Grants:TPS/Shangkuanlc/ACTC2017

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statusfunded
ACTC2017
summaryCo-presenting a 90-minute workshop about Wikipedia Education Program.
event locationKobe, Japan
event date(s)11-14, May, 2017
amount requestedUSD$1598
home countryTaiwan
creatorShangkuanlc
submitted on17:56, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

Proposed participation

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I am a longterm Wikipedian in Chinese WIkipedia. I am dedicated in outreach with GLAM and educational institutions to enhance the contribution in Wikimedia Movement. I am going to co-present in the Asian Conference on Technology in the Classroom 2017 (ACTC2017) to educators on how to edit Wikipedia in a 90 minutes workshop.

Goal and expected impact

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  • According to the last year conference summary, there are about 200 attendees (about 70% are from Asia) in the conference. I hope to get the following impact with them:
    • To demonstrate our case in the past years the Taiwanese Wikimedian community has experiment on the way Wikipedia can be used in education.
    • To explore the possibility of using Wikipedia with teachers and scholars of educational field. This is the only workshop related to Wikipedia in the whole conference.
    • To network with potential adopter of using Wikipedia, and keep them in the loop of the Wikimedia movement.

Budget breakdown

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  • Travel (round trip airfare from Taipei, Taiwan to Kobe, Japan): USD 300
  • Accommodation: USD 135 per night x 5 nights = USD 675 (Crowne Plaza Ana Kobe, the nearest hotel from the venue)
  • Per Diem: USD 55 x 5 = USD 275 (Including travel insurance, transportation and meals)
  • Registration Fee: USD 348 (40,000 JPY, with the exchange rate 1JPY to USD0.0087)
    • Total: USD 1598

Other instructions

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It would be nice if the Foundation can arrange the flights and accommodation for me, I haven't booked either above. I don't need advance disbursement for the registration fee and per diem.

Endorsements

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  • NSaad (WMF) (talk) 08:33, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
  • I'm happy to see this opportunity for Liang to share his community's experience at a regional conference. Tighe Flanagan (WMF) (talk) 15:35, 22 March 2017 (UTC)