cross-posting pan India (apologies if you have got this through other mailing lists.)
Hi Folks
I wanted to share an update on the Wikipedia India Education Program. As of today, we
have 15 teachers from 4 colleges participating. The most exciting part is that we have
nearly 800 students (and counting) who are going to work on about 1200 articles in this
semester. (Do note these numbers may fluctuate as the actual editing in classrooms
starts - which is only to be expected.)
Please see the project page at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:India_Education_Program - and do go through the
sub-tabs for Ambassadors and courses.)
I think it will be a great idea if the Campus Ambassadors had a chance to introduce
themselves to you and you had a chance to interact with them. Can we do it on the India
Programs Monthly IRC this Thursday (July 28th) at ppm IST on #wikimedia-office. (I
apologise that we are late on this month's IRC.)
You can also hear from them about their experiences. They've having 1-on-1
discussions with faculty members to identify potential articles to work on and conducting
editing workshops for students in classrooms.
I look forward to as many of you attending as possible - and for a wonderful interaction
with the Campus Ambassadors. They are great guys and have done amazing stuff so far.
They're going to need your help and encouragement. Drop in and say hello, and a
little more!
Warm Regards,
Hisham Mundol
Wikimedia India Programs
skype : hisham.wikimedia
gtalk : hmundol(a)wikimedia.org
twitter : @mundol
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