Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Temple University/Technology and Culture (Fall 2019)
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- Course name
- Technology and Culture
- Institution
- Temple University
- Instructor
- Adrienne Shaw
- Wikipedia Expert
- Shalor (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Course dates
- 2019-08-26 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-01-04 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 25
This course critically examines the nature, role, and significance of new communication technologies in contemporary (largely) U.S. culture. It considers the relationship between these technologies and popular conceptions of work, leisure, art, knowledge, identity, and environment and thus provides a foundation for understanding the nature, role, and significance of new communication technologies as a dynamic factor in society. Students will be editing (or creating) entries on some of the authors whose work we read as well as articles related to course topics.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 27 August 2019 | Thursday, 29 August 2019
- In class - 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, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- Assignment - Everyone has a Wikipedia account
By Sunday evening (11pm) everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 3 September 2019 | Thursday, 5 September 2019
- 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.)
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 10 September 2019 | Thursday, 12 September 2019
- In class - Discussion
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 17 September 2019 | Thursday, 19 September 2019
- In class - Discussion
- Assignment - Exercise
[[../../../training/students/choose-topic-from-list-exercise|You can either Choose your topic / Find your sources from a list your instructor has prepared for you or you can choose your own subject by going through the exercise and training above.]]
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 24 September 2019 | Thursday, 26 September 2019
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 1 October 2019 | Thursday, 3 October 2019
- Assignment - Exercise
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 10 October 2019
- 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
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 15 October 2019 | Thursday, 17 October 2019
- Milestones
Continue working on your article drafts
- Assignment - Draft contributions due
These will be made available to your classmates for peer-review
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 22 October 2019 | Thursday, 24 October 2019
- In class - Discussion
- Assignment - Peer review classmate's article (Dr. Shaw will assign these to you!)
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 29 October 2019 | Thursday, 31 October 2019
- Milestones
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed. Submit via a word .doc on Canvas using the template Dr. Shaw sends you.
- Assignment - Respond to your peer review
Consider your peers' and professor's suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes. You may also in your "talk" page of your sandbox respond generally to comments from the peer review process.
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
- Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 5 November 2019
- Assignment - Continue improving your article
Exercise
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.
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 12 November 2019 | Thursday, 14 November 2019
- Assignment - Polish your work
Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Review training modules as needed. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 19 November 2019 | Thursday, 21 November 2019
- 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!
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 3 December 2019 | Thursday, 5 December 2019
- Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia
Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, added links and media as possible, and finalized the contributions, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
- Assignment - Move your work out of the Sandbox and to LIVE Wikipedia!
- In class - In-class discussion
- Assignment - Reflective essay
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.