Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom in Anambra State
Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom,Anambra State. edit
Reading Wikipedia in the classroom has the ability to add value to teachers’ personal and professional development, as well as improve digital, media, and information literacy (MIL) skills. This is the 21st century and the information society where traditional methodologies are giving ways for sophisticated learning with ICTs. This program and learning are inclusive and expansive for all teachers. Today’s teachers also receive regular training and integrate ICTs into classroom teaching. So this program is value-added and will hone their skills to become better in incorporating MIL using the indigenous and oral history to draw students to tell their own stories which may probably be lacking in the global platform of Wikipedia.
Therefore, this program has enriching importance for the inclusive participation of teachers in Anambra State Nigeria as custodians of the classroom who nurture and groom students for sustainable development. It has a holistic tendency of building the IT base of my country and the National information policy development. As the world builds smart cities and information society, this program becomes of great value in building human resources to fill the gap in digitalizing cultural heritage and modern educational goals.
The program will train selected teachers in Anambra State, Nigeria on structured modules that will acquaint them with reading Wikipedia in the classroom. There will be partners for ensuring successful implementation. These partners will come from the public and the private sectors. The overall impact will be to train ready and willing teachers who will integrate the same to their students in Anambra State for equitable quality education.
Implementation Team edit
- Oby Ezeilo Project Lead
- Onyinyeonuoha Co-trainer
- Ngostary2k Certified trainer
Program Goals edit
- Create awareness among 50 Secondary School teachers in Anambra on the effective usage of Wikipedia as a learning tool for retrieving, creating, and monitoring open educational resources by July 30th, 2023.
- They teachers enrolled in the program will understand, how to access, retrieve, and effectively integrate the lessons learned from this program into their classroom activities.
- Atleast 39 of these Secondary School teachers were certified of completion showing they can implement new classroom strategies to foster media and information literacy using Wikipedia.
Mode of Implementation edit
The teachers were first administrated Needs Assessment, the successful ones were selected and added into a Whatsapp group for easily distribution of information.
After that comes the opening ceremony which took place on the 13th of June, 2023, followed by trainings on 14th and 15th July, 2023 respectively.
The assignment phase followed, this was characterized by mentorship and assignment. The teachers were divided into 3 groups with mentors assigned to them eg. Oby Ezeilo was in charge of Group A, Jane Achukwu was in charge of Group B while Dr. Ngozi Osuchukwu was in charge of Group C. The area of concentration includes;
- Group A- Wrote Lesson Plan using the Modules as a guide.
- Group B- Uploading pictures of Climate change on WikiCommons.
- Group C- Edited Wikipedia.
Finally, the participants were given evaluation forms to assess the training. The teachers that submitted their assignments and did the necessary corrections were certified on 8th of July, 2023. We equally conducted a post survey https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pLnkHuB5jjrGwkoJHA3yiKC5LCGwfzsp/edit#slide=id.p72
Training Resources edit
| Adapted English Teacher's Guide Module 1 | Adapted English Teacher's Guide Module 2 | Adapted English Teacher's Guide Module 3 |
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| Adapted English Teacher's Guide Module 1.url (May 2022) |
Adapted English Teacher's Guide Module 2.url (May 2022) |
Adapted English Teacher's Guide Module 3.url (May 2022) |
Media Documentations edit
The following url links were the newspapers were the program news was published.
https://247ureports.com/2023/06/group-trains-anambra-school-teachers-on-wikipedia-usage-and-editing/
https://www.nairaland.com/7731048/anambra-group-introduces-reading-wikipedia#123844404
https://thedailyvendor.com/wikipedia-digi-education-39-teachers-certified/
https://thenationonlineng.net/39-teachers-bag-wikipedia-digital-education-certificates-in-anambra/
Teachers Interviews edit
The interview session and some videos that portrayed where the teachers were certified.
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Photo Gallery edit
The photos of Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom Onitsha lies below. It has the opening ceremony , 2nd day, 3rd day and graduation ceremony pictures too. Click this link 👇 to view them; Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom Onitsha