Thanks Subha, Hisham and Nikita for helping in Wiki Academy @ Jaya Engineering College.
Thanks Ansuman for attendees list. Thanks, naveenpf On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Naveen Francis <navee...@wikimedia.in>wrote: > Thanks Subha, Hisham and Nikita for helping in Wiki Academy @ Jaya > Engineering College. > > Thanks Ansuman for attendees list. > > Thanks, > naveenpf > > On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Subhashish Panigrahi < > psubhash...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> Wikimedia India chapter has organized a Wiki Academy in Jaya Engineering >> College in Chennai on 11 December 2011. The detailed summary below: >> >> Introduction >> >> The first Wiki Academy in Jaya Engineering college was organized by the >> Wikimedia chapter and co-hosted by Jaya FOSS Club, a faculty-student wing >> of Computer Science department, Jaya Engineering College which promotes >> and organize events related to FOSS (Free and Open Source movement) and is >> the only FOSS club in the whole state. Prof. Kumaran, HOD - Computer >> Science Dept, Prof. Prabhakaran, student volunteers of Jaya FOSS Club >> Naresh Aravindh, Baabu Aravind V S, Sankey Thukral and Saran Raj >> volunteered for conducing the event. The academy started at 10.30 AM with a >> formal inauguration by Prof. Natarajan, HOD - Textile Engineering who >> introduced the agenda of the Wiki Academy to the audience. Prof Prabhakaran >> then gave a brief talk about the academy and Jaya FOSS Club and gave a >> token of appreciation to Dr. Natarajan for the speech. Subhashish, member, >> Wikimedia India Chapter gave a small talk about the main agenda of the >> academy and connected the audience with Hisham Mundol, Consultant, India >> Programs, Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) via Google Hangout. Hisham interacted >> with the audience by giving a talk about the nature of the event, few >> details about Wikipedia, WMF and Chapter and foundation are trying to do in >> India. He answered questions raised by the audience. Nitika Tandon, >> Consultant, Participation at WMF was also present virtually. >> >> >> Academy >> *How to Edit Wikipedia* >> Subhashish explained basics of Wikipedia, how it is edited by millions of >> volunteers, how Wikipedia is exclusively encyclopedic and kind of articles >> and notability of articles in Wikipedia, how Wikipedians communicate and >> form community, and organization of Wikimedia foundations and active >> projects. Then he took the audience through active editing by signing up, >> searching for articles, choosing articles to create. Then he demonstrated >> about creating an article by using the Edit toolbar, citing the text by >> searching the web and uploading and adding pictures in articles. >> Q&A session >> >> After the editing session is over there was a question and answer round >> where the speaker answered questions related to editing. >> >> Closing talk >> >> Nitika was formally introduced to the audience by Subhashish. Nitika then >> explained about the India Education program (IEP), how it functions and the >> student-teacher-foundation collaborations through the education program. >> She took the audience though the Pune IEP, how foundation reached to >> several colleges in Pune via Campus Ambassadors, engagingt of students by >> increasing student-teacher interaction and outcome of the program. Post to >> her talk there was a Q&A and interaction round. >> >> With the closing talk from Nitika, a closing talk was delivered to the >> audience by the speaker. Feedback and participation forms were distributed >> and the audience gathered for a group photograph. >> >> Future plans if any >> >> *Potential areas to work upon*: >> >> - *More technological live sessions*: >> >> Being an engineering college of more than 60 volunteers in the Jaya FOSS >> Club, a club promoting FOSS (Free & opensource software) initiatives this >> has a incubation capability to bring up more leaders in Technology. The >> HOD, Prof. M. Kumaran, Asst Prof. G. Prabhakaran, student volunteers Naresh >> Aravindh and Baabu Aravind V S showed a lot of interest for technological >> events in the college. WMF staff contractor Santhosh Thottingal could be >> contacted for a webinar with the FOSS Club members and faculty to >> understand their interest based on which there could be a possible >> technical event like a mini Hackathon in the college. The college has a >> decent infrastructure in terms of connectivity and outreach. >> >> - *Interest group for Tamil Wiki initiatives*: >> >> The entire audience was Tamil speaking, surprisingly none of them were >> not aware of the existence of Tamil Wikipedia. So, further communication >> could be established with the Tamil Wiki Community as majority of the >> participants were interested for a Tamil Wiki initiatives. Sengai Poduvan, >> the veteran Tamil Wikipedian who was awarded as a noteworthy Wikipedian >> during WCI must be invited for a talk to the next Tamil Wiki Academy which >> will inspire the audience to contribute more for Tamil Wiki initiatives. >> >> - *Foundation of a Wiki-Club*: >> >> Prof. G. Prabhakaran, Computer Science dept brought a proposal for a >> Wiki-Club by engaging the Jaya FOSS volunteers which could organize >> recurrent Wiki events in the campus. The FOSS club is already interacting >> with many Open source academicians, speakers and researchers from major >> institutes like IIT, Madras. FOSS Activities in India is taking a >> progressive shape and it could be used for more collaborative Wiki >> initiatives to bring up more editors. >> >> *Visit the Academy Wiki >> Page<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/Jaya_Engineering_College>| >> Photos<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Jaya_Engineering_College_Wiki_Academy1,_December_2011> >> * >> >> Kind regards >> User:Psubhashish (Subha) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> >
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