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Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikipedia and schools

2008-12-11 Thread Gnangarra
Think you missed the point of what I proposed, there would be an extreme minority of schools without any net access. IMHO it would be reasonable to presume that if a school doesnt have net access for their students then its unlikely that the teachers are going to use Wikipedia with the class enviro

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikipedia and schools

2008-12-11 Thread Liam Wyatt
None of these things require a stable version online or offline. They are things that we already do with regards to Wikipedia proper. > > We show them how to identify article quality and what the class > rating indicates, including what deficiencies are. We should be doing this already with "no

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikipedia and schools

2008-12-11 Thread Gnangarra
What if rather than a fixed format CD/DVD for every school we create a sample with instructions that enables teachers to make customised versions to suit their style of teaching, the age group, and intended subject area. We show them how to identify article quality and what the class rating indica

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikipedia and schools

2008-12-11 Thread Craig Franklin
I think you've misinterpreted what I'm proposing. I agree with you in regards to "offline content", it takes away entirely one of the chief advantages of an online encyclopaedia - that is, being up to date. If this project happens, I fully support the main mode of delivery being a website that

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikipedia and schools

2008-12-11 Thread Peter Halasz
Ok so you're not convinced that an offline version is a bad idea. Here's how it should be done (in my not-so-humble opinion) Basically, it should work like the online Wikipedia as much as possible That means you view it in your browser using the same URLs. I imagine this can be done with [[Gears

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikipedia and schools

2008-12-11 Thread Peter Halasz
Basically there are three issues being discussed: censorship, cut down wikipedia for schools, and an offline wikipedia. The schools issue is also confused. What is its purpose? Are we talking censoring images? Protecting children from dangerous information? Legal concerns? or are we trying to crea

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikipedia and schools

2008-12-11 Thread Craig Franklin
Okay, there seems to be a bit of interest here, so I've boldly created a subpage for planning: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Australia/Australian_Schools_Selection At the moment it's really just my thoughts on the subject, but as the advice on the edit page says; feel free

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikipedia and schools

2008-12-11 Thread Gnangarra
I'd be up for that, cant let it have solely an Eastern States POV :) 2008/12/11 K. Peachey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Anyone for a mini-project then? =). The existing SOS selection looks > like > > it'll be a good base, but adding more "Australian" themed articles to it > > would probably be a nice

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikipedia and schools

2008-12-11 Thread K. Peachey
> Anyone for a mini-project then? =). The existing SOS selection looks like > it'll be a good base, but adding more "Australian" themed articles to it > would probably be a nice attention grabber when we go talking to schools. > > Cheers, > Craig I would be! maybe a task-force for WikiProject Aust

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikipedia and schools

2008-12-11 Thread Craig Franklin
Anyone for a mini-project then? =). The existing SOS selection looks like it'll be a good base, but adding more "Australian" themed articles to it would probably be a nice attention grabber when we go talking to schools. Cheers, Craig --- Craig Franklin PO Box 1093 Toombul, Q,