Thanks Naveen and Arjuna for your support. Best Subha
On 11 December 2011 20:52, Naveen Francis <navee...@gmail.com> 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 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 >>> >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- * ସୁ ଭ * * S u b h a * *ଓଡ଼ିଆଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ* *O d i a W i k i M a i l i n g l i s t*<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-or> <http://facebook.com/subhashishp> <http://twitter.com/subhashishp><http://or.wikipedia.org>
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