Great to hear from you. On Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 12:33 AM Bukola James <bukolajames2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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/HGUUJORSWTS6UVRT44TFT33Q4OKDPGD6/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
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