Hi Ambassadors,
I wanted to bring your attention to two great stories about our project that
have recently come out.
Georgetown Campus Ambassador Rob Pongsajapan and his coworkers at the Center
for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS) at GU have put together
a video of Professor Rochelle Davis talking about assigning her students to
write Wikipedia articles through the Public Policy Initiative as part of
their "Teaching Commons" site. Many thanks to Rob and crew! I encourage you
to watch the short video to see how excited professors are about our
project.
https://commons.georgetown.edu/teaching/examples/wikipedia-project/
Second, I pushed a blog post live on the Wikimedia Foundation's Community
blog today profiling our Montana State University pod, Mike Cline and Bonnie
McCallum. Bonnie and Mike have done an exceptional job this term, and I
encourage you all to read about the great stuff they've been starting on the
Bozeman campus:
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/05/25/montana-campus-ambassadors-recruit-new…
I'm always on the lookout for great stories -- these will be sprinkled
throughout our final report to our funder -- so if you know of any, please
send them my way! I'm also happy to have you tell me you think you'd be a
great person to profile; don't be shy! If you've had a great interaction
with a student or if you know of any great work that you think is worth
highlighting, let me know.
LiAnna
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LiAnna Davis
Communications Associate - Public Policy Initiative
Wikimedia Foundation
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_Policy_Initiative
(415) 839-6885 x6649
ldavis(a)wikimedia.org