Feel like flexing you mental muscle, exercising your language skills and at the same time giving one day of your time for an education project with a difference? Join us for our fourth volunteer translation day at the Faculty of Engineering taking place on Saturday 17 August 2013.The Gr 12 Physical Sciences textbook has been volunteer authored and proofread, and aligned to the new South African curriculum (CAPS). Siyavula will work with volunteers to translate it into Afrikaans, and if all goes according to plan, it will be printed and distributed by the Department of Basic Education, for all government schools to receive free of charge in 2014, as they did in 2012 and 2013 – see http://everythingmaths.co.za/ and http://everythingscience.co.za/.
All their textbooks have been collaboratively authored by a community of volunteers – educators, academics and professionals. These inspired volunteers seek to make this knowledge freely and openly available to all learners and educators in South Africa. They are released under an open copyright licence, which allows others to legally distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon their work, even commercially, as long as they credit Siyavula for the original creation. This is similar to open source software, in that anyone is encouraged to download, copy, share and distribute our books legally at no cost. It also gives educators the freedom to edit, adapt, translate and contextualise them. The textbooks have their own websites – see http://everythingmaths.co.za/ and http://everythingscience.co.za/, and are available via mobile phone, on Mxit, and are downloadable for free as a PDF. They also have workbooks for Natural Sciences and Technology for Gr 4-6: http://www.thunderboltkids.co.za/
Date: Saturday 17 August 2013
Time: Please arrive promptly at 08h30. The day will finish at 17h00, followed by supper for everyone that attends.
FIRGA lab (room S203), Engineering Faculty, Stellenbosch University. A map can be accessed here. Between Electrical & Electronic and Civil Engineering, enter the large glass doors and go up one level. There will be signs to guide you.
Before the translation day we will email you your username and password for the translation website – Transifex – with your first assignment, as well as our translation tutorial. We will provide refreshments and food throughout the day, followed by supper for everyone involved.
Interested? Please register at http://siyavulatranslationday.eventbrite.com/ and remember, the names of all the volunteers will be listed in the book!
More information:
Website: http://www.siyavula.com/
E-mail: bridget@siyavula.com
Telephone: 021 469 4771
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Is jy lus om jou taalkundige tande te slyp, jou breinspiere te rek en een dag van jou tyd te gee aan ‘n opvoedingsprojek met ‘n verskil? Sluit by ons op Saterdag 17 Augustus in die Ingenieursfakulteit aan, en help deur ‘n hoofstuk van ‘n oopbron skoolhandboek na Afrikaans te vertaal.
Siyavula is ‘n sosiale onderneming en uitvloeisel van die Shuttleworth Foundation en glo in mededeelsaamheid, gemeenskap, samewerking en toeganklikheid. Deur tegnologie in te span streef hulle daarna om die hoogste kwaliteit gratis opvoedkundige hulpbronne te skep.
Al Siyavula se handboeke is ‘n spanpoging deur ‘n gemeenskap van vrywilligers, waaronder opvoeders, akademici en professionele mense. Hierdie geïnspireerde vrywilligers se doel is om kennis vrylik beskikbaar te stel aan alle leerders en opvoeders in Suid-Afrika.
Dit word vrygestel met ‘n oop kopiereglisensie, wat beteken dat ander dit wettiglik kan versprei, meng, verander en voortbou daarop, selfs kommersieël, mits hulle Siyavula krediet gee vir die oorspronklike werk. Die beginsel is soortgelyk aan oopbron-sagteware deurdat enigiemand aangemoedig word om die boeke wettiglik af te laai, te kopieer, te deel en te versprei – heeltemal gratis!
Opvoeders het ook die vryheid om dit te redigeer, verander, vertaal en kontekstualiseer. Die handboeke het hul eie webwerwe – kyk by http://everythingmaths.co.za/ en http://everythingscience.co.za/. Dis ook beskikbaar op selfone, MXit en aflaaibare PDFs, asook in gedrukte vorm.
Hangende goedkeuring sal al die handboeke gedruk word deur die Departement van Basiese Onderwys en na alle openbare skole versprei word in 2014. Die onderwysdepartement het verlede jaar en ook vroeër vanjaar van Siyavula se handboeke gedruk en na alle openbare skole versprei – voorwaar ‘n opwindende gebeurtenis vir opvoeding in Suid-Afrika.
Die hoofstukke word aanlyn vertaal dmv ‘n webwerf, Transifex en in hanteerbare dele opgedeel sodat ‘n enkele persoon nie alleen verantwoordelik is vir die vertaling van ‘n reuse deel nie. Wanneer ‘n vrywilliger klaar is met sy opdrag, is hy welkom om ‘n bykomende opdrag te begin. Die hele proses sal tydens die geleentheid deur Siyavula bestuur word.
Die vakke wat vertaal gaan word is:
– Gr 12 Fisika
– Gr 12 Chemie
– Gr 12 Wiskunde (beperkte hoeveelheid)
Datum: Saterdag 17 Augustus 2013
Tyd: Stiptelik 08h30. Die dag loop tot `n einde om 17h00, gevolg deur aandete vir almal wat bywoon.
Plek: FIRGA laboratorium (kamer S203), Ingenieursfakulteit. Vir `n kaart kliek hier. Stap deur die groot glas deure tussen Elektriese en Elektroniese Ingenieurswese en Siviele Ingenieurswese, een vlak op en kyk uit vir die aanwysings wees wat jou lei na die lokaal.
Sien jy kans? Registreer by http://siyavulatranslationday.eventbrite.com/ en onthou alle vrywilligers se name sal tot die lys van medewerkers voor in die boek gevoeg word!
Enige vrae moet assseblief gestuur word aan bridget@siyavula.com.
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