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1 00:00:12,460 --> 00:00:15,350 This is the first initiative and we are happy, 2 00:00:15,350 --> 00:00:19,290 because this is the first formal approach between UNAM 3 00:00:19,290 --> 00:00:25,090 and Wikimedia Mexico. We had the opportunity in July 4 00:00:25,090 --> 00:00:28,170 during Wikimania, to know and learn more what is the philosophy 5 00:00:28,170 --> 00:00:31,680 of Wikipedia. We were already having contact with them 6 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:35,770 but that event gave us some signals 7 00:00:35,770 --> 00:00:39,160 about how could produce this, and since May in this same year 8 00:00:39,160 --> 00:00:42,020 we have been working for 9 00:00:42,020 --> 00:00:44,579 live what we are experiencing today. 10 00:00:44,579 --> 00:00:50,570 An editathon is a reminder for teachers 11 00:00:50,570 --> 00:01:01,730 that knowledge is conflict. And I'm not talking about conflict in a pejorative sense, 12 00:01:02,140 --> 00:01:03,960 but knowledge is an engine of postures, theoretical analysis, 13 00:01:04,320 --> 00:01:05,300 practices 14 00:01:05,300 --> 00:01:06,100 which are constantly 15 00:01:06,100 --> 00:01:10,100 colliding each other. 16 00:01:10,100 --> 00:01:12,320 And unfortunately the education system 17 00:01:13,740 --> 00:01:14,580 which we live 18 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:16,960 the economic system in which we live 19 00:01:17,900 --> 00:01:19,900 makes confusion between 20 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:21,600 education 21 00:01:22,860 --> 00:01:24,860 with simply instruction or training. 22 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:49,540 We have been met our expectations regarding this editathon 23 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:53,260 It has been large with many teachers 24 00:01:53,260 --> 00:01:54,980 many 25 00:01:54,980 --> 00:01:56,860 male and female teachers 26 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:00,040 and lot of encouragement to edit new articles. 27 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:03,080 We have also found 28 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,120 some difficulties with people with no experience 29 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:13,160 however we have learned so much 30 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:14,780 both us and them. 31 00:02:47,370 --> 00:02:50,750 We take as a reference the “Horizon Report” 32 00:02:50,750 --> 00:02:56,340 which annually draws a report on those trends or where 33 00:02:56,340 --> 00:02:59,950 where will go the education aspects 34 00:02:59,950 --> 00:03:04,480 which are mediated by technology. And in this case, open resources 35 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:07,420 are very strong trend worldwide. 36 00:03:07,420 --> 00:03:13,170 And we are an educational institution, and UNAM 37 00:03:13,170 --> 00:03:16,510 as the Mexico Maximum House of Studies 38 00:03:16,510 --> 00:03:19,550 needs to analyze and watch 39 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:22,490 what is happening in the world and also how can be part 40 00:03:22,490 --> 00:03:24,120 and be towards that direction.