Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Western Illinois University/Teaching Writing in Middle and High School (Fall 2022)
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- Course name
- Teaching Writing in Middle and High School
- Institution
- Western Illinois University
- Instructor
- Rebekah Buchanan
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- English Education
- Course dates
- 2022-08-23 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-12-15 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 15
This is an advanced writing course designed primarily for English Education majors as they begin to switch their focus from self-as-student to self-as-teacher. Along with identifying theory and best practice, we will explore the idea that to learn to teach writing, we must write. We will do this through • exploring key constructs of an instructional approach to the teaching of writing in the English classroom • creating a community of writers where we write and respond to each other’s writing to learn to be better teachers of writing • actively engaging in various genres of writing with the knowledge that to teach writing we must be active writers • reading and discussing accounts by professional writers, student writers, teachers of writing and writing researchers • experiencing an environment created around the social construction of knowledge.
Timeline
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 8 September 2022
- 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 - 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.)
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 13 September 2022 | Thursday, 15 September 2022
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
- In class - Discussion
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 20 September 2022 | Thursday, 22 September 2022
- Assignment - Choose possible topics
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6
- In class - Discussion
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 27 September 2022 | Thursday, 29 September 2022
- Assignment - Make a small edit
- Assignment - Finalize your topic and find sources
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 4 October 2022 | Thursday, 6 October 2022
- 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, 11 October 2022 | Thursday, 13 October 2022
- Assignment - Peer review three articles
- In class - Discussion
- Milestones
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 18 October 2022 | Thursday, 20 October 2022
- Assignment - Respond to your peer review
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 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 25 October 2022 | Thursday, 27 October 2022
- 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
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 1 November 2022 | Thursday, 3 November 2022
- 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.
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 10 November 2022
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 15 November 2022 | Thursday, 17 November 2022
- Assignment - Polish your work
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 14
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 29 November 2022 | Thursday, 1 December 2022
- 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
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.
- In class - Wiki Mini-Lessons
Week 15
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 6 December 2022 | Thursday, 8 December 2022
- Assignment - Wiki Mini-Lessons