Grants:PEG/WM CZ/Presentation & Outreach/Wikimedia Academy

Legal name of chapter

Wikimedia Czech Republic

Grant contact name

Milda

Grant contact user-name or e-mail

wikipedista.milda@gmail.com

Grant contact title (position)

WM CZ grant coordinator

Project lead name

Okino

Project lead user-name or e-mail

okino@post.cz

Project lead title (position), if any

WM CZ vice chair

Full project name

Wikimedia Academy

Amount requested (in USD)

825

Provisional target start date

postponed indefinitely

Provisional completion date

Budget breakdown

Costs:

• auditorium and computer classroom ... 400
• educational materials for participants ... 100
• Wikipedia book for participants ... 125
• personal costs ... 100 (for lecturers)
• travel costs ... 100 (for lecturers and organizers)
• administrative costs ... 200 (postage, communication...)

Revenues:

• participant fee ... 200

Project scope

Wikimedia Academy shall be a seminar for teachers that will be introduced into Wikipedia editing through lectures and their own practise in a workshop.

Project goal

To inform Czech teachers about Wikipedia rules and procedures, to improve the reputation of Wikipedia in educational sphere and to get more schools involved into the Wikipedia.

Non-financial requirements

None.

Fit to strategy

Wikimedia Academy are standard tools for establishing co-operation between Wikipedia and educational institutions, that have already taken place in various countries.

Other benefits

By stimulating of Wikipedia creation at school in a way that should respect the specialities of Wikipedia, the Wikipedia content can be improved a lot.

Measures of success

Realization of academia, getting feed back, making long-term relations.