> You would need to explain what we can do better than:
>
> http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/
>
> Higher res yes but beyond that?
That's easy:
- Available under a free license. This is important as it means the images can
be distributed more widely, and reused for more things. Also, being ab
On 6 June 2011 12:47, WereSpielChequers wrote:
> I was recently involved in a children's photography competition
> through another organisation I'm involved in. I think that commons and
> "Wiki loves monuments" has a huge opportunity there, as most UK kids
> now seem to have access to digital came
There is a lot of interesting stuff here... I've been swamped with email the
last few days and only just catching up so bear with me :D
Roger, you have way more experience than me! So I am glad we agree on the
best way to approach this. A few years back I watched someone do a power
point presentat
n, 06 Jun 2011 18:29:58
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On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 18:19 +0100, steve virgin wrote:
> "we can join the army, have sex, and smoke, if we are that way inclined"
>
> George - a word of advice
auk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 16:53:58
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Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schools projects
Surely you needn't even force them to register for Commons at all?
Just make your own child-friendly submissions page, temporarily
ho
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> To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schools projects
>
> Regarding not using full names until the age of 18, I think that's a
> somewhat high age limit.
> While my username is a pseudonym, I, at only 16, am an accredited Wikinewsie
> and OT
s.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of
george.wat...@wikinewsie.org
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To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schools projects
Regarding not using full names until the age of 18, I think that's a
somewhat high age limit.
While my username is a pseudony
auk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 16:53:58
To:
Reply-To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schools projects
Surely you needn't even force them to register for Commons at all?
Just make your own child-friendly submissions page, temporarily
ho
Surely you needn't even force them to register for Commons at all?
Just make your own child-friendly submissions page, temporarily
hosting them then transferring them en masse to Commons on the
children's behalf.
--
Harry (User:Jarry1250)
On 6 June 2011 12:47, WereSpielChequers wrote:
> I was re
I was recently involved in a children's photography competition
through another organisation I'm involved in. I think that commons and
"Wiki loves monuments" has a huge opportunity there, as most UK kids
now seem to have access to digital cameras and the Internet. It would
be great to launch a "Wik
Chris, what I understand by schools outreach is getting the educational
benefits of WM projects into schools - via teachers. Hence still an adult
audience.
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Chris Keating
wrote:
>
>
>> Pitching this stuff is hard; kids at different ages see things
>> differently, a
Has anyone been in touch with User:jbmurray regarding his use of
Wikipedia in academia?
I know he's not in the UK, but it may be useful to put curious or
interested UK academics in touch with him. I suspect he could highlight
a lot of things to avoid, plus extol the educational virtues of getting
Tom, WSC
Be Bold if you have time.
@Tom would the OU Do this for us? I could see it as a supplemental
module to a number of courses.
regards
Roger
On 3 June 2011 22:11, Thomas Morton wrote:
> This is an interesting line of thought.
>
> I think a lot could be done with local experts.
>
>
Hi Tom,
I'm not sure if my experience is more than yours (5 years ish) but I will be
doing this "hands on". I'm intending to use the real wikipedia so it I may
need to find some support to rollback damage. (Any volunteers out there -
leave a message off list) I have asked classes to get accounts a
I'm working with a few lecturers for a CA program at Imperial; Alex is involved
and is training me as an ambassador.
Vinesh
President, WPians at Imperial College
On 4 Jun 2011, at 22:16, "Martin Poulter"
mailto:infob...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I can see five broad ways we can try and engage in ed
>
> Pitching this stuff is hard; kids at different ages see things differently,
> and kids in different areas age at different speeds.
>
I think you've hit one of the main challenge of schools outreach on the
head.
We are starting to have a "recipe" for introducing adult organisations to
Wikipedi
I can see five broad ways we can try and engage in education. The diversity
of possibilities is great but it means that it's difficult to take a
structured approach: each of these things needs a proper working group or
task force, and effort on many fronts, in order to have a chance of success.
Hen
Roger,
Would be interested to see if Martin made any progress with that. I have to
submit lesson plans next week so hopefully might have something of my own to
contribute by then.
Pitching this stuff is hard; kids at different ages see things differently,
and kids in different areas age at differ
This is an interesting line of thought.
I think a lot could be done with local experts.
I've been talking to my OU lecturer about this and they strike me as another
good avenue for doing adult/expert education of Wikipedia.
Tom
On 3 June 2011 16:52, Roger Bamkin wrote:
> So we need a lead per
So we need a lead person or project.
Anything that (in time) would have a broader effect than a single evening
course would I believe get a good hearing for seed funding/ support
Anyone?
Roger B
On 3 June 2011 14:48, WereSpielChequers wrote:
> My Mum is active in her local branch of the Univer
I agree Charles. I've come across this with museum folk too who have written
on Wikipedia that they have a larger chunk of a particular mineral than
anyone else in the world. When it comes down to it, they don't know if this
is true and they have never published the claim so they cannot write
f Of
WereSpielChequers
Sent: 03 June 2011 14:48
To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schools projects - evening courses
My Mum is active in her local branch of the University of the third
age, they struck me as a perfect partner for such an evening course.
Especially if
My Mum is active in her local branch of the University of the third
age, they struck me as a perfect partner for such an evening course.
Especially if the UK chapter were to offer the U3A a grant for hiring
in approved Wikipedians to deliver said course.
But please call it something other than "cr
On 01/06/2011 22:36, Roger Bamkin wrote:
> Two minor threads: Martin Poulter and I discussed how we could put
> together a teaching plan so that someone like yourself could organise
> an enevening course in "creating your own wiki page" ... not sure
> whether Martin made any progress. I know he
Two minor threads: Martin Poulter and I discussed how we could put together
a teaching plan so that someone like yourself could organise an enevening
course in "creating your own wiki page" ... not sure whether Martin made any
progress. I know he was investigating ... I suspect there are a lot of
p
There is an education list at
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education which appears to be
one of the better ways to contact people because not everyone regularly
checks outreach wiki (including myself). I invite people to join who want to
work with Education and Wikimedia projects, i
Hey Alex,
Yes a lot of that has been my starting point. FWIW there is a lack of
content for the younger age groups (say 14-16) which is where my current
focus is; the "beginner" guides are more suited (at least in my experience
of teaching) to older students. I'd also like to see some more materia
"High school professors." Yikes! Meant teachers, not professors. I thought I
fixed that in a second read. Been working with universities for too long.
Tom, that sounds like something that could really use some development in
the way of documented techniques or presenting the information. You may w
Chris,
Yes, that was my impression too - I have some ideas/proposals to try and
bring into play but didn't want to step on top of an active project that I'd
missed :P
I'm based in Lincolnshire.
Alex,
I've been keeping a close eye on the Ambassadors project - it looks like
some great work (yet
I think it's been hibernating for a while. I haven't heard it mentioned at
all since the new Board took office.
Of course, if someone wants to pick up the ball and run with it, that would
be very welcome. Whereabouts are you, Tom?
Regards,
Chris
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Thomas Morton w
Tom,
Well recently I have been trying to build relationships at the University
level in order to make Wikipedia more accessible along the lines of the
Wikipedia Ambassador program in the US (Wikipedia Ambassadors UK
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ambassadors/UK ). We have had
particular su
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