thank you very much for uploading these 20 files to Wikimedia Commons (your
files number 5) and 6) are the same files, and you left out the one called
"NATIVOS DIGITALES").
We have the Spanish and English versions, we can now translate them into
other languages as well !

We can all get to work, I have placed the images in different categories,
and created on for the artist:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cartoons_by_Ricardo_Pisano

Best regards
Gabe

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Re: [Wikimedia Education] nvitations to participate in a research about Wikidata as a learning platform

[Gabriel Thullen]

Thank you Shani for the link. I was able to use it and answer the
questionnaire.

Best regards
Gabe

On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 5:27 PM Shani Evenstein 
wrote:

> Sorry, Gabe, here it is again
> <
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_h3LPcPgM2V3W5tNdRdWjw3ayRUq73nD0HyhVz07SKwE0Hw/viewform?usp=sf_link
> >
> .
> Let me know if this one works.
>
> Shani.
>
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> EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School
> of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
> PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University.
> Lecturer, Tel Aviv University.
> Chairperson, WikiProject Medicine Foundation
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>.
> Chairperson, Wikipedia & Education User Group
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group>.
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> <http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>.
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>
>
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 6:03 PM Gabriel Thullen 
> wrote:
>
> > Hello Shani,
> >
> > I am glad that the fix worked for Fernando but when I click on the link
> it
> > just opens up my own Gmail...
> > Bets regards
> > Gabe
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 11:14 AM Fernando Da Rosa Morena <
> > fernando.dar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Now the link works well.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Fernando
> > >
> > > >
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Re: [Wikimedia Education] nvitations to participate in a research about Wikidata as a learning platform

[Gabriel Thullen]

Hello Shani,

I am glad that the fix worked for Fernando but when I click on the link it
just opens up my own Gmail...
Bets regards
Gabe


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fernando.dar...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Now the link works well.
>
> Regards
> Fernando
>
> >
> > --
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Re: [Wikimedia Education] Endorse my projects

[Gabriel Thullen]

Hi Abel,

Just endorsed your grant proposals.
Please note that you have a bad link in your email for the WikiMed on DVD
proposal.

Best regards
Gabe

On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 9:42 AM Abel L MBULA via Education <
education@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hello folks,
>
> We are a small team of WM volunteers in the East of the DRCongo (where the
> great Congo river takes its roots). We have just been recognized as a [UG](
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Democratic_Republic_of_Congo_User_Group)
> by the foundation.
>
> Due to high cost of data, we are promoting the use of Kiwix within the
> population since 2015 and the result is very good. Thanks to WM [grant](
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/BamLifa/One_Computer,_one_Wikipedia)
> we did launch a big campaign called "One computer, One Wikipedia" to train
> CS students to become Kiwix Ambassadors.
>
> To continue with our campaign, I have submitted 2 rapid grants proposals
> that I would like you to look at and endorse if you think that they are
> worth pursuing.
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/KIWIX_OPEN_DAY
>
> [
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/WikiMed_on_DVD](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/WikiMed_on_DVD#Discussion)
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
> ---
>
> Bonjour à toutes et à tous!
>
> Nous sommes une petite équipe des bénévoles des projets WM à Kisangani,
> Est de la RDCongo (d'où le majestieux fleuve Congo tire ses racines). Nous
> venons juste d'être reconnue comme [UG](
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Democratic_Republic_of_Congo_User_Group)
> par la fondation.
>
> Suite au prix élevé de la connection des données, nous promouvons
> l'utilisation de Kiwix au sein de la population depuis 2015 et le résultat
> est plutôt intéressant. Grâce à une [subvention](
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/BamLifa/One_Computer,_one_Wikipedia)
> de la fondation nous avons lancé une grande campagne dénommée "Un Wikipédia
> pour chaque ordinateur" au près des élèves ingénieurs en informatique pour
> le former à devenir Ambassadeur Kiwix.
>
> Afin de poursuivre notre campagne, j'ai soumis 2 propositons de Rapid
> Grant que j'aimerais que vous examiniez et soutenez si vous pensez qu'ils
> valent la peine d'être poursuivis.
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/KIWIX_OPEN_DAY
>
> [
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/WikiMed_on_DVD](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/WikiMed_on_DVD#Discussion)
>
> Coordialement,
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[Wikimedia Education] Seeking Endorsements for offline Wikipedia grant proposals

[Gabriel Thullen]

Dear All,


I would like to inform you that I have asked for a rapid Grant and a
regular Grant, both related to promoting and distributing offline Wikipedia
(using the Kiwix program) in Senegal. One project will be bringing WikiMed
to health centers lacking internet access and the second project will be
bringing offline Wikipedia as well as other educational resources to
schools with very poor or no internet access.


Both of these projects include "training" sessions so that the future users
of offline Wikipedia will be able to benefit straight away from the huge
wealth of information contained in the encyclopedia which will henceforth
be at their disposal.


WikiMed project:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/GastelEtzwane/WikimedSenegal


Education project:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Offline_Wikipedia_in_Senegal_Schools


Please have a look at these two proposals, and if you feel that they are
worth pursuing, please endorse the proposals. I welcome your comments and
remarks on the grant proposal pages.

Best regards

Gabriel Thullen


---


Chers Toutes et Tous,


Je tiens à vous informer que j'ai fait deux demandes de subvention (un
"Rapid Grant" et un "Grant"), toutes les deux liées à la promotion et la
distribution de Wikipédia offline (avec le programme Kiwix) au Sénégal. Le
premier projet va apporter WikiMed à des centres de santé qui n'ont pas
d'accès internet, et l'autre projet va apporter Wikipédia ainsi que
d'autres ressources pédagogiques à des écoles situées dans des zones sans
connexion internet.


Ces deux projets comportent aussi un volet "formation" pour que les
personnes concernées puissent tout de suite profiter au maximum de la
richesse de l’encyclopédie qui sera dorénavant à leur disposition.

Project WikiMed :

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/GastelEtzwane/WikimedSenegal


Project Education :

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Offline_Wikipedia_in_Senegal_Schools


Je vous remercie de regarder ces demandes, et si vous les jugez
intéressantes de les soutenir. Vos commentaires et remarques sont les
bienvenus sur la page de demande de Grant, en français ou en anglais.

Avec mes salutations les meilleures

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Re: [Wikimedia Education] Recommendations/Suggestions Needed

[Gabriel Thullen]

Hi Felix,

It is great that a Middle school approached you for running a Wikipedia
program. In my experience, it works best if the teachers themselves are the
ones doing the training. This means that you first have to get the teachers
personally involved in the project, train the teachers and show them where
they can get (immediate) help if they have any questions. The teachers have
to be comfortable with editing Wikipedia before they can pass those skills
on to their students.

In Middle school, the students still have a close bond with their assigned
teachers, it is more difficult for an external trainer to come into a
classroom and teach the kids something without cooperating closely with the
regular teacher. If their current teacher has a negative view of Wikipedia,
most of the students will share that view. That can change, and as teachers
we know that in a following year when a teacher no longer have certain
students in his or her class, most of his/her credibility will have been
lost overnight (as well as his/her negative view of Wikipedia). But it
would be easier to first change that teachers negative view than waiting
for next school year and hoping that the students will have another teacher.

So basically you have to be sure that the teachers will support and go
along with the project. The school authorities, of course, but the teachers
must agree. We are all volunteer contributors, nobody forces us to write
and there is no way that an activity like the one you are looking into can
be imposed on the individual teachers. Get the teachers excited about
Wikipedia editing and the students will join in!

There are a number of good suggestions in the answers, so I will not add to
them. If you want to talk about what I do in Middle school please contact
me.

I really hope that your project will work, and I am very interested in the
outcome.
Best regards

Gabriel Thullen


On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 11:53 AM Bekriah Mawasi 
wrote:

> Hi Felix,
>
> The education program at Wikimedia Israel runs in Middle schools and in
> High schools as well in both Hebrew and Arabic for few years now.
> In both programs, the students write new articles and improve articles too
> by enriching the content. Choosing a theme
> <
> https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/February_2018/The_Multidisciplinary_Choices_of_High_School_Students:_The_Arabic_Education_Program;_Wikimedia_Israel
> >
> for each group would be a good start especially if there is a common
> template to the topic on Wikipedia (i.e. flags); another interesting
> project was working with students on expanding Wiktionary
> <
> https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/April_2018/Students_Write_Wiktionary
> >,
> students added expressions in Hebrew following a research instructed by the
> teacher and assisted by an editing tool developed by WMIL. In multilingual
> educational systems, translating short articles can be a good exercise
> especially if a glossary was determined ahead by the instructional team.
> The organization accompanies the school staff and the students throughout
> the program by 1) introducing Wikipedia which is essential to the process,
> 2) providing instructional tools which enable students to self-train
> themselves at home too, 3) running editing workshops at schools. Some
> schools would run the program as of part of their "project based learning"
> activities, which ensures efficiency.
>
> I hope my answer was helpful, and good luck with the initiative!
>
> Best,
> Bekriah Mawasi
> Arabic Education Coordinator, WMIL
>
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 2:06 AM Felix Nartey  wrote:
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > A  middle school has approached us to run a Wikipedia program for them.
> We
> > are considering training the students on how to effectively use Wikipedia
> > as well as hinting them on the ability to correct basic things such as
> > typos and grammar.  We also intend to teach them how to play the Wikidata
> > game.
> >
> > Is our approach good? or what alternative activities we can have with the
> > school.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your comments or suggestions.
> >
> > Regards,
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Re: [Wikimedia Education] request for presentations, suggestions, hints

[Gabriel Thullen]

Hi Gina,

I can share with you how I do this in West Africa. The situation there is a
bit different, I was presenting Kiwix (www.kiwix.org), an off-line
Wikipedia reader, to teachers who had very little experience with Internet
in general. They have modern cell phones, laptops but Internet connections
are not reliable and very expensive.
- I start by talking about what happens when the Google something. Most of
these teachers have had access to Internet when they go to cities. I then
show them (I usually have connection through my own phone) that Google
displays information from Wikipedia. So they have probably all used
Wikipedia, even those who do not know specifically about the encyclopedia.
- I then talk about Kiwix and off-line access to Wikipedia
- Each teacher, using Kiwix, looks up a subject that they know a lot about,
in their field of teaching. That way they usually find out that no matter
how much they know, or how much their printed teaching resources show,
there is a lot of information on Wikipedia that is new to them. Sometimes
it is just details, sometimes more important sections of knowledge.

When distributing Kiwix in West Africa, I have found out that we need to
spend half a day or so exploring the encyclopedia for teachers to be
convinced that it can be useful to them. In my experience in Geneva
(Switzerland) where there are absolutely no connectivity issues, it also
takes a few hours to show and convince my colleagues of the potential of
Wikipedia for their classrooms.

But you say you have about 1.5 hours. So I would suggest a few ideas:
- Your colleagues probably all know about Wikipedia, but maybe a bit
superficially. I would go over with them how it works: internal links,
external links, related articles, portals, categories, discussion pages,
etc.
- Are some of the adult students foreign language speakers? You could also
show the inter wiki links, and explain that the English Wikipedia has the
most articles, those in other languages are not just translations but have
been written by contributors who may not even speak English!
- Challenge the audience to come up with some information that is not
correct on Wikipedia. I usually do this with my colleagues, and they have
yet to come up with a major error in Wikipedia. I do not count spelling
mistakes...
- I also talk about the way articles a reviewed before publication in
peer-reviewed journals, and compare that to the way articles are written
and improved anonymously on Wikipedia. When an paper is submitted to a
peer-reviewed journal, the reviewers do not know who has written the paper.
They can only judge the paper on it's own merits. Wikipedia is the same:
there is no authority that has signed the article, you have to judge the
article by checking the references... That comparison usually goes well
with university audiences.

I am very interested in how your presentations goes. Please keep us
informed.

Best regards
Gabriel


On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 8:03 PM, Jackie  wrote:

> Hi Gina,
>
> So glad to know you are going to present. Sometimes getting Wikipedia on
> the roster can be a challenge. I am excited to learn about how it goes. It
> seems like you have a great foundation for your presentation and the topics
> you're going to cover.
>
> I would even suggest starting on the ground level with Wikipedia. Your
> audience will be a mix of learning styles, and understanding of Wikipedia
> amongst attendees will vary for sure. Maybe include a little intro about
> Wikipedia with some screenshots. Maybe ask about myths people have heard
> and correct them. Also have them do an action item at the end - how are
> they planning to use Wikipedia in their practice?
>
> I generally present on Wikipedia, communication and bias, but I am a K-16
> educator in the US with a focus on disability and inclusion. I'd gladly
> listen to you practice your presentation if that would be helpful.
>
> Best,
>
> Jackie
>
> On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 12:13 PM, Michel Wesseling 
> wrote:
>
> > Dear GIna,
> > Thanks for your message. I would be very interested to have access to
> your
> > presentation because I am preparing a similar one later this year.
> > If you have anything to share, please let me know, so maybe I can comment
> > and share my thinking about these topics with you.
> >
> > Kind greetings and good luck in preparing the presentation.
> > Michel
> >
> >
> > 2018-03-24 23:10 GMT+01:00 Gina Bennett :
> >
> > > hello Wikimedia education enthusiasts!
> > >
> > > Next month I am giving a presentation to a group of my colleagues, who
> > are
> > > Adult Basic /Literacy Educators in Canada. My presentation is titled
> > > "Wikipedia – the overlooked and misunderstood resource".  The
> > presentation
> > > is scheduled for 1.5 hours but since it's the last presentation of the
> > day
> > > nobody will mind if it's a bit shorter ;-)
> > >
> > > Here are the main points I want to get across:
> > >
> > >- there are several myths about the role of Wikiped

Re: [Wikimedia Education] Help with research on integration of Wikipedia in education at middle and high school levels

[Gabriel Thullen]

Hello Tighe,

You are probably aware of the work I do with 7th grade students on
Wikipedia as part of my introductory course to computer science. It is in
French because the school is in Geneva, a French speaking Swiss Canton.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projet:Cycle-O-Pedia

In 2016-2017 school year we worked with Vikidia:
https://fr.vikidia.org/wiki/Projet:Cycle-O-Pedia/Articles

I still have to decide what to do now. I will probably continue with
Vikidia.

There was a National Geographic article back in 2013:
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/news/web-work/
and I just found out that they re-used my photo on another page:
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/sep9/wikipedia-becomes-largest-encyclopedia/

There are also two short films (in French):
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mitic_Wikipedia_Principal_2014.webm
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mitic_Wikipedia_Interview_2014.webm

Best regards
Gabe

On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 6:02 PM, Tighe Flanagan 
wrote:

> Dear education community,
>
> I've recently been in contact with a researcher who is looking
> at integration of Wikipedia into the education system and its usage with
> middle school and high school students around the world.
>
> They are seeking any documentation or data that different programs may have
> from around the world.
>
> If you have any relevant info to share, please feel free to share on this
> thread or by responding directly to me, and I can connect you with the
> researcher directly.
>
> Thanks!
> Tighe
>
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Re: [Wikimedia Education] Help the Education Team translate a survey about the Wikipedia Education Program

[Gabriel Thullen]

Le 23 août 2017 6:38 PM, "Gabriel Thullen"  a écrit :

> Hi,
> I can help translate into French.
>
> Gabe
>
> Le 23 août 2017 6:11 PM, "Nichole Saad"  a écrit :
>
>> Dear [Affiliates, WMF Staff, Translators],
>>
>> The Education Team at the Wikimedia Foundation will be running a survey in
>> mid-September about the perception of the Wikipedia Education Program in
>> order to better focus our communications and support materials to the
>> needs
>> of our various audiences. In order for it to be easily accessible to as
>> many people as possible, we need help to translate the survey into as many
>> languages as we can.
>>
>> Ideally, we would like the survey translated into at least these 5
>> languages: Spanish, French, Arabic, Russian, and Mandarin Chinese.
>> Translations in additional languages are also welcome, as long as the
>> survey can be fully translated in those languages.
>>
>> We will be using a Google spreadsheet to perform the translations. This is
>> a logistical decision, as moving translations from Meta-wiki to Qualtrics
>> (the platform of choice to hold the survey) is very complicated.
>>
>> If you are interested in helping and have some free time over the next two
>> weeks, please respond to me directly to let me know which language you can
>> help translate and I will follow up with more information.  Our deadline
>> for the translations to be completed is September 12.
>>
>> I look forward to hearing from you!
>>
>> best,
>>
>> --
>> *Nichole Saad*
>> WMF | Education Program Manager
>> ns...@wikimedia.org
>> user: NSaad (WMF)
>>
>> *Want to talk about the Wikipedia Education Program?*
>> Schedule a meeting: https://calendly.com/nsaad-1
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Re: [Wikimedia Education] Education sessions at Wikimania 2017

[Gabriel Thullen]

Oooops
Sorry about that, Leigh.
And the subject interests me, since I also ask that my students contribute
to Wikipedia (actually, this year, we used Vikidia)

Gabe

On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 11:43 PM, Leigh Thelmadatter 
wrote:

> Mine is not on the listhttps://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/
> Submissions/Taking_advantage_of_students%27_tech_skills_
> rather_than_their_writing_weaknesses,_the_experience_of_
> Wiki_Learning_Tec_de_Monterrey
>
>
> Anyone know what the difference is between open submission and submissions
> ready for review?
>
> 
> From: Education  on behalf of
> Tighe Flanagan 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2017 2:01:29 PM
> To: Wikimedia Education
> Subject: [Wikimedia Education] Education sessions at Wikimania 2017
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Gabriel Thullen has put together a helpful list of proposed sessions
> related to education. Thanks, Gabriel!
>
> I wanted to share here in case it helps people plan for August:
>
> https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:GastelEtzwane
>
> Also, remember that proposals for Lightning talks, posters and birds of a
> feather will be accepted until May 15, 2017:
>
> https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions
>
> Finally, it appears we're having issues with mail being rejected by this
> list. I am not sure what is causing the problem, but please keep me posted
> if your mail is rejected so we can troubleshoot.
>
> Best,
> Tighe
>
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[Wikimedia Education] Two Education related presentations at Wikimania

[Gabriel Thullen]

Hello to all,

I am quite sure that many of you will attend Wikimania this summer in
Montreal:
https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org

I am proposing two presentations to the organizers which you might find of
interest:
The first one is about sharing and spreading the Kiwix program by the
teachers themselves in schools in Senegal:
https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Grass-
root_distribution_of_Kiwix_in_West_African_schools

The second one is about having my students contribute to Vikidia, working
with Wikipedia for ten years. In a nutshell, I would say that Vikidia is
still very tolerant and helpful to newcomers...
https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Working_with_kids_
:_Wikipedia_vs_Vikidia

If you plan to attend as well, and are interested in these presentations,
please append your user name to the "interested attendees" list.

With my best regards
Gabriel
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Re: [Wikimedia Education] Which kinds of students are successful in education programs?

[Gabriel Thullen]

Thank you very much for your feedback which corresponds to my experience
with 7th grade students over the pastvten years. Sorry about being short, I
am out in the senegalese brush and the phone connexion is sporadic.

Le 21 juil. 2016 10:13 AM, "שי כץ"  a écrit :

Hello everyone,

Sorry I'm joining the correspondence late (this is the period of training
teachers in Israel, busy days). It is interesting to learn from the
experience that was gained around the world and different models that were
developed. I'd be happy to share a few points based on the education
activity in Israel.

Our main expertise concerns educational tasks of creating new articles, and
significantly expanding existing ones, in Wikipedia. Here, too, experience
has shown that for such tasks, level of writing is more important than age
(as long as the students are not too young, that is, their age is over 13
or 14).

Regarding the skills required for such tasks – we defined the following
skill Check:

1. Curiosity, the ability to ask questions

2. Good information literacy - high ability to detect and evaluate
information sources

3. A good reading comprehension, including the ability to perform critical
reading and distinct between important and unimportant data

4. Good writing skills, including the ability to write clearly and
correctly, form independent phrases, design the structure of the text,
synthesize different sources of information, and adjust the writing style
to the desired genre

Another point that should be noted, is that the ability of young students
(and generally, of newcomers) to cope with the task of articles writing
depends not just on their personal abilities, but also the nature of the
writing subject, the assignment and the training. These are the conclusions
we reached in this regard:

1. Writing subjects: young students performs better when they write about
concrete writing topics, such as persons or heritage sites.

2. Assignments: young students tend to deal with creating a new content
unit (a new article or chapter) better than with modifying an existing text.

3. Training:

a. Young students will need assistance in choosing the writing subject,
planning the process of work, locating and evaluating sources of
information and drafting. Therefore, it is important to have a close and
professional figure that will supervise them (we work with teachers
especially trained to do it.)

b. If all the students write about a similar topic, it is easier to give
them detailed guidance, because everyone can get the same recommendations
regarding the structure and type of information sources. (For example, in
one of our projects, 50 young students wrote articles on the same topic -
leading scientists, and thus we were able to produce a uniform training
brochure

that
can guide them better in the process of content creation.)

One last point: teachers may be interested in using Wikipedia as a
pedagogical tool in the context of content creating, but also in the
context of information consumption. I am attaching a link for a teacher
guide

that
offers teachers the pedagogical use Wikipedia in both these contexts.

Thanks to everyone for sharing information, happy to be a part of this
correspondence!

Shai Katz

Education Coordinator, Wikimedia Israel

2016-07-13 22:25 GMT+03:00 Pine W :

> I like how you think. (:
>
> Pine
>
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 12:21 PM, Lilit Tarkhanyan <
> lilit.tarkhan...@wikimedia.am> wrote:
>
>> Yes, Pine, you are right. They are editing mainly Armenian Wiktionary and
>> we have just begun editing Wikisource but it is an experimental trial
>> though I think with time we'll succeed again :) There are secondary school
>> students who simultaneously edit Wikipedia under their
>> teachers/coordinators' guide but they are hyperactive in Wiktionary. One of
>> our goals of involving students in editing different wikiprojects is that
>> we want each student to find a wikiproject which fits him, which he will
>> edit with great pleasure and as a result we have long-term editors. After
>> gaining enough experience they move from one project to another thus they
>> do not get bored.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Lilit Tarkhanyan
>> Wikimedia Armenia
>> Board Member
>> Wikipedia Education Program Leader
>> 2a Arshakunyats ave., 4th floor
>> tel. +374 55 534 011
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 10:52 PM, Pine W  wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Lilit. If I recall correctly, Wikimedia Armenia also includes
>>> middle school students in its education program? Is that correct, and if
>>> so, which projects do they tend to edit?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Pine
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 3:30 AM, Lilit Tarkhanyan <
>>> lilit.tarkhan...@wikimedia.am> wrote:
>>>
 Hi Pine

 I agree with Leigh that an educator should design his course based on
>

Re: [Wikimedia Education] Integration Wikipedia into primary...

[Gabriel Thullen]

Yes, the Vikidia emcyclopedi is more appropriate for primary school
students. It is also quite useful for them because the articles are written
in a language that they can understand.
I am actually trying to promote Vikidia among the primary schools in Geneva
(as well as using Wikipedia with older students)

Gabe


On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 9:25 PM, Mathias Damour 
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Le 19/06/2014 15:05, Martin Walker a écrit :
>
>> Keeping kids safe from "adult" articles is a valid parent/teacher
>> concern, and it may be very important in some cultures.  And we should all
>> recall the Florida teacher who lost her job when her kids accidentally got
>> onto a pornsite in her classroom.
>>
>> I've worked on the 1.0 project on en:wp.  When we produce offline
>> collections of the English Wikipedia articles (often for schools), on DVD
>> or flash drive, space is often limited.  Therefore we sometimes provide
>> only a selection of articles rather than the full encyclopedia.  We can
>> screen out the pornstars and the extreme violence by not selecting articles
>> tagged by certain WikiProjects.   (We leave in basic informational articles
>> such as those on human anatomy).  However, this approach only works on
>> Wikipedias that use WikiProject tags, such as en and fr.
>>
>> Another issue is when obscene/racist phrases are inserted into otherwise
>> clean articles by vandalism.  That's one reason we did the offline project;
>> we used a variation of the WikiTrust tool to select a clean version
>> (RevIDs) of each article.  Obviously these collections can't be used where
>> kids are actively editing, but it has its place.
>>
>
> I take this opportunity to remind about another model : a wiki for
> children that kids (and adults) *are* actively editing :
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/vikidia-in-english-opens-
> today-lets-build-a-children-wiki-encyclopedia-6400
>
> My present concern on fr.vikidia is much more the too harsh and austere
> (often teenage) admins, especially to newbies, than the insertion of
> obscene or inappropriate content. :-\
>
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Re: [Wikimedia Education] Integration Wikipedia into primary and secondary schools in Serbia

[Gabriel Thullen]

Yes, Andrew, that is the type of argument I usually use when talking to
parents or the school authorities.
What I am saying is that we have to make sure that all teachers/educators
who work with Wikipedia have easy access to this type of argument.

And as I said, this may be less of a problem with the English wiki, as it
appears that some web filtering services block certain wiki articles in
English, but not in other languages. I am not too happy to find out that
the English Wikipedia is partially blocked by private cencorship companies,
I wonder what WMF has to say about that kind of filtering. When foreign
governments try to do it, there is a large outcry. But when it supposedly
is done for "our children's good", nobody protests...

Gabe

Gabe


On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 8:08 AM, Mina Theofilatou  wrote:

>  And an encyclopedia we should add. That's probably the best argument
> I've ever heard on this issue.
>
> Mina
>
> - Original Message -
> *From:* Andrew Leung 
> *To:* Wikimedia Education 
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 19, 2014 7:31 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Education] Integration Wikipedia into primary
> and secondary schools in Serbia
>
> One counter-argument that you can make is that a dictionary used in school
> would have some dirty words that are not appropriate for school children,
> yet you don't see those definitions being blacked out by permanent marker
> or having the entire page ripped out because it contained those words.
>
> Andrew
>
> "Fill the world with children who care and things start looking up."
>
>
>  --
> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 10:21:49 +0200
> From: gabr...@thullen.com
> To: education@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Education] Integration Wikipedia into primary and
> secondary schools in Serbia
>
>   Like I said before, great job for both Israel and Serbia !
>
> There is one very important issue that we (as WM Chapters) need to
> address, now that Wikipedia editing will be part of the official school
> curriculum. How do we answer teachers or parents raising concerns about the
> so-called "adult" material found on Wikipedia ? Some of it is downright
> porn, and we (as Chapters) have to be able to answer these concerns.
>
> [[:fr:Catégorie:Position sexuelle]] = [[:en:Category:Sex positions]] =
> other interwikis
> or
> Commons: Category:Wiki-Sexuality Images
>
> The Geneva education department has an Internet filter that blocks some of
> the articles on the English wiki, for example
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingering_(sexual_act)
>  is blocked, but
> does not filter the French wiki fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doigtage.
> Obviously, the web filter companies are US (aka English speaking), so they
> may or may not filter other language Wikipedia pages. What we absolutely
> should avoid is this type of web filtering, and certainly not such
> filtering done by separate countries.
>
> Please note that I have always been opposed to censorship in general and
> opposed to censoring Wikimedia in particular. The issue has been raised a
> few times over the past few years, and I have always been able to provide
> adequate answers to the parents or school officials. But now that Wikipedia
> editing is a part of the official curriculum, these questions need a more
> "official" answer as well. Information should be freely available to all,
> even so-called "adult" information. As a school teacher using the web in
> class, I have to keep a watch on the web sites the students browse and
> discuss with them how to deal with inappropriate web sites that slip
> through the filters. I do the same when my students start surfing on sex-ed
> related Wikipedia articles...
>
> I can just imagine the uproar in Israel when one or the other of the more
> conservative religious groups finds out the kind of articles young students
> are subjected to in class... I say that for Israel, but the same uproar
> will be possible in some of the Swiss Cantons when Wikipedia editing
> becomes an official part of their curriculum (each Canton has its own
> curriculum, some Cantons include religious education, some do not, and so
> on). We need, at the very least, a set of arguments we can use to defend
> Wikipedia. For the moment, nobody has said anything, probably because
> adults are usually not very curious. Our kids, on the other hand, tend to
> explore a lot more...
>
> Anyway, that was some food for thought. I am looking forward to learning
> about how you will cope with that kind of issue, I know that the same
> problem might arise some day here in Switzerland.
>
> Gabe
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Vojtěch Dostál <
> vojtech.dos...@wikimedia.cz> wrote:
>
>  Below is my Wednesday e-mail which was denied from the conversation
> because I sent it from an incorrect adress:
>
> ---
>
> Congratulations to Israel and Serbia!
>
>  Now comes the tough job for you, though! You have to prove to the public
> & to the

Re: [Wikimedia Education] Integration Wikipedia into primary and secondary schools in Serbia

[Gabriel Thullen]

Like I said before, great job for both Israel and Serbia !

There is one very important issue that we (as WM Chapters) need to address,
now that Wikipedia editing will be part of the official school curriculum.
How do we answer teachers or parents raising concerns about the so-called
"adult" material found on Wikipedia ? Some of it is downright porn, and we
(as Chapters) have to be able to answer these concerns.

[[:fr:Catégorie:Position sexuelle]] = [[:en:Category:Sex positions]] =
other interwikis
or
Commons: Category:Wiki-Sexuality Images

The Geneva education department has an Internet filter that blocks some of
the articles on the English wiki, for example
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingering_(sexual_act) is blocked, but does not
filter the French wiki fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doigtage. Obviously, the web
filter companies are US (aka English speaking), so they may or may not
filter other language Wikipedia pages. What we absolutely should avoid is
this type of web filtering, and certainly not such filtering done by
separate countries.

Please note that I have always been opposed to censorship in general and
opposed to censoring Wikimedia in particular. The issue has been raised a
few times over the past few years, and I have always been able to provide
adequate answers to the parents or school officials. But now that Wikipedia
editing is a part of the official curriculum, these questions need a more
"official" answer as well. Information should be freely available to all,
even so-called "adult" information. As a school teacher using the web in
class, I have to keep a watch on the web sites the students browse and
discuss with them how to deal with inappropriate web sites that slip
through the filters. I do the same when my students start surfing on sex-ed
related Wikipedia articles...

I can just imagine the uproar in Israel when one or the other of the more
conservative religious groups finds out the kind of articles young students
are subjected to in class... I say that for Israel, but the same uproar
will be possible in some of the Swiss Cantons when Wikipedia editing
becomes an official part of their curriculum (each Canton has its own
curriculum, some Cantons include religious education, some do not, and so
on). We need, at the very least, a set of arguments we can use to defend
Wikipedia. For the moment, nobody has said anything, probably because
adults are usually not very curious. Our kids, on the other hand, tend to
explore a lot more...

Anyway, that was some food for thought. I am looking forward to learning
about how you will cope with that kind of issue, I know that the same
problem might arise some day here in Switzerland.

Gabe


On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Vojtěch Dostál  wrote:

> Below is my Wednesday e-mail which was denied from the conversation
> because I sent it from an incorrect adress:
>
> ---
>
> Congratulations to Israel and Serbia!
>
> Now comes the tough job for you, though! You have to prove to the public &
> to the teachers that Wikipedia is actually worth having in the school
> curriculum. The worst scenario is teachers and parents going crazy about
> the latest government's invention. You should really make Wikipedia as
> beneficial to the students as possible, and you also need to prepare the
> community for an enormous workload!
>
> Not an easy job, but worth working for!
>
> Good luck both of you, and I will be looking forward to the first results.
>
> Vojtěch Dostál
> vice-chair
> Wikimedia Czech Republic
>
>
> 2014-06-11 8:52 GMT+02:00 Oona Castro :
>>
>>  excellent news! congratulations!
>>>
>>> Did you guys see Israel is also to get Wikipedia included in the
>>> curriculum of public schools?  Sorry for crossposting in case it has been
>>> shared here:
>>> http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=18059
>>>
>>> I'm really excited to hear and learn more about these initiatives,
>>> though I'm really concerned about our limitations in the Brazilian
>>> education system.
>>>
>>> Oona
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11 June 2014 03:42, Nurunnaby Chowdhury  wrote:
>>>
 Wow..excellent news Mile!
 Congratulations..

 --
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 Sysop, Bengali Wikipedia | User: Nhasive
 Member, IEG, WMF
 Ambassador, OK Bangladesh
 Sent from my iPhone device


 On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 4:55 AM, Shani  wrote:

> Great news, Mile!
> Looking forward to seeing you in London and hear some more, :-)
> Shani.
> On 11 Jun 2014 01:31, "Jens Best"  wrote:
>
>> That's really great news. Congratulations to all people involved in
>> preparing and realizing this important success.
>>
>> best regards
>>
>> Jens Best
>>
>> --
>> Präsidium - Board of Trustees
>> Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
>> web: http://www.wikimedia.de
>> mail: jens.best @wikimedia.de
>>
>> Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.
>> V.
>>>

Re: [Wikimedia Education] Integration Wikipedia into primary and secondary schools in Serbia

[Gabriel Thullen]

That is really great! Good work!

I also do work on Wikipedia with my classes, and every once in a while I
have a serbian student. When that happens again, I will try to remember to
get in touch with you.

Right now, I have a few Bosnian and Kosovan students, but I am not sure
that they would relate well to somebody from Serbia...

Congrats once again on your acheivement!

Gabriel


On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 11:13 PM, Mile Kiš  wrote:

> Hello everyone!
> I am honored to inform you that several months of integrating Wikipedia
> into primary and secondary schools in Serbia has finally paid off!
>
> After the Ministry has prescribed that from September 2014 all students of
> the second year of secondary school curriculum *must study wiki tools*,
> Institute for the Improvement of knowledge and education has included a
> course on Wikipedia in its catalog of programs of continuous professional
> development of teachers, professors and other school personnel. We got
> accreditation for two years. Not a lot applicants got accreditation.
>
> This course will start in December.
>
>
>
> first challenge we successfully crossed :) next will come.
>
> I started writing blog post about this and hope it will be ready on 20
> June.
>
> If you have some questions I will be happy to answer you :)
>
>
>
> Mile Kiš
>
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> 00381 (0)60 7 454 772
>
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Re: [Wikimedia Education] Wikimania Submission: Wiki-med

[Gabriel Thullen]

That's really great, Toobad I will not be able to follow your presentation,
I will not be in London. The presentations were filmed and broadcast in
Hong Kong, I am hoping to be able to watch yours later on.

I am quite interested in this type of project in schools and universities.

Gabe Thullen


On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 12:57 AM, Enock Seth Nyamador
wrote:

> Great! I like it. :-)
>
> - Enock
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 10:50 PM, Shani  wrote:
>
>> Hi, everyone.
>>
>>
>> Just wanted to draw your attention to a submission I made re my Wiki-Med
>> course at the Sackler school of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University.
>>
>> I'm aiming to not only present the results of this first-of-its-kind
>> course, but also use it as a case-study for future collaborations, which
>> I'm hoping some of you may find interesting.. :)
>>
>> It's called: "Wiki-Med: The Story of the First Full Wikipedia Course in
>> Israel - A Case 
>> Study"
>> .
>>
>> Please feel free to let me know your thoughts on this!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Shani.
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Re: [Wikimedia Education] MediaWiki projects in Schools

[Gabriel Thullen]

Hello Graeme
I am willing to talk about the work I do with my 7th grade students. They
work on the French Wikipedia, but I am perfectly bilingual English-French.
National Geographic ran an article about it (in English):
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/news/web-work/?ar_a=1

Gabe


On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 1:16 PM, rupert THURNER wrote:

> There was a few days project in zürich called "hallo rohstoff" (hello
> commodity). Every class participating did example edits on wikiversity ,
> and visited a public library to connect wikipedia with its references.
> Erkan and his colleagues of wikiversity were very welcoming btw.
>
> Rupert
> Am 28.03.2014 14:52 schrieb "Simon Knight" :
>
> In addition to the OER4Schools/ORBIT projects (sent off list but available
>> at http://oer.educ.cam.ac.uk/) the edutech wiki might also be of
>> interest Graeme
>> http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Wiki_metrics,_rubrics_and_collaboration_tools#Introduction
>>  I also occasionally see research on pedagogic value of using Wikis
>> although I'd need to hunt that out :-)
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Simon
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* education-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:
>> education-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Daria Cybulska
>> *Sent:* 28 March 2014 13:44
>> *To:* Wikimedia Education
>> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Education] MediaWiki projects in Schools
>>
>>
>>
>> Don't worry Floor, we are well aware of Graeme here and really value his
>> contribution!
>>
>>
>>
>> It would still be interesting to see what other chapters could suggest to
>> him. I mostly know of this list (scroll down for Schools):
>>
>> http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education_Portal/Projects_and_Programs
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Daria
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Daria Cybulska - Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK
>>
>> +44 (0) 207 065 0994
>>
>> +44 7803 505 170
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 27 March 2014 17:02, Floor Koudijs  wrote:
>>
>> Dear Graeme,
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm happy to hear that you are interested in introducing Wiki work into
>> schools in Scotland. I work at WMF in San Francisco on the Wikipedia
>> Education Program, which is related to what you are doing. The programs we
>> support are usually set up a little different than what you appear to be
>> looking at. We encourage secondary schools and universities to have their
>> students learn how to use and edit Wikipedia in the classroom. So instead
>> of just another paper to write that only the teacher will read, students in
>> class will learn how to update a Wikipedia article.
>>
>>
>>
>> If this is something you'd be interested in, I would love to tell you
>> more about the work that is done in this field around the world. Also, it
>> might be useful for you to talk to Toni Sant, who is working on education
>> stuff with Wikimedia UK. You can reach him at toni.s...@wikimedia.org.uk
>> .
>>
>>
>>
>> There are several countries where the Ministry of Education is involved
>> in introducing Wikipedia in the classroom. If you would like some more
>> examples of that, please let me know and I can put you in touch with people
>> in different countries who might have some inspiring stories for you.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best of luck with your ideas, and please let me know if you have any
>> further questions.
>>
>>
>>
>> Floor
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Floor Koudijs
>>
>> Wikipedia Education Program Manager
>>
>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>
>>
>> 
>>
>> T. +1.415.839.6885  x6806
>>
>> E. fkoud...@wikimedia.org
>>
>> I. wikimediafoundation.org
>>
>>
>> 
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 6:34 AM, Graeme Arnott 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear All
>>
>> I've been asked by a civil servant at the Scottish Government to look
>> into the ways that mediawiki literacy could be incorporated into Scottish
>> secondary school work (12-18 years of age). This might be something like
>> installing MediaWiki on the schools' national intranet, or doing something
>> with Wikiversity or simply using Wikipedia within a particular project.
>> When I discussed the project with the civil servant it was clear that the
>> aim was not simply to provide MediaWiki skills training for students and
>> teachers, but to make possible collaborative inter- and intra-school work,
>> as well as raising and developing the digital citizenship of school
>> teachers and students.  That is really as far as I've got.
>>
>> One problem is that I don't actually work in schools. So I thought that a
>> good place to start was this list, and to ask for help in identifying
>> examples of any Wikimedia project work that either you've been involved in
>> at school level, or that you know about. It would be great to get links to
>> the actual work (if it's publicly available on Wikipedia for example), but
>> it would also be good to get links to reflective blog posts on successes,
>> failures, things to avoid etc.  I can then collate