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, it include a fair number of Campus Ambassadors who are doing innovative stuff at universities as well as a number of other people in various chapters involved in education stuffs,
Alex On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Thomas Morton <morton.tho...@googlemail.com>wrote: > 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 material on > the goals/ideals of Wikipedia (as that seems a better start point before > leaping into account creation :)). > > Also I noticed that a lot of the focus is on editing or contributing > Wikipedia. I've approached this from a slightly different perspective - > which is that most of the kids I will be talking to aren't interested in > writing (and probably aren't yet capable of doing so) a Wikipedia article. > On the other hand I aim to teach them about using WP as a resource (and the > potential pitfalls) as well as trying to get them to treat it with respect > (i.e. quit the vandalism). > > Is there a place on Outreach where discussion of education/teaching > materials is happening? > > Tom > > On 1 June 2011 17:15, Alex Stinson <stins...@dukes.jmu.edu> wrote: > >> "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 want >> to check out the stuff on the Wikimedia Foundation bookshelf project for >> materials you can destribute instead of making all of them yourself ( >> http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bookshelf). We also have been >> developing a fair amount of stuff at the education portal on outreach, >> though still a work in progress ( >> http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education). Alot has already been >> developed in fairly professional ways, it just needs to be applied in the >> class room, >> >> Alex >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Thomas Morton < >> morton.tho...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >>> 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 another reason to wish I was a student again :)). >>> Expanding that into schools is a major project, but one that I think would >>> net us some massive gains long term. I'd be really interested in hearing >>> about your work with the high school professors. >>> >>> In general: >>> >>> I've been interested in education for a while; I'm a scout leader here & >>> my parents have their own business doing educational visits to schools on >>> the topic of astronomy (so I have fairly extensive experience of that sort >>> of "business model"). The reason I have a specific interest now is that I've >>> been approached to look at doing an evening class on computers and the >>> internet at a local secondary school. One of the topics I want to cover is >>> Wikipedia and WP editing. >>> >>> I could put together some teaching material & release it for others to >>> use on an ad-hoc basis, but I think there is loads more we could expand into >>> if WMUK were behind it - stuff like working with the teaching bodies to get >>> WP recognised as a resource, and perhaps even worked into the curriculum (at >>> the very least work with them to provide useful material for >>> teachers/students about Wikipedia). In fact, something like the training >>> events Cancer Research people (but for teachers) would be really interesting >>> to explore. >>> >>> Another off-hand idea; it would be great to try and team up with some of >>> the GLAM institutions to run educational days (i.e. have groups of kids turn >>> up to learn about stuff using local and Wikipedia content, and to get an >>> introduction to Wikipedia). >>> >>> And more; we could use WMUK resources to train up and support Wikipedia >>> volunteers who want to go into the classroom - because teaching kids can be >>> damned hard! >>> >>> There's a lot to focus on, but I think it is one of our most important >>> outreach areas in the UK. >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> >>> On 1 June 2011 16:40, Chris Keating <chriskeatingw...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> 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 < >>>> morton.tho...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> 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 this still active? >>>>> >>>>> I only ask because I've been approached locally to do some in-school >>>>> work relating to Wikipedia and it occurred to me that this is a major area >>>>> we could be focusing on. >>>>> >>>>> I've got a decent amount of experience working with children, schools >>>>> and educators and it would be great to contribute that on a wider scale. >>>>> >>>>> If none of those projects are particularly active, would anyone be >>>>> interested in working on this (including volunteering to go into schools >>>>> and >>>>> youth groups)? >>>>> >>>>> Tom / ErrantX >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wikimedia UK mailing list >>>>> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >>>>> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >>>>> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimedia UK mailing list >>>> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >>>> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >>>> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia UK mailing list >>> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >>> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >>> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > >
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