Education/Newsletter/January 2022

30 hour Wikipedia article writing challenge in Estonia brought together 10 teams and 33 participants. Altogether they wrote ten thorough articles. The winner team earned 1000 euros. Read more...

Photos and articles awarded in the 'Cieszyn Silesia in Wikipedia' project are now on display! Read more...

The WikiChallenge African Schools is a writing competition dedicated to pupils aged 8-13 and which takes place in several French-speaking African countries. Launched in 2017, it just closed its 3rd edition with 138 articles published on Vikidia and over 800 pictures, drawings and videos produced by the children and hosted on Wikimedia Commons. Read more...

In October 2021, the Education team at the Wikimedia Foundation welcomed the first cohort of wikimedians to the Training of Trainers for "Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom". Congratulations to the 22 Wikimedians who completed the ToT and are now ready to help more teachers in their countries to use Wikipedia as a pedagogical tool! Read more...

The 9th annual Wiki Workshop will take place (virtually) on April 25 as part of The Web Conference 2022. Read more...

Participate in the EduWiki Week, stay connected, find collaboration opportunities, and share the values that Wikimedia brings to education. Read more...

Joyce De Guzman shares about her struggles, excitements, and aspirations about the training and the Wiki projects on a brief interview. Read more...

Students enrich Hebrew Wiktionary with Biblical expressions which are used in modern Hebrew Read more...