Re: [Wikimediaau-l] schools - a post-glam movement ;-)

2009-06-19 Thread K. Peachey
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 8:28 AM, private musingsthepmacco...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I just created this page; http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Schools with the intention of encouraging all those interested in liaising with educators / schools directly to jump in and whip up a few project pages

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] schools - a post-glam movement ;-)

2009-06-19 Thread Andrew
Don't forget that we have DET employees, teachers and other educators amongst our own numbers either (including at least one board member). Given they've got a solid understanding of Wiki as well they're probably the best starting point before we start approaching the wider community - one of the

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] schools - a post-glam movement ;-)

2009-06-19 Thread Andrew
Also worth pointing out you need teachers with curriculum experience developing the stuff. I don't know how many curricula people have viewed but since the 90s they are less prescriptive and contain lots of eduspeak and gobbledygook and *assume* a lot of content. Also it's no longer sufficient