Using Wikipedia in secondary education

This page aims at coordinating and documenting the chapters' work in the field of secondary education. The target group for the projects and materials listed below is teachers and students (age 14–18).

Educational materials

Existing materials

• Wikimedia Argentina: Brochure "Wikipedia in el aula" (Wikipedia in the classroom) (created by Patricio Lorente)
• Wikimedia Deutschland: Leaflet "Wikipedia in der Schule" (Wikipedia in schools) (first Wikimedia school project, started in November 2006, the leaflet from July 2007 is now outdated)
• Wikimedia Sverige: Wikipedia i skolan by Lennart Guldbrandsson

Planned

• Lesson plans for secondary school teachers (Bookshelf Project)
• Media Literacy brochure (Bookshelf Project)

Chapters' projects

Wikipedia Schulprojekt

• Organized by: Wikimedia Deutschland
• Started in: November 2006
• Status: ongoing
• Contact: Denis Barthel, Project Manager Wikimedia Deutschland
• Further information: meta:Wikipedia-Schulprojekt

Media literacy component of Wikimedia Nederland Library project

• Organized by: Wikimedia Nederland
• Started in: March 2010
• Status:
• Contact: Jose Spierts. chair, Wikimedia Nederland
• Further information: Wikimedia Nederland Library project

Education Toolkits For Liberal Studies

• Organized by: Wikimedia Hong Kong
• Started in: July 2010
• Status: ongoing
• Contact:
  • Rover Wong, Outreach Commissioner, Wikimedia Hong Kong
  • Jeromy-Yu Chan. President, Wikimedia Hong Kong
• Further information: meta:Grants:WM HK/Education_Toolkits For Liberal Studies

Your project

Other related pages

• Meeting: Using Wikipedia as a Teaching Tool (planning page for a meeting of educational experts in San Francisco, May 2010)
• Wikipedia for Teachers - School (Bookshelf)