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Project summary[edit]

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

The digital transformation is well underway, and schools are adopting technology to assist and enhance the learning process in the classroom. Particularly in Lagos state where teachers are now charged to engage in tech-skill acquisition and development.

Hence, our proposal aims to enhance the visibility of Wikimedia projects within the secondary school community, targeting both teachers and students. Throughout these engagements, we intend to familiarize them with the advantages of utilizing Wikipedia and its associated projects, including Wikipedia and Wikidata, among others. Our objective is to provide comprehensive training, empowering them to harness the full potential of Wikimedia projects as indispensable resources for teaching, learning, and research. Our ultimate goal is to emphasize that embracing the Wikimedia platforms grants unparalleled access to a diverse array of information.

However, our strategy involves utilizing this platform as an opportunity to educate both the teachers and students on how to effectively utilize Wikipedia in the classroom and also during there research works. Most importantly, we aim to encourage them to actively contribute to Wikimedia's Vision 2030 of Wikimedia becoming the essential infrastructure of the ecosystem of free knowledge. Participants will receive training on translating articles from Wikipedia to Simple English Wikipedia, a platform designed to facilitate high school students comprehension with minimal effort and create wikidata items.


Wikimedia Project[edit]

Please state the Wikimedia project your project will focus majorly on (e.g. Wikipedia, Wikidata, etc). It is advisable to focus on one Wikimedia project, but a maximum of two projects is allowed.

We will focus majorly on Simple English Wikipedia and Wikidata

Contact person and Location[edit]

Please state the contact details of the contact person(s) for this project including email(s) and location. For more than one contact person, indicate same details for everyone

  • Full name: Yemi Festus
  • Email address: yemifestusfx2@gmail.com
  • Location: Lagos State

Project class[edit]

Please state if you are applying as an individual or a network/club

  • Individual

Timeline of activities[edit]

Please state the timeline of your activities, and include the start and end date for your project

  • 9th of Oct. 2023 - 28th of oct. 2023

Project Goal[edit]

Choose one or more of the following goals. Feel free to add or delete goals as required by your project.

  1. Train and recruit new editors
  2. Add or improve content on simple English Wikipedia and Wikidata
  3. Upskill the editing skill of existing editors
  4. Support Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom

Project Plan[edit]

Activities[edit]

Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:

1. Are you doing one editathon or training or a series of editathons or trainings?

We will be doing one training section and one edit-a-thon.

2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You are required to provide links to on-wiki pages to inform these communities about your proposed work. Examples of places where this can be done include community discussion pages, affiliate discussion pages, or relevant project talk pages.
You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.

I have announced this project work our meta discussion page and will also announce it on the Wikimedia Nigeria UG talk page for supports.

3. How will you let participants know about the edit-a-thon? In what ways will you be communicating with them?
For example, these can include on-wiki spaces, social media channels, mailing lists, messaging apps, or physical/online gatherings.

We have a strong relationship with the National Union of Teachers (NUT) Alimosho Branch, having engaged in discussions and established a robust arrangement for our upcoming events.

  • We will make announcements about the events twice a week during the assembly to ensure that all participants are consistently reminded and well-informed.
  • Additionally, we will establish a WhatsApp group for all participants to facilitate communication and information sharing.

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals. (NOTE: all experienced Wikimedia editors MUST endorse your proposal as proof of availability)
For example: User:Kaizenify

  1. User:Yemi festus I will lead the project
  2. User:Fagbeji kehinde Facilitator
  3. User:Willytouch Co-facilitator

5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?

  • Participants will be encouraged to come to the events with their devices, e.g. Laptops and Smartphones.
  • For situations where students are typically not permitted to bring phones to school, exceptions will be made to allow them to bring their devices specifically for the events.

6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?

We will maintain our engagements through the WhatsApp group established for follow-ups, where we will also coordinate the edit-a-thons and upcoming events.

7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?

No

Impact[edit]

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:

  1. Number of events 2
  2. Number of participants 33
  3. Number of new editors 30
  4. Number of of articles created or improved 150
  5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) 33

Metrics tracking[edit]

How do you plan to track your project metrics?

We have developed a Dashboard to monitor and keep records of contributions from all participants.

Resources[edit]

What resources do you have? Include information on who is organizing the project, what they will do, and if you will receive support from anywhere else (in-kind donations or additional funding).

  • Participants have phones and laptop
  • We will also be using the school hall for the events.

What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.

  1. Transportation support for 3 facilitators......................NGN10,000x3 = NGN30,000
  2. Internet support for participants..............................NGN30,000
  3. Gifts Items (1st, 2nd, 3rd)....................................NGN40,000
  4. Food and drinks................................................NGN2,000x33x2 = NGN132,000
  5. Custom T-shirts................................................NGN3,500x5 = NGN17,500
  6. Photography....................................................NGN20,000
  7. Projector rentals..............................................NGN10,000x2 = NG20,000
  8. Contingency....................................................NGN20,000
  9. Total.......................................................NGN309,500

Endorsements[edit]

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

I support this project work, will be available during the implementation thanks Fagbeji kehinde (talk) 19:03, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

I will be available to support the implementation of this project. Thanks Willytouch (talk) 07:37, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

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