Hey Nitika, Would it be worth sending this out to other lists (eg foundation etc) - or are you'll looking for Indian online ambassadors only?
Cheers (and the leaderboard was great too.) Bishakha On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Nitika Tandon <ntan...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Greetings, > > As many of you are aware, the Wikipedia India Education Program works with > teachers and students to encourage Wikipedia in the classroom. The basic > idea is that teachers ask their students to edit Wikipedia articles instead > of submitting traditional reports, assignments, etc. Students and teachers > are trained and supported and motivated by Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors - > who are volunteers. We currently have 1,000 students in the pilot we are > running in Pune; the response has been amazing! > > There are huge challenges also. Most of the students have already been > taught the basics of Wikipedia by their Campus Ambassadors. However, they > need more help. The workload on Campus Ambassadors is already massive (as > there are hardly 20 Campus Ambassadors for 1,000 students). It is going to > keep increasing as more and more of the students start editing as we are now > in the 2nd half of their semesters - and therefore closer to the last dates > for their articles. We are already increasing Campus Ambassadors numbers by > 15 in the next few days - but that still won't be enough.**** > > ** ** > > We're separately building a team of passionate and helpful folks - with > good mentoring and teaching skills - to be Wikipedia Online Ambassadors. > Online Ambassadors will help these students by providing online support and > hand-holding so that the students can make high-quality contributions. > Online Ambassadors can be based anywhere in India (or indeed the world) > since their interaction with students will be over the internet.**** > > ** ** > > I am reaching out to you to see whether you would be interested in helping > students and teachers and becoming a Wikipedia Online Ambassador. > > We have two different Online Ambassador roles: Level 1 and Level 2. > • Level 1 is open to everyone - including people who have never edited > Wikipedia before - and will support students on really basic Wikipedia > questions. (They will be given specific training on this.) > • Level 2 is open to experienced Wikipedians and will support students on > more advanced Wikipedia questions.**** > > Both Level 1 and Level 2 roles will be provided orientation sessions.**** > > ** ** > > Currently, all the students are working on English wikipedia. **** > > ** ** > > Passion for helping others and the ability to help newbies are the most > essential qualities for both levels. For more information about these roles > and what is expected of them, please see this page: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:India_Education_Program/Online_Ambassadors/Description > . The time commitment is 3-5 hours per week on average throughout the > semester (or academic term.) > > I warmly invite and highly encourage you to apply to become a Wikipedia > Online Ambassador! To apply, please go to: > https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEdtdG5ObU9mMm5oZno3MExDc3lEZHc6MA > - > by Monday, September 12th (earlier is better), and we will be in touch very > soon about next steps. If you have any questions, please do reach out to me > either on this mailing list or offlist. > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > > Thank you so very much! I look forward to your application. > > Sincerely, > Nitika Tandon > > **** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >
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