Apologies but corrected the time from ppm/8pm to 9pm IST on July 28th. sorry about this
Thanks Hisham Mundol Wikimedia India Programs skype : hisham.wikimedia gtalk : [email protected] twitter : @mundol Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! On Jul 26, 2011, at 10:18 PM, Hisham Mundol wrote: > 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 9pm > 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 : [email protected] > twitter : @mundol > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum > of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > _______________________________________________ Wikihi-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikihi-l
