User:Sputniza/OPW Progress Report

This page shall include weekly progress reports for the Wikipedia Education program project as a part of Outreach Program for Women for User:Sputniza.

Relevant Links

 * project schedule agreed with mentors (in progress)
 * phabricator project education-program-design-research

Lessons learned (and actions taken) since 12 November

 * precise coordination is important for a collaboration with people in different time zones and no overlapping office hours
 * installed Ubuntu (as double boot so far) on my mac
 * installed my first blog (wrote my very little first post) and connected the rss with the Outreach Planet
 * initiated first google-hangout with my mentors
 * installed a shared google calendar for time lines
 * created a conpherence on phabricator and invited the mentors
 * set up an IRC client and understood how various IRC Channels are used
 * attended the OPW career office hour with Erin and Tim
 * started to get familiar with trello

Communication Plan

 * agreed some regular time slots with my mentors (Sage Ross, Andrew Russell Green) when we can have live video call in a Google Hangout
 * use IRC for ambient discussion
 * use Email for more specific or urgent issues
 * agreed on trying to make some personal contact with Wikimedia office Berlin to get more familiar with the company and people

Goals for first half of Internship

 * having started some prototype-based testing with professors and/ or students
 * side-goal: having completed at least one small code-based contribution