User:S.uribe13/sandbox

Name: Samantha Uribe

Wikipedia Project – Step 2

ED690- Methods of Inquiry Accelerated Hybrid Course

Summer 2018

This week, your task is to pinpoint your project topic and begin to evaluate the existing content on the topic or related to the topic. This does not need to be long. This assignment is intended to guide you through your studying of what is there and how you want to add.

(1)        Very clearly tell me the topic you have chosen below. It is best if you have narrowed it down to a short phrase at most. This should reflect the subject heading and/or subheadings you will write on within Wikipedia.

I have chosen the topic of ELL (English Language Learners) and how they are affected by the Spanish Bilingual education in California.

(2)        Regarding your chosen topic, what is your impression of the content currently available on Wikipedia? Why do you feel that you need to contribute this content? Are you creating a new page, fixing a pre-existing page, or adding to a pre-existing page, or something else?

I feel like the content currently available on Wikipedia scratches the surface of the topic. I feel like I need to contribute to this content because there is a high population of Long-Term English Learners in my local community and not enough resources for them to succeed. I would like to add to this pre-existing page, mostly to the ELL (English Language Learner) section.

(3)        Describe the current state of the content on Wikipedia. Link me to what is there so I can see as well. If there is nothing available, what keywords and phrases have you tried? Even if there is nothing, give me a sense of what a person might be able to learn about something close to what is available. This will give you a sense of how hard people have to try to find information about that topic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_bilingual_education_in_California

I feel like the content on this page helps the reader get a broad idea of the struggles that ELL students face and the history hat brought this struggle. I do think that the mentioning of Proposition 227 was helpful, but I would like to research further into the effects the changes have had on ELL.

(4)        What needs to be done to create change for this topic? If you are creating something brand new, what sections do you envision it having? Please keep this reasonable because of our short and accelerated time frame. And remember that you won’t know and be able to share EVERYTHING in this short time, but a good solid start is still important.

I would like to expand on the ELL section. I would like to include some of the needed services the students need. I would also like to include factoring variables that affect the ELL Student’s ability to continue progressing in their English Proficiency.

I would also like to dig deeper into the changes in the Spanish Bilingual education made after Proposition 227.

* Next week we will start collecting articles to read and include in the Wikipedia page. However, if your topic is too broad at this point it would be helpful to start searching the databases.