Programme/Education Pre Conference
Calling educators, education policymakers, instructional technologists, students, librarians, and anyone else interested in the intersections between Wikimedia projects and education: You're invited to join the Wikimania Education Pre-Conference, which will take place on Wednesday, July 15 and Thursday, July 16 of 2015 in the Hilton Hotel Reforma, Mexico City, Mexico.
The Education Pre-Conference is an event held prior to Wikimania, the largest annual gathering in the wiki world. It provides a space to share experiences, take part in workshops and learn about tools and resources to start using Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects as a pedagogical tool in an academic setting.
We would love to hear from you about how Wikipedia can contribute to education. Whether you are a beginner to the Wikimedia world or whether you already use Wikipedia in the classroom, we would love to have you participate. There will be opportunities for everyone to start, grow or improve their use of Wikipedia in the classroom.
Attendance is free, but registration is closed.
Registration for Wikimania is not needed to attend the Wikimania Education Pre-Conference. The Pre-Conference is separate from the main conference and so is the registration.
Schedule
Please see the agenda below.
Wednesday, July 15
- Room Dona Adelita, 4th Floor.
09:00 – 09:30: General introduction: Overview, goals of the day, ground rules (Paola Ricaurte)
9:30 - 10:15: Sharing session: Wikipedia in the classroom (Edward Galvez)
10:15 - 10:45: Introduction to the Wikipedia Education Program (Anna Koval / Floor Koudijs)
10:45 – 11:00: Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30: Editing Workshops (choose one)
- Editing basics (Daniela Perez Michel)
- Advanced editing (Pepe Flores)
12:30 – 13.00: Education tools:
- Education Extension (Anna Koval)
- WikiMetrics (Edward Galvez)
13:00 – 14:00: Lunch
14:00 – 15:30: Educational experiences in Latin America (interactive panel, moderated by Melina Masnatta)
15:30 – 15:45: Coffee break
15:45 – 16:45: Preparing to plan: getting your ideas on paper (Edward Galvez)
16:45 - 17:00: Closing: review of day 1 and preparing for day 2
Thursday, July 16
09:00 – 11:00: Ambassador training (Melina Masnatta / Floor Koudjis and moderated by Paola Ricaurte, Daniela Michel, Iván Martínez)
11:00 – 11:15: Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:00: Ambassador training (continued)
12:00 - 13:00: Expert talk: Alejandro Piscitelli (Argentina)
13:00 – 14:00: Lunch
14:00 – 15:45: Educator strategies to start working with Wikipedia (Workshop conducted by Adriana Álvarez, Francisco Barrón and Paola Ricaurte)
15:45 – 17:00: World café & Hackathon on Learning Patterns (Kacie Harold)