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.