Education/Newsletter/September 2018


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This Month in Education

Volume 7 | Issue 9 | September 2018


In This Issue
From the Community

Edu Wiki Camp 2018: New Knowledge for New Generation

Education loves Monuments: A Brazilian Tale

“I have always liked literature, now I like it even more thanks to Wikipedia”. Literature is in the air of WikiClubs․

History of Wikipedia Education programme at Christ (Deemed to be University)

Preparation for the autumn educational session of Selet WikiSchool is started

Wiki Camp Doyran 2018

Wikicamp Czech Republic 2018

Wikipedia offline in rural areas of Colombia

From the Education Team

Presentation on mapping education in the Wikimedia Movement


From the Community


Еdu wiki camp organized by Wikimedia Serbia was held for the third time with the aim to promote Education Program and to attract new volunteers and Wiki ambassadors. The camp was read more...


Communications students document and investigate the presence of monuments and sculptures in São Paulo. read more...


The article tells about the literary events organized in Wikimedia Armenia WikiClubs.read more...


This articles gives the insight of Christ Wikipedia Education Program, how students are involved in different capacities in the program and shares the best practices of the Education Program. read more...


After our summer events team of Selet WikiSchool organizers started preparing to the autumn educational session of the project. First step — organizing wiki-master classes in educational institutions of Kazan city to inviting Tatar language youth to taking part in the session. read more...


Wiki Camp Doyran 2018 took place on the weekend of 7-9 September 2018, in Doyran, Republic of Macedonia. The participants were 46 underage students from 10 different schools all over Macedonia. As a result: one Wiki section was started and more than 300 new articles were created. read more...


The very first Czech Wikicamp showed that in five days, young wikipedians are able not just to learn the basics of editing but also to contribute with a surprising amount of work if supported. Moreover, the kids' enthusiasm and energy were contagious. read more...


The project Wikipedia en Fresno seeks to promote the use of Wikipedia in the colombian municipality of Fresno, in the south-western department of Tolima, where was installed Wikipedia offline with Kiwix, in the Biblioteca Virtual, part of the public library Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento. Several other installations were made in institutions of the Real Campestre school in the rural areas of the municipality. read more...


From the Education Team


The Wikimedia Education Team has spent the past two months working on mapping the important education work the network has been doing across the globe, Intern worked on this project have shared their experience in this presentation. read more...



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