User:Anokaydane/sandbox

Goals for the day
Get to know group members.

Become more familiar with the Wiki editing interface by practicing several basic maneuvers in your Wikipedia sandbox.

Search for possible stubs that your group will choose to flesh out for the project.

Here's how we're going to do each of those
» First, get in your groups.

» Introduce yourselves and let them know what the best part of the past 24 hours has been for you

» Open your sandbox page.

Add the following information so that your group can get to know you better

 * Explain what your major is and why a bit about why that's so.


 * Tell us about 2–3 other hobbies or pursuits that you enjoy. This could be anything from particular television shows you enjoy to sporting activities to specific books, etc.


 * Identify two of the most interesting places you've visited. Briefly explain why it was interesting.

Answer the following two questions
1) What are some characteristics of the kind of people you enjoy doing group projects with? In other words, what are the kinds of things you hope for in person when doing a project with them?

2) What are some of the things that drive you nuts when working with others on school projects?

Now, with the content, enact the following

 * Create a major heading for all the content using a "Level 2" heading


 * Create sub-headings for each section (major, interests, travel, etc. — whatever wording you think is best for you) with the "Level 3" heading


 * Link your major to the closely corresponding Wikipedia page. Do this also for at least one hobby/pursuit, and for one of the travel locations.


 * Reorganize the characteristics you prefer/dislike into bullet points using the "Bulleted List" function

Discussion & Sharing
As a group, chat about your experience in writing, editing, and navigating Wikipedia in your new role as an author. What surprised you? Annoyed you? Impressed you?

Discuss what the preferred method of communication is for you all as a group. Do you prefer email, Canvas, google docs, etc?

Once you have some basics down, share the url of your sandbox page so that other group members can see it. Email may be best for sharing the link.

After reading what shared desires you have for collaboration, take some time to contextualize any points you made or explain the rationale behind your points.

Deciding on a Stub Article
This project calls on each group to pick one stub article and add to it. Knowing what your group's interests are is a great first step toward choosing a good article.

Be sure to read through the handout, "Choosing an article."

Wikipedia maintains a list of stub articles that need work here.

The sooner you're able to settle on a topic, the sooner you all can get to work.