Jan 17 2008
Our Wiki – SAS Econ students help Mozambiquean Econ students learn!
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WikipediaCheck this out guys! Tonight I got a message on our Wiki from Antonio, an Econ professor from Africa. Here’s what he had to say:
Hi Jason,
I am Lecturer at the Economics Faculty in Maputo, Mozambique. I have recently come across your wiki and am really enjoying and learning a lot with it. I am creating my own wiki for my class, and your wiki provides a lot of insight. If you do not know Portuguese my wiki will not be of any use for you. In any case, I am the one who needs to learn with you. Thanks for the insights!
Best regards
Antonio
There’s globalization and education in the era of Web 2.0 at its best! International, teenage, Econ students living and going to school in Shanghai are helping African university professors and students learn economics. If you’re not convinced that the wiki’s effective, have a look at this. Here’s a map showing the last 100 visitors at Welker’s Wikinomics Wiki:
That’s right, guys, your wiki work is being seen, read, studied, and learned from all over the world! How amazing! Congratulations on all the great contributions you guys have made to the world on online economics education! You truly are teaching the world economics!
About the author: Jason Welker is a teacher at Zurich International School in Switzerland, where he teaches Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Economics. Jason was an international school student in Malaysia before studying economics at Seattle University then earning his Masters in Education. He calls Seattle and Northern Idaho home. In addition to maintaining an economics wiki and this blog for economics student and educators, Jason also gives presentations on using Web 2.0 tools in education at workshops and conferences around the world. His economics wiki won the 2007 "Best Educational Wiki" award from the "EduBlog Awards". Related posts:
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It’s really wonderful to see this wiki helping our community and those across the world. Keep up the great work guys!
That’s so awesome! It’s great to know that our hard work hasn’t just helped ourselves.
Yeah i agree that it is really great to know that other people from around the world are gaining insight and knowledge from our wiki/blog. I never thought that our schools’ economics wiki/blog could be so widely aknowledged by people around the world. Good job Mr. Welker!
And thus, the work put into this wiki displays a perfect example of positive externalities. The work put into this wiki not only produces a benefit to us for our review when it comes to AP Exam time, but also helps teachers and students around the world.
Awh yee…ditto to what Jacques said, it’s because of Web-based globalization that could’ve caused such a positive externality. Great wiki Mr. Welker! And to everyone else contributing to this wiki.
I am very proud of our wiki and our school. Moreover, after reading this comment, I felt that I should contribute more to the wiki because my contribution so far wasn’t that high. Moreover, it’s good to know that our wiki not only benefits us but also many people around the world.
I agree with what Jacques said that our wiki benefits externalities. Great success.
Yup, the wiki definitely has positive externalities! I have to say that it is pretty organized for the amount of information it contains.
It’s so great that this Wiki is getting recognized around the world. Just looking at the ClustrMaps on the right side of the website says it all. Everybody’s reading it! As many others have already mentioned, this Wiki definitely has positive externalities. But where are the subsidies? (jk)
Hey, yeah, good point! What would it take to get some subsidies up in here?