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Juan, wmcz 2011/4/28 Annie L. Lin <[email protected]> > Hi everyone, > > The Wikipedia Ambassador Program - consisting of volunteers who support > professors and students on Wikipedia-editing class assignments - is > currently recruiting for a new, super important leadership role called the > "Wikipedia Regional Ambassadors," and I would encourage you to apply! If you > enjoy being in a coordinator, leader, manager, organizer, and/or facilitator > role, and if you believe in free knowledge and Wikipedia's potential in > education, you will really like this role. More details - including role > descriptions, qualifications, benefits, time commitments, and information > about how to apply - are available at > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ambassadors/Regional_Ambassadors. > > > A bit more background information for those of you less familiar with the > Ambassador program: > > The Wikipedia Ambassador > Program<http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Ambassador_Program>is an > effort to help new Wikipedia users and reach out to new potential > Wikipedia contributors—particularly professors who want to incorporate > Wikipedia into the classroom and their students who are assigned to edit > Wikipedia. Many professors around the United States (and abroad) have > started using Wikipedia as a teaching tool, and are assigning their students > to edit or create Wikipedia articles related to the subject the students are > learning in class (professors from Harvard, Georgetown, UC Berkeley, and a > large number of other universities have already come on board). Wikipedia > Ambassadors work closely with these professors to design effective > Wikipedia-editing assignments, and then teach students in these classes > throughout the semester how to edit Wikipedia. All Wikipedia Ambassadors > have to go through a screening/selection process and a training. > > Wikipedia Regional > Ambassadors<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ambassadors/Regional_Ambassadors>are > crucial leaders in the Wikipedia Ambassador Program. The Regional > Ambassador role is distinct from the regular Ambassador role mentioned above > - Regional Ambassadors lead, coordinate, and facilitate the work of the > regular Ambassadors, and are also responsible for recruiting professors (to > incorporate Wikipedia-editing into their classes) and recruiting regular > Ambassadors. In other words, whereas regular Ambassadors focus on teaching > and mentoring students, Regional Ambassadors focus on coordinating, > recruiting, organizing, and leading. This is a new (volunteer) role that > provides significant leadership development and networking opportunities. > The time commitment is approximately 3-5 hours a week. > > > I would highly encourage you to apply. You'll notice on the page linked > above that we've divided the U.S. into 12 "regions," each of which needs one > or more Regional Ambassadors. > > If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me: alin [at] > wikimedia [dot] org. > > Thank you! > > Annie Lin > Campus Team Coordinator > Wikimedia Foundation > [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > >
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