Hey all,
What is the status of our work with schools/education?
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Initiatives/Schools_project seems to be a
little stagnant, there are references to other School interactions on the
Wiki (including a link to a hidden office page about the educational
budget).
Is any of
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
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
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
"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
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
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
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
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