Activities/Schools project
Aims
- To provide a set of resources and workshops to schools in order to educate pupils and staff how to use Wikimedia projects correctly in an education environment.
- To provide a set of resources and workshops to schools in order to educate pupils and staff how to contribute to Wikimedia projects correctly
Plans
Using Wikimedia
Ideas
Wikipedia
- Using Wikipedia for research
- Using sources to verify information (references, citations)
- Correct citations
- Navigating Wikipedia
Commons
- Finding free-license photos for projects
- Researching locations
Wikiquote
- Finding quotes from famous people - for school projects
Wikinews
- Researching major historical events (could be tied in with Wikipedia)
Wiktionary
- Learning new definitions
- Looking up synonyms / antonyms
- Find words in another language
Workshop
First section is a workshop on using Wikipedia, how to navigate, search, use sources, and cite. Then, spend the next section researching a major topic of the group's choice - perhaps 3 or 4 groups per "class" - developing a presentation to be presented to the other groups. Each group is expected to include cited work, free license pictures, and places to look for further information on the topics. Perhaps a few "did you know" points - things the other groups might not know.
Possible Topics
- 9/11
- 7/7
- Presidential Election
- War (WWI, WW2, WoT)
- Major Earthquake / Disaster
Contributing to Wikimedia=
Ideas
Wikipedia
- How to edit / create an article
- Basic policies (NPOV, COI)
- Basic WikiMarkup
- Citing sources
Wikinews
- Style of a News Article
- Researching topics
- Original Reporting
Commons
- Taking photos for Commons
- Licensing
- Uploading
Workshop
Spend the first part working through the policies of different projects, how they operate, and how to use the Wiki syntax. Then, the project is to develop the article on their school - a great way to teach about having cited sources and NPOV / COI issues. By taking photos, researching from websites (Newspapers, OfSTED, etc), and developing the article, they can update their school article.
Finances
Volunteers
- Project Lead: Paul Williams