User talk:Jmfullerton

Welcome, Jmfullerton!

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-- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 20:39, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Some advice

Some of quick pieces of advice:

Before asking your students to contribute to Wikipedia, it might be an idea for you to contribute to Wikipedia! That way, you can firstly see what you can expect them to be able to do, and secondly you will be able to point to examples of what you have done!
List any project you actually carry out with students at Wikipedia:School and university projects. Make sure that you read all the content at the top of that page (down to where the projects themselves are listed) as it gives good advice - especially read the section titled "I want to do it without facilitators" (even if you decide to go through the facilitator route), as that gives excellent advice about how to go about it in a way which is useful both for your students, yourself and Wikipedia - without getting yourself or your students blocked from editing!

If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact me -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 20:39, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

re:Project Direction

Hello Jmfullerton,

There is a simple course outline at: Outreach:Using Wikipedia as a teaching tool in higher education (Bookshelf) . At the wikispace, you noted that Piotrus is involved. Have you contacted him for advice?

I've also asked the Wikipedia ambassadors group to post advice to your talk page(this page)...so expect some additional comments here.

If you need any further help, feel free to email me, or post to my talk page.(I also emailed you a copy of this response.)Smallman12q (talk) 14:11, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a couple of tips for new editors:

Feel free to have your students contact any of the Online Ambassadors with any questions they may have. Happy editing! -- Ssilvers (talk) 15:13, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am pretty sure I am not involved in the course, but I can of course help. I'd suggest fixing the instructor links, so they point to the real course instructor, though. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 18:34, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Talk page response

Thanks for contacting me on my talk page. I am thrilled at the intuitive direction educators are taking to incorporate Wikipedia as a tool in education. I will gladly assist student inquiries, and more importantly assist you in being a liaison for your students. My only question at the outset is whether an account will somehow be used by the group, or small groups, or whether each student will create their own account. I recommend the later, as ultimately each person is responsible for their own account and the conduct of it's administration. And they should safeguard their own password for logging in. This also because, it is hoped that some, if not all, will continue their contributions beyond the scope of this particular assignment. I am glad to help and look forward to future interactions. Happy editing. My76 Strat 18:05, 12 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Additionally, please ensure your students understand the importance of safeguarding their personal information as this is a real world exercise and unfortunately there exists the small minority with nefarious intent. Cheers My76 Strat 18:42, 12 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

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/ƒETCH COMMS / 22:16, 12 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

I'm very interested in educators integrating Wikipedia in the classroom, especially when it is usually banned (see a relevant post I recently read). Feel free to contact me at any time with any questions or concerns regarding your experience. MonoALT (talk) 02:10, 13 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Mentor for team of students

Hi James, yes, I will be glad to mentor a group of students. Please keep me inform! Cheers, Bejinhan talks 02:40, 13 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I also should be able to help, but that could depend on when your class is going to take place (next year?). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 21:24, 14 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Advice for your course

Hello Mr. Fullerton. Thanks for getting in touch.

You've already heard from several of the Online Ambassadors you left messages for; you might also look into the adopt-a-user program if you want help from additional Wikipedians. At this point, the ambassador program is still rather small, and we may not have the capacity to mentor 20 groups immediately.

In general, I have a few pieces of advice. For a relatively short-term assignment like this (long for middle school students, but short compared to the assignments we'd like to see in college classes) the most efficient way to get help for your students is probably to ask for it as needed. The best place to get quick help is often the IRC help channel, which you students can enter through that link. There are usually helpful people there who can answer any basic questions and offer advice. The talk page of WikiProject Government may also be a good place to ask for help when needed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_United_States_Government

You can definitely use Wikipedia as the place to organize your class projects. That makes it easier for Wikipedians to see what's going on as well, which can make things go smoother. Since I don't think the ambassador program can commit to fully supporting your class at this point (we're going to be stretched thin with the university courses we've promised to support for the next term) I would suggest creating it as a subpage (or several) of Wikipedia:School and university projects. This is a space where anyone can list and organize the course projects they are working on. Alternatively, you can use subpages of your own userpage. The ambassadors have been discussing your project a bit, and we do want to help out as much as we can. If you do move your course pages to Wikipedia, drop me a note and I'll make sure it gets mentioned on the ambassadors mailing list. It's probably also a good idea to link to the course page from each of your students' userpages. That way, Wikipedians will have some context for the edits they make, and may be a little gentler when mistakes get made.

I see that you've set the goal of creating Good Articles. That's very ambitious, especially for some of the broader topics your students have chosen; I think only a few of the undergraduates and grad students in the classes we've been working with will reach good article status this term. It's certainly within the capability of smart 8th graders, but it will mean a lot of research and writing. If you haven't done so, I highly recommend browsing through the recent activity at WP:GAN and taking a look at a few good article reviews to get a feel for what is expected of good articles, and maybe do a few reviews yourself (see Wikipedia:Reviewing good articles).

Good luck! --Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 19:38, 13 December 2010 (UTC) (aka Ragesoss)[reply]

Further to what Sage Ross advised, I suggest that you list the articles being worked on by your students, the student usernames that are working on each article, the dates that assignments are due, and the usernames of any mentors who have already volunteered to help out. That way, other ambassadors and experienced Wikipedians can see where you need the most help. Also, let the students post questions, and wikipedians can help out. I think there are several of the current ambassadors who are looking to help out more student users. All the best! -- Ssilvers (talk) 01:25, 14 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you need any further help, you can contact me as well. I'm not an official ambassador, but I'm open for reviews, questions, copyedits, etc. upstate NYer 04:58, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, User:Barrysh/sandbox

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. DannyS712 (talk) 20:37, 11 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]