This is great! So wonderful to see such wonderful activity from India! Keep up the good work!
Shani. ----------------------------------------------- *Shani Evenstein Sigalov* * Lecturer, Tel Aviv University. * EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. * PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University. * OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair <https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495> on Technology, Internationalization and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University <https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495>. * Chairperson, WikiProject Medicine Foundation <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>. * Chairperson, Wikipedia & Education User Group <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group>. * Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society <http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>. * Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda <http://bybe.benyehuda.org>. +972-525640648 On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 3:36 PM Ananth Subray <ananth.sub...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear All, > > We are glad to inform that CIS-A2K has published our newsletter for January > 2019. > > *Events* > > - *Mini MediaWiki Training Theni:* Indic TechCom members and CIS-A2K > decided to reach out to students with the Computer science background > and > help them understand how to contribute on MediaWiki. As a pilot > project, we > reached out to Nadar Saraswathi College of Engineering and Technology > and > organised a two-day long Mini MediaWiki training for the students on > 22nd > and 23rd of January 2019. > > > - *Marathi Language Fortnight Workshops: * CIS-A2K started collaborating > with State language dept. in 2017. In the first series > <https://mr.wikipedia.org/s/48ug> of workshops, we conducted three > workshops. In the second series <https://mr.wikipedia.org/s/48u9> in > 2018, we conducted six workshops out of a total of 17 workshops > conducted > across the state. In the year 2019, the awareness spread to more > educational institutions located in different regions of the state. > In this third > series <https://mr.wikipedia.org/s/48gs>, CIS-A2K conducted five > workshops out of a total of 21 workshops > - *Wikisource training Bengaluru: * During the Indic Wikisource > Community Consultation at Kolkata, India on 24–25 November > 2018,User:Shubha > requested to conduct a Wikisource specific Workshop for Sankrit > Wikisource > Team at Bengaluru Samkrit Bharati. The CIS-A2K Team conducted a workshop > for Sanskrit Community at Bengaluru, Karnataka on 23 - 24 January 2019. > - *TWLCon (2019 India): * TWL Con or the Wikipedia Library conference > was supported by the CIS-A2K. The aim of the conference was to spread > awareness about TWL among the Indian languages community, understand and > identify different challenges of the movement in India. > - *1lib1ref session at Goa University: * Marathi language department and > faculty from other languages organised the #1lib1ref event at Goa > University. The practice of Marathi typing in Unicode was carried out > through preparing articles as a Word document. The students selected the > articles on the history of Goa, writers & artists of Goa, Tourism in Goa > and villages in Goa. Total of 37 editors actively participated in the > workshop. They learnt basic editing skills, adding references and > uploading > on Commons. > - *Punjabi Wikimedians meetup: * Punjabi Wikimedians had an online > meeting on 27 January 2019. 11 participants joined this meeting. > > > *Upcoming Events: * > > - *Project Tiger Community Consultation: * Project Tiger Community > Consultation is a consultation program that will take place on 2-3 March > 2019 at Chennai (most probably). > - *Gujarati Meetup & Workshop, Ahmedabad: * CIS-A2K along with the > Gujarati Wikimedia community is planning the Gujarati Wikisource > Workshop > and Gujarati Wikimedia Meetup in Ahmedabad. The goal of the meetup is to > introduce Wikisource and help the community better understand the scope > and > future of Wikisource. > - *Train the Trainer-2019(Bids): **The bids for Train-the-trainer > program 2019 has already taken place. Currently, the jury members are > deciding the place for the TTT 2019. TTT 2019, the 6th iteration of the > Train-the-trainer program. * > > You can find the meta version of the newsletter at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter/January_2019 > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter/January_2019> > > Thanks and Regards, > > > *ANANTH SUBRAY P V* > > MSc Candidate at CHRIST (Deemed to be University) > > Programme Associate at The Centre for Internet & Society > <https://cis-india.org/a2k/cis-a2k> > > Secretary of Wikipedia & Education User Group > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group> > > Co-founder of Lakshya > < > https://www.facebook.com/lakshyaforchange/?eid=ARDO9f7NCVPHN1bsF2mChlPDM4qSy1svvLIrvze8wt3c24ifhJv279Z-2iN4lGXUppS3-sM16cGAqB1y&timeline_context_item_type=intro_card_work&timeline_context_item_source=100000940438851&fref=tag > > > > +91-9739811664 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
