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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.

Student Assigned Reviewing
DTL808 Julia Adams (sociologist), User:DTL808/sandbox
Tuh16890 Lisa Nakamura, User:Tuh16890/sandbox User:DTL808/sandbox
RachelStaico Internet culture, User:RachelStaico/Internet culture, User:RachelStaico/sandbox User:Crouton13/sandbox
Annan sun Nicole Starosielski, User:Annan sun/Nicole Starosielski User:StevenStudebaker/sandbox
Tuh18327 Daniel Miller (anthropologist), User:Tuh18327/Daniel Miller (anthropologist) User:Chiqp/sandbox
Tuh00694 Ramon Lobato (media and communication), User:Tuh00694/Ramon Lobato (media and communication) User:OwlFall2019/sandbox
NWil678 Gender disparity in computing, User:NWil678/sandbox User:Mt1818/sandbox/articleedits
Tug81154 Online community, User:Tug81154/sandbox User:Annan sun/Nicole Starosielski, Nicole Starosielski
Chiqp T. L. Taylor, User:Chiqp/sandbox User:Tuh14004/sandbox
Mt1818 Southern Cross Cable, User:Mt1818/sandbox, User:Mt1818/sandbox/articleedits User:KendelA27/New Media
KendelA27 New Media, User:KendelA27/New Media User:Sydj1996/new sandbox
OwlFall2019 Ghost Work, User:OwlFall2019/sandbox User:Annan sun/Nicole Starosielski
Sydj1996 Interactivity, User:Sydj1996/sandbox, User:Sydj1996/new sandbox User:NWil678/sandbox
Millerpedia Lu Ann Cahn, User:Millerpedia/sandbox, User:Millerpedia/Lu Ann Cahn User:Tuh00694/Ramon Lobato (media and communication)
Tuh14004 Gina Neff, User:Tuh14004/sandbox User:Tuh16890/sandbox
Tug41875 Virtual community, User:Tug41875/sandbox User:Bakeandshake/sandbox
StevenStudebaker Nick Dyer-Witheford (Information and Media Studies), User:StevenStudebaker/sandbox User:T&C-Owl4/New sandbox1
JanellM Digital economy, User:JanellM/sandbox, Dyana Williams User:Wevans321/sandbox
Wikieditbiz Mary L. Gray (Anthropologist), User:Wikieditbiz/Mary L. Gray (Anthropologist) User:Millerpedia/Lu Ann Cahn
Wevans321 Digital labor, User:Wevans321/sandbox User:JanellM/sandbox
Bakeandshake Network convergence, User:Bakeandshake/sandbox User:Tug41875/sandbox
NewtJersey Mobile media, User:NewtJersey/sandbox User:Wikieditbiz/Mary L. Gray (Anthropologist)
T&C-Owl4 Ryan Milner (communication), User:T&C-Owl4/sandbox, User:T&C-Owl4/New sandbox1 User:Wikieditbiz/Mary L. Gray (Anthropologist)
Crouton13 Pacific Cable Station, User:Crouton13/sandbox User:RachelStaico/sandbox
Djchopsoy1 Politics and technology, User:Djchopsoy1/sandbox User:Tuh00694/Ramon Lobato (media and communication)

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
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:


Assignment - Everyone has a Wikipedia account

By Sunday evening (11pm) everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 2

Course meetings
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
Tuesday, 10 September 2019   |   Thursday, 12 September 2019
In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 17 September 2019   |   Thursday, 19 September 2019
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
Tuesday, 24 September 2019   |   Thursday, 26 September 2019
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Cultural Anthropology

History

Sociology


Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 1 October 2019   |   Thursday, 3 October 2019
Assignment - Exercise

Copyedit an article

Week 7

Course meetings
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
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
Tuesday, 22 October 2019   |   Thursday, 24 October 2019
In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Assignment - Peer review classmate's article (Dr. Shaw will assign these to you!)

Guiding framework

Week 10

Course meetings
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
Tuesday, 5 November 2019
Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to your article (But do not do the part that asks you to link to your article from other pages).

 

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
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
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
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

Guiding questions

Assignment - Reflective essay

Guiding questions

Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.