Wikimania 2022/Individual Reports/Bia writes

Welcome back from Wikimania 2022! Please write your report here. Once you have completed the application, please email the link to wikimaniawikimedia.org (by 30 September 2022). If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email us.

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bia writes 

How did you attend Wikimania (virtually or in-person)? virtually

What did you spend the scholarship funds on?

1. purchased a mi-fi so i could get reliable internet connection. 2. purchased internet bundle for the event 3. i also got myself some snacks and lunch.

Takeaways – choose 3 specific Wikimania sessions you attended and describe your key take-aways per session.

1. WIKINAMIA 2022 DAY 1 TENT 3 GOALS OF EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS Education partnership is when two parties come together for the enrichment of education in order to enhance learning. This partnership includes, cooperation, which is the key component, collaboration, and communication, which is required to achieve a good collaboration. A collaborating agency could be anyone who has a shared interest in students learning. This partnership has many goals, which includes, generating and sharing collaborative strategies, improving educator training projects and finally leading the exploration on local area organization. Several methods are employed in reading Wikipedia in the classroom, which includes seminar, conferences, and workshops among others. Students benefit by strengthening their ability to think critically through Wikipedia, teachers also improve their teaching skills through this site and administrators all benefits from Wikipedia. Several ways exist on how to navigate Wikipedia which were illustrated into different modules. The overall aim of wikimania is to create a world where every single person can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. The global annual federated low-barrier photo-competition is a structured program, which helps individuals worldwide to upload photographs of their monuments instead of uploading an entire article. It allows all low income countries to participate in Wikipedia activities.

2. DAY 3 TENT 2-SESSION 1 CREATING A PODCAST ON A LOCAL LANGUAGE Podcasting is a very important and fast way of disseminating information, which can be done by using less resourceful equipment in the society to fill an information gap. The biggest strength of a podcast is the audio format. There are several advantages associated with podcasting which includes, enabling of users to multitask, by digesting information, while doing other stuffs. Podcasting becomes even more important and effective when done in one’s local language based on a geographical principle that everything is related to everything but near things relates far better than distance thing. This implies that, it takes less time to assimilate information when podcast is done in a local language. Podcasting can be done using a basic microphone, an external web camera and a headphone with the most important resource been silence. This allows audience to get a clear grasp on the information been passed by reducing echoes. Also, one can edit a podcast by using another tool called audacity. It is vital to test ones equipment before recording a podcast.

3. DAY 2 TENT 2 Art and feminism An encouraging environment is important for collaborative learning. No one man is an island so we hold each other accountable in order to enhance a brave, friendly space. Art + feminism envisions an internet where everyone is free to share information. There is the need to close gaps that prevent others from sharing information. These gaps include gender, religious or race gaps. The community consists of feminists who are empowered against oppressive structures and are liberated to create enabling structures. The anti-racism policy ensures the community members are prevented against racial harm and harm is repaired when it happens. Equity involves distribution of resources based on the needs of people. Equity ensures that people get what they need for survival. The anti-black racism also exists to protect blacks and non-whites from acts of racism.

How did you connect with other people during Wikimania 2022? How did you celebrate at Wikimania 2022?

i checked up profiles of some speakers

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