[Wikimediauk-l] Teaching how to use Wikipedia to be compulsory in primary schools
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7962912.stm The Guardian said the draft review requires primary school children to be familiar with blogging, podcasts, Wikipedia and Twitter as sources of information and forms of communication. It looks like there may be a little more demand for my proposal for WMUK to go into schools... ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Teaching how to use Wikipedia to be compulsory in primary schools
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote: It looks like there may be a little more demand for my proposal for WMUK to go into schools... Seconded! As an employee in the education sector - I know that Wiki* can and will be a very valuable tool when used correctly in a school environment. I am willing to be as much of a driving force behind this proposal as I can be! -- -- Paul skenmy Williams -- p...@skenmy.com ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] My Recent Inactivity
Hi All, I would like to apologise for my sudden spate of inactivity in WMUK / Wikimania 2010 matters - just 5 days ago I suffered the loss of my father who had been suffering from cancer for the past year. It is high on my list of tasks to get to the AGM and to get reinvolved as soon as possible - but I didn't want you to think I had just popped out of existance! I am as interested in WMUK and its' acitivities as I will ever be - I just, right now, don't have the time to be as involved proactively as I would like to be now and in the future. As always, if you need me for anything, please do not hesitate to email me. I am willing and able to work on projects (it does infact help me to busy my mind). Regards, -- Paul skenmy Williams -- p...@skenmy.com ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Teaching how to use Wikipedia to be compulsory in primary schools
2009/3/25 Paul Williams p...@skenmy.com: On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: It looks like there may be a little more demand for my proposal for WMUK to go into schools... Seconded! As an employee in the education sector - I know that Wiki* can and will be a very valuable tool when used correctly in a school environment. I am willing to be as much of a driving force behind this proposal as I can be! Fantastic - go write about it here: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projects/Proposals#Schools_project I said I would write something about it, and haven't gotten around to it yet. I will get around to it eventually, but someone else interested in helping out would be great! ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] My Recent Inactivity
2009/3/25 Paul Williams p...@skenmy.com: Hi All, I would like to apologise for my sudden spate of inactivity in WMUK / Wikimania 2010 matters - just 5 days ago I suffered the loss of my father who had been suffering from cancer for the past year. I'm sorry to hear that - my condolences. Do as much or as little WMUK stuff as you feel comfortable with, everyone will understand. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Teaching how to use Wikipedia to be compulsory in primary schools
2009/3/25 Sean Whitton s...@silentflame.com: This is precisely my point. The press are obsessed with it and it is increasingly used for commercial purposes. But it will be interesting to see how long it lasts. Maybe the draft review mentioned it because Number Ten has a Twitter feed and so they wanted to curry favour! I presume earlier versions proposed teaching the kids about AltaVista and GeoCities and the dangers of ARPANET email kiddy fiddlers. - d. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Teaching how to use Wikipedia to be compulsory in primary schools
At school today I was busy admiring some of the work on the wall. The kids (year 2) had been working on important buildings, and one particular one on Buckingham Palace caught my eye. It went something like *Buckingham Palace*is the official London http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London residence of the British monarch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_monarch.[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham_Palace#cite_note-0Located in the City of Westminster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Westminster, the palace http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace is a setting for state occasions and royal hospitality, and a major tourist attraction. (With the bolded text, and blue linked words, and the little 1 in superscript). Is blatant plagiarism really the sort of thing that should be displayed as best work on a primary classroom wall? Wikipedia is a great resource I think - as long as you know how to use it properly. If Wikipedia is to become a part of primary school life, those using it ought to be trained to use it properly. -- Alex (User:Majorly) ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Teaching how to use Wikipedia to be compulsory in primary schools
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:13 AM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote: 2009/3/26 Al Tally majorly.w...@googlemail.com: At school today I was busy admiring some of the work on the wall. The kids (year 2) had been working on important buildings, and one particular one on Buckingham Palace caught my eye. It went something like Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch.[1] Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal hospitality, and a major tourist attraction. (With the bolded text, and blue linked words, and the little 1 in superscript). Is blatant plagiarism really the sort of thing that should be displayed as best work on a primary classroom wall? Wikipedia is a great resource I think - as long as you know how to use it properly. If Wikipedia is to become a part of primary school life, those using it ought to be trained to use it properly. While I wouldn't expect teachers to recognise the Wikipedia house style as easily as we can, they should have been made suspicious by the formatting! However, are you sure it was displayed as best work? In primary school they generally put everyone's work on display. Hopefully not! -- Alex (User:Majorly) ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
