Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/Ohio University/Writing and Rhetoric II, Writing in Wikipedia (2014 S2)/Timeline
Course Schedule
[edit]- This schedule subject to change if I see the need to adjust assignments and readings. Most usually, such changes will be in your favor.
| Week | Date | Course Focus | Reading | Assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6/30 | Intro to Course; Syllabus and Contract Review; Schedule Review; Q&A; Create Wikipedia and Box Accounts; In-Class Writing (Introductions); Welcome to Wikimedia Brochure handout; Introduce Study and Consent Process; Rock, Paper, Scissors Tournament | ||
| 7/2 | Assign Project 1; Watch Media Representations of Appalachia in Film/TV; Freewrite towards Project 1; Discuss Stereotypes of Appalachia; Review (Epistemic) Rhetoric & Identity; Assign Reading Responses | Baird,“Stereotypes of Appalachia Obscure a Diverse Picture”; Carroll: “Backpacks vs. Briefcases” | In-class Reading Responses; Introduction to Course Talk Page | |
| 7/4 | Holiday | Holiday | Holiday | |
| 2 | 7/7 | Peer Review Project 1; Assign Project 2; Discuss Genre Awareness, Genre Analysis, and Transfer; Assign Groups | Dirk, “Navigating Genres” | Project 1 due Tuesday 6pm to Box; Reading Response due before class |
| 7/9 | Discuss “Wikipedia is Good For You?”; Anatomy of a Wikipedia article handout; Groups work on Genre Analysis and Creating Presentation Script and Visuals (Prezi/Powerpoint); Discuss Collaboration Strategies | Purdy, “Wikipedia Is Good for You? Wikipedia is Good For You?”; Atkins “Collaborating Online: Digital Strategies for Group Work” | Reading Response over Purdy and Atkins | |
| 7/11 | First Hybrid Session (Complete Wikipedia Student Training Modules 1 and 2) | Reading Response due by 6pm to Course Talk page
Groups meet in person or online to finish Presentation sometime between 7/9 and 7/13 | ||
| 3 | 7/14 | In-class Presentations of Genre Analyses; Introduce Project 3; Show Videos “10 Years of Wikipedia10 Years of Wikipedia” and “Why Wikipedians are the Weirdest People on the Internet” | Project 2 due in class; Each Student Uploads Powerpoint/Prezi to Box before class | |
| 7/16 | Explore Wikipedia articles on Appalachian topics; Groups make lists of articles that need work and begin identifying “gaps”; Individual Students Draft Proposals; Instructor Shares “Stub & Start” Articles List; Complete Process Log #1 (In-class) | |||
| 7/18 | Second Hybrid Session (Complete Wikipedia Student Training Module 3: “Editing” and Module 4 “Advanced”) | Reading Responses and Proposals due by 6pm | ||
| 4 | 7/21 | Editing Basics review; Documentation (Citation) Review and practice in Sandboxes; Plagiarism, Citation and Quoting outside Wikipedia | Stedman, "Annoying Ways People Use Sources" | Reading Response |
| 7/23 | Discuss McClure; Internet and Database Research on Appalachian topics and drafting annotated bibliographies; (Individual) In-class Proposal Conferences | McClure, "Googlepedia: Turning Information Behaviors into Research Skills" | Reading Response | |
| 7/25 | Third Hybrid Session: Leave a message on your Online Ambassadors talk page with Revised Proposal and short annotated bibliography of sources (at least 5) | Your Research of Appalachian Topic | Leave a proposal message on your Ambassador’s talk page by 6pm | |
| 5 | 7/28 | Source Sheet Workships (small groups); Review and practice Wiki markup and visual Editor; Start drafting edits in sandbox; Midterm Evaluations | Your Research | For each source (5 or more) put together a page of quotes, paraphrase and summaries to use for your article; Upload to Box before class |
| 7/30 | Move a full draft to your sandbox with citations; Student peer review for NPOV and No Original Research; Leave a message on Ambassador’s Talk page to review draft | Your Research | Full draft to your sandbox | |
| 8/1 | Fourth Hybrid Session: Explore the Critical Media Project website and read the article on "Key Concepts". Next, read the sections addressing particular identity categories of race & ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality. Respond to the prompt on the course talk page. | http://www.criticalmediaproject.org | Reading Response | |
| 6 | 8/4 | Review CriticalMediaProject (Social Construction, Identity, Ideology, Media); Discuss Cohen (Gender and Wikipedia); Discuss Swales and the Concept of Discourse Community; Groups Analyze Wikipedia as Discourse Community;Review Social Knowledge Transfer and Associated Learning Outcomes | Swales, "The Concept of Discourse Community"; Cohen's "Define Gender Gap? Look Up Wikipedia's Contributor List" | Reading Response |
| 8/6 | Discuss Process, Discuss Sommers, Process in Wikipedia; Assign Project 4 (Explain Overlap); Freewrite toward Project 4 | Sommers “Revision Strategies of Student Writers and Experienced Adult Writers” | Reading Response | |
| 8/8 | Fifth Hybrid Session: Read Graham “Wiki Space: Palimpsests and the Politics of Exclusion”;Respond to Talk page prompt | Graham, "Wiki Space: Palimpsests and the Politics of Exclusion" pg. 269 in Critical Point of View: A Wikipedia Reader | Reading Response | |
| 7 | 8/11 | Review Graham; West Wing Video/Spatial Rhetorics; Review Online Ambassador’s Feedback and Make Final Edits to Wikipedia Articles; Brief (Individual) Presentations on your Revised Article: What gaps you addressed, how the article is improved; Complete Process Log 2 (In-class); Freewrite on Project 4; Pizza! | Project 3 due | |
| 8/13 | Work on Project 4, Incorporating and Reviewing major course concepts on rhetoric, identity, genre, discourse community and process. Complete Questionnaire (In-class); Course Evaluations; Assign Peer Review | |||
| 8/15 | 6th Hybrid Session: Peer Review Project 4; Organize and Share Portfolio with Instructor | Project 4 and portfolio due Saturday Midnight to Box |