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== Current projects == |
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* [http://wikikids.nl Wikikids] (Dutch, for kids & teachers, via Kennisnet - 8 - 12 years old) [http://kennisnet.wikia.com/wikikids/wiki/Wikikids:English_explanation ''english explanation about Wikikids.nl''] |
* [http://wikikids.nl Wikikids] (Dutch, for kids & teachers, via Kennisnet - 8 - 12 years old) [http://kennisnet.wikia.com/wikikids/wiki/Wikikids:English_explanation ''english explanation about Wikikids.nl''] |
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* [http://fr.vikidia.org Vikidia] (French, an encyclopedia for 8-13 years old kids) [http://fr.vikidia.org/index.php/Vikidia:About ''english explanation about Vikidia.org''] |
* [http://fr.vikidia.org Vikidia] (French, an encyclopedia for 8-13 years old kids) [http://fr.vikidia.org/index.php/Vikidia:About ''english explanation about Vikidia.org''] |
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* [http://www.zum.de/grundschulwiki/index.php/Hauptseite Grundschulwiki], a German wiki by and for primary school children |
* [http://www.zum.de/grundschulwiki/index.php/Hauptseite Grundschulwiki], a German wiki by and for primary school children |
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* Discussion on es.wikipedia about a [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usuario_Discusi%C3%B3n:Astirmays/Wiki_para_chicos wikikids project in spanish] |
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The ''wikikids idea'' was proposed as a wikimedia foundation project here : [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikikids Wikikids on meta.wikimedia.org] but the above 3 projects are independent of it. The Dutch and French project are willing to work together and would welcome and help any sister projects (could be es.vikidia.org, pl.vikidia.org...) |
The ''wikikids idea'' was proposed as a wikimedia foundation project here : [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikikids Wikikids on meta.wikimedia.org] but the above 3 projects are independent of it. The Dutch and French project are willing to work together and would welcome and help any sister projects (could be es.vikidia.org, pl.vikidia.org...) |
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=== Secondary school === |
=== Secondary school === |
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* [http://schools.wikia.com/ High School Online Collaborative Writing] wiki, via Wikia |
* [http://schools.wikia.com/ High School Online Collaborative Writing] wiki, via Wikia |
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== See also == |
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*[[Educational ideas#The disposable encyclopedia|The disposable encyclopedia]] (and its [[Talk:Wikis for kids#Disposable Encyclopedia|discussion / talk]]) |
*[[Educational ideas#The disposable encyclopedia|The disposable encyclopedia]] (and its [[Talk:Wikis for kids#Disposable Encyclopedia|discussion / talk]]) |
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Revision as of 19:02, 11 April 2008
Some wikis focused on education by and for children:
It is unsure how often the child's laptop would be used with an Internet connection. Anyway, a wiki is not only to give knowledge but also to write and built it (in several languages). This apporoach has proved its efficiency in Wikipedia. Not only its content (or simple WP's) should be posted, but rather its way of working. Such experiences are documented in Dutch (wikikids.nl and in French : http://fr.vikidia.org/. Both projects keep in touch each other but are independent. They are quite successful with 800 articles in 8 months for the Dutch one and just as many in 2.5 months for the French one. It could become an international project and both can help to build free encyclopedic data in many languages, but dedicated to children and also have a strong pedagogical interest because of its Writing to learn approach.
Current projects
- Wikikids (Dutch, for kids & teachers, via Kennisnet - 8 - 12 years old) english explanation about Wikikids.nl
- Vikidia (French, an encyclopedia for 8-13 years old kids) english explanation about Vikidia.org
- Grundschulwiki, a German wiki by and for primary school children
- Discussion on es.wikipedia about a wikikids project in spanish
The wikikids idea was proposed as a wikimedia foundation project here : Wikikids on meta.wikimedia.org but the above 3 projects are independent of it. The Dutch and French project are willing to work together and would welcome and help any sister projects (could be es.vikidia.org, pl.vikidia.org...)
Secondary school
- High School Online Collaborative Writing wiki, via Wikia