User talk:Aashish aryan/application

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Public Policy Initiative: Wikipedia Campus Ambassador Application

Name: _Aashish Aryan_________________________

Email: mohit.manna.99@gmail.com__________________________ Phone: __+919962259278,+919600166139_______________________

Address: _MIG-208,Near SBIOA School,2nd Cross Street,2nd Main Road,Chennai -600040,Tamilnadu,India ____________________________________________________________________

Affiliation with university (please check): (.) Undergraduate. Class standing at university (e.g. 3rd year, 4th year): ____3rd year__________ Graduate Staff Local Resident University name: __Dr.M.G.R University______________________ Will you have convenient access to the university campus between January and June 2011? (. )Yes    No  How long do you plan to stay around the university? _____A year or two________

Why are you interested in the Wikipedia Campus Ambassador role? I want to help students understand Wikipedia in a better way.Also i want Wikipedia to get to the roots of student's understanding levels so that we can serve students better.And for carrying out such work,I need a platform that can give me the right directions.So I want to join the Wikipedia Campus Ambassador Program.

'''How much experience have you had with Wikipedia (either as a reader or a contributor)? Please describe.''' I have always been referring to Wikipedia during my study hours,especially during exams since the articles present here explain the topics in a easy format with pictorial representation.But i have hardly any experience as a contributor.So i want to contribute to Wikipedia by becoming a Campus Ambassador.

Please describe any teaching, mentoring, or leadership experience you've had. I am the campus ambassador for letmeknow.in.Also i have taken regular seminars.

Which of the following skills/experiences do you have (please check): Group facilitation (.) Giving public presentations (.) Event planning Public outreach / communications Teambuilding (.) Community/labor organizing Founding an organization

Computer programming

(.) Social media (e.g. blogs, wikis, Facebook, Digg) Please specify: ______facebook______________

Multimedia tools (e.g. camcorders, design software, video editing software) Please specify: ____________________

'''Do you know any professors at your affiliated university who would be interested in incorporating Wikipedia-editing into their classes? If yes, please provide more information about the professors (name, department, classes taught, why you think they would be interested), and tell us how well you know the professors. ''' Yes Dr.Cyril Raj HOD CSE Dept. and many others

'''The Wikimedia Foundation is planning to hold the mandatory three-day Campus Ambassador training event in early January 2011 (location TBD). What dates in early January would work for you?'''

____Dates after 18th Jan 2010 since my college reopens on that date_________________________________ (Note: the Wikimedia Foundation can cover Campus Ambassadors’ travel expenses for this training event)

What other commitments (academic and extracurricular) will you have in the Spring 2011 semester? None as such.

'''How do you think we can motivate more educators to use Wikipedia as a teaching tool? (no “right” answers here)''' Educators should be well informed.They should be told and shown the power of internet as well as Wikipedia.Also they can be called in for contributing articles on a regular basis which will motivate them to use Wikipedia as a teaching tool.