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 [email protected]• Just jump in – it’s the wiki way!
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