I could not agree more. :-)
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Charles Matthews" <charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com> Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:57 PM To: <wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] "Schoolchildren told toavoidWikipedia" -Telegraph> Steve Virgin wrote: >> >> As a Board member I personally believe we should be attempting to >> promote our Schools Project here and that should sit at the heart of >> any release. Feel free to wrap any or all your very valid points below >> inside and around the idea/goal of the project, should you agree with me. >> >> To refresh: the Board has been looking for opportunities to 'work with >> teachers' or 'trainers' or 'academics' to help them see the advantages >> of Wikipedia in terms of use with students. This could be in terms of >> collaborative research projects that can put these skills into >> practice. In could be in terms of helping teachers or trainers build >> additional skills in the groups they train. The bigger objective is to >> lead to new volunteers for Wikpedia and new content. > I suggested writing a concise guide for teachers and posting it on the > WMUK site for two reasons, firstly because the point had been raised on > this list in December, and secondly because I know how to get that > written, having done a book chapter on this in 2007. If there is a need > to integrate with other work, by all means put forward a way to fit it > all together. I'm sure it is right to 'migrate' the message from a > rebuttal of what journalists have to say, to our own ground. I see no > inconsistency here, in fact, just a discussion of ways and means. > > Charles > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
