Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/New York University/Elementary Haitian Creole I (Spring 2020)
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- Course name
- Elementary Haitian Creole I
- Institution
- New York University
- Instructor
- Wynnie Lamour
- Wikipedia Expert
- Shalor (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Haitian Creole I
- Course dates
- 2020-01-27 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-05-18 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 8
This course introduces students to the language of Haitian Creole, also called Kreyòl, and is intended for students with little or no prior knowledge of the language. Haitian Creole is spoken by Haiti's population of nine million and by about one million Haitians in the U.S. including over 190,000 in the New York City area. In fact, New York City has the second largest population of Kreyòl Speakers after Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. Through this course, you will develop introductory speaking, reading, writing, and listening skills. We use a communicative approach, balanced with grammatical and phonetic techniques. Classroom and textbook materials are complemented by work with film, radio, and especially music (konpa, rasin, twoubadou, rap, raga, levanjil, vodou tradisyonèl, etc.), as well as with visits to city museums and other institutions related to Haiti.
| Student | Assigned | Reviewing |
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| Ct2363 | ||
| Jas1602 | ||
| Syj2112 | ||
| Iagari |
Timeline
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 21 February 2020
- Assignment - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment
Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.
Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia
- Afrocrowd.org
- kiskeacity.com
- Milestones
By Wednesday 2/26, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 24 February 2020 | Wednesday, 26 February 2020 | Friday, 28 February 2020
- Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia
Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)
- Assignment - Wikipedia Assignment Blog
Begin a blog about your experiences. You can use discussion questions to frame your entries, or reflect on the research and writing process. Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment. You can create a Blog Entry directly on NYU Classes. The Blog Entry will be due by 5 pm every Friday afternoon.
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 2 March 2020 | Wednesday, 4 March 2020 | Friday, 6 March 2020
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
- Assignment - Discussion prompt for weekly blog entry
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 9 March 2020 | Wednesday, 11 March 2020 | Friday, 13 March 2020
- Assignment - Exercise
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 23 March 2020 | Wednesday, 25 March 2020 | Friday, 27 March 2020
- Assignment - Start drafting your contributions
Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 30 March 2020 | Wednesday, 1 April 2020 | Friday, 3 April 2020
- Assignment - What does writing a draft in Wikipedia look like?
Use this opportunity to get comfortable adding content to Wikipedia before it is actually live. Also, let's think about what it would mean to translate an article from one language to another.
- In class - Discussion
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 6 April 2020 | Wednesday, 8 April 2020 | Friday, 10 April 2020
- Assignment - Peer review an article - what could that look like in our language course?
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 13 April 2020 | Wednesday, 15 April 2020 | Friday, 17 April 2020
- Assignment - Peer Reviews Continued - completed and responses
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed. You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
- Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 20 April 2020 | Wednesday, 22 April 2020 | Friday, 24 April 2020
- Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia
Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
- Assignment - Continue improving your article
Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.
Read page 12 of Editing Wikipedia to see how to create links from your article to others, and from other articles to your own. Try to link to 3–5 articles, and link to your article from 2–3 other articles.
- Milestones
Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 27 April 2020 | Wednesday, 29 April 2020 | Friday, 1 May 2020
- Assignment - Final Article
It's the final week to develop your article.
- Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
- Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!
- Milestones
- In class - Reflective essay (to be handed in along with the in-class presentation)
- Assignment - You've finished your Wikipedia assignment!
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.