Thank you, Bala.
The best way to grab their attention is to switch off/use sparingly the powerpoint presentation and talk to them about the articles they understand.
Really interesting - I would have thought that an slidedeck introduction would work but your point is something I shall incorporate in to my learnings.
And on the other extreme are the wikimedia editor / jimmy wales videos - they are shiny, distracting and IMO ultimately pointless to the Indian audience
Would 'Indian' videos, so to speak, in multiple languages work better? Maybe this is something we could work on?
I have found out using live examples works best. I talked about wikipedia articles on subjects familiar to them (academic subject articles are an absolute no no in the beginning).
TASMAC being this one? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TASMAC If so, hehe. I completely see how it would interesting.
Also, how important does everyone see having say, ten or so, laptops and data cards to use is?
Best,
Gautam ________ http://social.prathambooks.org/