Punjabi Wikimedians/Wikimedia Education Program at SEABA School, Lehragaga

Jagseer S Sidhu joined SEABA School, Lehragaga as a full-time Wikimedian-in-residence and will begin the residency from April 2019. He will work with the school staff and teachers to develop an understanding of Wikimedia projects and also assist them in contributing to various projects.

Weekly Report

2 April to 6 April

Accounts Created

Discussion

Introduction of participants (Teachers).
What is Wikipedia and Wikimedia Foundation?
How Punjabi Wikipedia created?
Punjabi typing on computer.
How to create a new account.

8 April to 13 April

Account Created

Discussion

Introduction of Students
What is Wikipedia and Wikisource?
What is Wikimedia Foundation?
How Punjabi Wikipedia created?
Punjabi typing on computer.
How to create a new account.
How to create user page.

15 April to 30 April

Account created

Discussion

How to add links in articles.
Meaning and importance of Category
Things that are necessary for an article.

15 April to 20 April

Account Created

Discussion

How to edit on wikipedia
Editing in Source editor
Punjabi Typing in Phonetic keyboard

May 2019 to July 2019

In the month of May 2019 some of the students has started showing interest in Wiki Projects. So they wanted to work on Wiki Projects but because of lack of internet facility, could not do anything online. Students started getting to know that how and why Wikipedia started, what was the purpose behind this project, what is Open Source Knowledge etc. So they were involved in these kind of offline Wiki activities.

In the month of June there was summer vacation in school. After the vacations end we got the Internet connection and students begin to work on Punjabi Wikisource. In the month of July we completed our first audiobook. We have taken this book from Punjabi Wikisource and whole book has been published in audio format.

In the end of July, Two Schools (SEABA Public School and SD Public School) where Punjabi Wikimedians (Jagseer S Sidhu and Manavpreet Kaur) are running the Education Programs had been invited to by Head, Department of Anatomy, PGIMER, Chandigarh to the Scientific Program of 12th I.J. Dewan Memorial Workshop on "Organ Talk: Time to take Prevention"which is a workshop cum awareness program on health education and both schools students has attended the workshop. Details of the program is here

August 2019 to December 2019

Students had exams in the month of August so there was no activity in this month. In the month of September and October students were preparing for their Mid Term exams and i was absent for two weeks for my personal work but in these months school had started a new program for students called Employability Skills e-learning. The program included as a common core of study across all trades to empower students for work life. As being Wikimedian-in-residence school management has chosen me to lead this project and teach students the skills they need in their social life.

In the month of November students of SEABA International Public School (India) wrote about Armenia cuisine, culture, attire, movies and actors. The edit-a-thons are part of Armenian-Indian collaboration gained during Wikimania 2019, between the representative of Punjabi wiki community, educational programs coordinator Manavpreet Kaur and the representative of Armenian wiki community, coordinator of Karvachar Wikiclub Tamara Grigoryan. Google sheet link is here

In the month of December we participated in WikiForHumanRights campaign which aimed at creating and improving human rights topics in Wikipedia. During the mentioned period articles within the framework of the topic will be translated into Punjabi Wikipedia. |Dashboard report of event can be found here.

January 2020 to March 2020

In the months of January to March there was no regular classes in school. In the month of February the Annual Function was organised in school so students was busy in the preparations for the Annual Function. In the month of March the final exam started. In between some of the students took participate in Wiki Loves Women 2020 program and created approx 30 articles. The link for the dashboard is here

April 2020 to June 2020

During the lockdown period students created and edited articles staying at home. The details of months work are as under

Wikisource

April to June
Number of pages proofread = 194
Number of students involved = 8
details can be find here

April 2020

Number of articles created = 68
Number of students involved = 6
Dashboard link

May 2020

Number of articles created = 12
Number of students involved = 4
Dashboard link

June 2020

Number of articles created = 7
Number of students involved = 3
Dashboard link