Wow!!! Great news. Thanks for sharing On Thu, Jul 22, 2021, 7:48 PM Sailesh Patnaik <spatn...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Dear Wikimedians, > > Last year, the Education team at the Wikimedia Foundation launched a pilot > teacher training program that helped teachers use Wikipedia in their > classrooms. Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/our-work/education/reading-wikipedia-in-the-classroom/> > provided a professional development opportunity to over 500 teachers in > Bolivia, Morocco, and the Philippines with a localized curriculum and > resources aligned with UNESCO’s Media and Information Literacy framework. > Throughout this 9-week program, teachers developed vital media and > information literacy skills for the 21st century, including understanding > how information is produced, accessing and evaluating content online, and > identifying biases and knowledge gaps. All through the power of Wikipedia > <https://www.k12digest.com/changing-the-narrative-the-power-of-wikipedia-to-foster-21st-century-skills/>! > You can read more details about the pilot program and its impact in our > final report > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reading_Wikipedia_Final_Report.pdf> > [1]. > > Now, we are opening up the opportunity to more Wikimedians, > mission-aligned organizations, and individuals to participate in a Training > of Trainers (ToT). By the end of the ToT, participants will be certified > to lead training for Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom. They will be > able to adapt & implement the Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom program in > their local contexts to help teachers use Wikipedia as a pedagogical tool. > Participants who successfully complete the ToT will also have access to a > pool of funding that can support their local activities. You can learn more > about the ToT timeline and curriculum on Meta > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Reading_Wikipedia_in_the_Classroom/ToT> > . > > We think you or members of your community would be a great fit! We invite > you to attend an information session on Thursday, July 29 at 13:00 UTC via > Zoom <https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/95280050770>. The team will share more > detailed information, answer questions, and announce the open call for > applications. If you have any questions ahead of this event, please don’t > hesitate to reach out to the team at educat...@wikimedia.org > > We look forward to seeing you at the information session! > > --the Education Team > > [1]The program report > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reading_Wikipedia_Final_Report.pdf> > shows us how teachers’ attitudes towards Wikipedia changed as they moved > through the curriculum, responded to practical assignments and reflection > questions, and participated in synchronous sessions led by local > coordinators of the program. For example, one of the participating teachers > from Bolivia said that at first he “thought that Wikipedia was a platform > like Google, but now I value all the volunteer work done by the community > behind it”. The program model also supported members of the local Wikimedia > affiliates to improve their capacity to organize and lead education > initiatives. Currently, the Wikimedians of Bolivia > <https://twitter.com/wikimedia_bo/status/1415057167804162049> user group > is launching the second edition of the program! The resources > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Reading_Wikipedia_in_the_classroom> > created for the program are available on Wikimedia Commons in English, > Spanish, Arabic, and Tagalog, and they are free for anybody to use, adapt > and share. > -- > > Sailesh Patnaik (He/Him) > > Program Officer, Education > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/NKYLDAXHJK2STJYR3UQXG6YTZ3OJZBDY/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
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