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Today's classrooms need teachers ready to tackle misinformation, AI, online bias. We've partnered with @thoughtfulp4c.bsky.social on a new media literacy course for educators.
Interested? Register your interest here: https://www.thoughtful.org.uk/our-offer/courses/bespoke-p4c/media-literacy/
We've teamed up with First News, the UK's award-winning children's news brand (and 20 this year!), on a new lesson exploring how Wikipedia works and how to evaluate online information.
Part of our free Wiki in Schools toolkit. Thanks to our Education Lead Dr Sally Latham 👇
We're supporting the Feminist Library with two Transfeminist Wikipedia Edit-a-thons this June: our trainers will help you get started.
📍London, Sun 21 & Sat 27 June. Signup here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/transfeminist-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-tickets-1988494314022?aff=wikimediauk
History has too often left LGBTQ+ lives out of the record. Wiki Loves Pride is changing that: a global push to document and improve LGBTQ+ content on Wikipedia, so our histories stay preserved and free.
Because everyone belongs in the record 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
It's Volunteers Week and this post is for every volunteer editing, training, translating, photographing, and showing up across the UK.
Thank you, none of this works without you ❤️
Join us in Cardiff for an evening of queer Welsh history, community, and editing 🌈
As part of Wiki Loves Pride, we’ll be creating and improving articles about Welsh LGBTQ+ history, people, and culture with Wikimedia LGBT+ and The Queer Emporium.
Get your ticket here: https://ow.ly/BI7M50Z1vA4
🚨 Last call for tomorrow's H3DAR Un-Conference in Poole.
A participant-led day on the future of UK heritage 3D data with
@richardnevell.bsky.social @nebulousflynn.bsky.social, funded with the support of the Heritage Fund.
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/h3dar-un-c...
#H3DAR #GLAM3D
A 1,000-year-old Quran is on Wikipedia's front page. The Isfahan Quran (993 CE) is written in "new style" Kufic: a script that took rare skill. The folio shown is openly licensed by The Khalili Collections The Khalili Foundation featured thanks to WMUK volunteer Martin Poulter 🙌
Free classroom resources for teaching digital literacy, critical thinking and knowledge equity Bring the world of Wikipedia into your classroom … Continue reading "Wiki in schools"
