Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikimedia in the Classroom (Queensland project)

2010-05-10 Thread Craig Franklin
h to jump in and discuss! From: wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Bryce Roney Sent: Monday, 10 May 2010 7:16 PM To: Wikimedia-au Subject: Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikimedia in the Classroom (Queensland project) That seems to

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikimedia in the Classroom (Queensland project)

2010-05-10 Thread Andrew
Excellent job Craig - it's a great model for member-driven outreach projects and I wish you the best of luck. The issue with being able to present stuff to people who work (or are available) 9-5 in work time is always a challenge - it's one we hit with unrelated projects in Perth. (replying to Cra

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikimedia in the Classroom (Queensland project)

2010-05-10 Thread Bryce Roney
That seems to be a very solid presentation, most of my teachers I have seem to be reasonably adept at being able to use Wikipedia and understand how to make sure an article is accurate and the usefulness of it as a spring board to other references. That said, I know there are teachers out there wh

[Wikimediaau-l] Wikimedia in the Classroom (Queensland project)

2010-05-10 Thread Craig Franklin
Okay, it looks like the the Wiki has been fixed, so here goes: Over the past few months, a few of us up here in Brisbane have been developing a programme and materials to do presentations to teachers and schools. It's been our observation that while many teachers have negative views about Wikiped