Just a reminder, this is in 11 hours! Hope you all can join! On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 7:57 PM LiAnna Davis <lia...@wikiedu.org> wrote:
> We're excited to announce a new regular meeting of the Wikimedia & > education community: the EduWiki Knowledge Showcase! > > ==About the EduWiki Knowledge Showcase== > The EduWiki Knowledge Showcase is a collaboration of the Wikipedia & > Education User Group and the WMF Education team. It replaces various > overlapping meetings of community members we used to have, and offers an > opportunity to highlight the work being done in education all over the > world. Each month, we'll highlight either a region or a program type, with > multiple speakers on the same theme. The time of the meeting will move > around to accommodate different time zones. You can see more about the > EduWiki Knowledge Showcase here: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group/Showcase > > ==Join us for our first EduWiki Knowledge Showcase on WikiCamps!== > Our first meeting will be on Monday, 2 October, at 9 am UTC ( > https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1696237245), and will be themed around > WikiCamps. Our speakers each contributed a bit about their work: > * Susanna Mkrtchyan, Wikimedia Armenia & board member, Wikipedia & > Education User Group: Wikimedia Armenia has been organizing WikiCamps since > 2014. In the same year, WikiCamp was recognized as the coolest project of > the Wiki movement. WikiCamps and WikiClubs are registered as trademarks of > Wikimedia Armenia. WikiCamp is one of the components of the Educational > ecosystem through Wikipedia, which was developed by me and is run by > Wikimedia Armenia. > * Natasha Nedanoska, Macedonian language teacher in a primary school, > member of GLAM Macedonia, education educator and coordinator of Wiki Club > Ohrid: I have been participating in Wikicamps since 2018 and so far I have > been to 4 (Berovo, Dojran, Seles, Mavrovo), and on the eve is the fifth > Wikicamp on Kozuv Planina, Mihajlovo. Wiki Camps are three days long, > starting with dinner and ending with lunch. There is always a well-prepared > program that includes: editing of articles, lectures on topics related to > Wikipedia, lectures by experts depending on the topic of the camp, > familiarization with the environment and visiting sights, morning > exercises, quizzes and entertainment. Participants usually leave richer for > certain Wikipedia topics and with more experience. > * Nebojša Ratković, Education Program Manager at Wikimedia Serbia: We > organize Edu Wiki Camps since 2016. Our primary goal is to bring together > students who are interested in Wiki topics through this activity in order > to motivate them to become Wiki ambassadors. At the camp, we always have > activities related to Wiki projects, but also soft skills workshops that > help the participants to empower themselves. > * Vjollca: Family and friends call me Vjola. My Wiki username is Vyolltsa. > I have been working as a Project Manager with Wikimedians of Albanian > Language User Group for 3 years now. When I started out in this position, I > developed an interest in involving more people in the Wiki world, and > together with some high school teachers, we set up the Wikiclubs. It has > been an amazing journey, and I look forward to continuing to promote open > knowledge in education in Albania. In the meantime, I have been dedicated > to increasing the number of events/programs within Wiki Education by > aligning them with the school projects and objectives. > > Join us October 2, 9 am UTC, on Zoom: > https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/86877668952?pwd=ZG9seXcwV3VYVXRobGRDcWZYR1NyQT09 > > If you need interpretation support from English to another language, > please reach out to Sailesh Patnaik at WMF to request it: > spatn...@wikimedia.org > > ==Or volunteer to host our next one!== > We're actively seeking volunteers to speak at future EduWiki Knowledge > Showcases. Collaborate with education program leaders in your region or who > run the same type of program you do to put together a panel, and recommend > a day and time that will work! If you don't know others in your region or > who run the same type of program, list your interest anyway, and we can > help find others to collaborate with you. > > Hope you can join us on 2 October! > > The Wikipedia & Education User Group > _______________________________________________ Education mailing list -- education@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to education-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
