Appropedia and Students

bringing context and traction

Students now: know more

A panacea now: not a chance

Teachers now: oracles versus facilitators

Communities now: countless solutions

Sharing knowledge to build rich, sustainable lives.

Context

Tractionhttp://xkcd.com/669/ XKCD

Ways Students Engage

Coordinate projects - Retrofit Streetlights (Clarion University, Pennsylvania)Collaboratively research - Green Materials (Queens College, Canada)Collaborative reporting – JMC (Humboldt)Document own project designs - IDDS (MIT)

Appropedia: Service Learning through Translation

40 acresSwales, 2x4 end flooring, pine pitch and shale walkways, organic garden, herb garden, CSA,

diabetes walking prescriptions, solar photovoltaic, redwood stained concrete, more

ENGR 115: Intro to EngineeringPotawot Native American Health Village

Appropedia: Service Learning through Translation

Bike powered laptops, composting toilets, picohydro power, rainwater catchment, chicken coop, hydroponics, vertical gardens, and more.

ENGR 215: Intro to DesignThe Waterpod

Appropedia: Service Learning through Translation

“Working on Appropedia was an experience of a lifetime. The site increased my knowledge of sustainable development greatly and expanded my understanding of the German language.

Everyone should get involved in this site.” (Source: The Language Educator)

GER 308: German Conversation and Composition

More than Academia

Vibrant Community:• Thousands of visits a day• Over 160 thousand edits• Over 21 million page views

Sharing knowledge to build rich, sustainable lives

More than AcademiaFebruary 22nd to March 23rd, 2011

Appropedia: Service Learning through TranslationWinery Rainwater – Solar Lawn Mower

Replicated around North AmericaOver 100,000 views

Appropedia: Service Learning through Translation

“HELLO mer Lonny ! [I] am really involving and searching solution, to the positive idea to help women in Harare who suffered, by decorticating peanut shell by hands, stones, teeth. This

ANCIENT METHOD perturbed my human senses. To telling you the truth, when I am founding this page, my feeling is like, I got THEIR SOLUTION... “Teffera Tesfaye, Zimbabwean Father of five

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Appropedia: Service Learning through Translation

• http://appropedia.org/Service_Learning_Courses • Email Lonny directly at lonny@appropedia.org• Just jump in – it’s the wiki way!

How can you engage?