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Tessa Minicozzi
This Wikipedia training module started out slower, but the pace picked up quite a bit as the weeks progressed. I think that it should have had me editing an article sooner than it did. It became a little too fast-paced for me in the final few weeks, but I think that is partly because of the heavier workload that I have with an overloaded schedule. If I didn't have so many classes already, I think that the pace would have been perfectly manageable. The module did a clear job of explaining what needed to be done and when, and the "timeline" feature was especially useful.

Some of the parts of the module were impossible for me complete because I was the only student taking the course this semester. I was unable to peer review an article or have my article peer reviewed. In a typical Newswriting and Reporting class, however, it is absolutely doable. I do think that Newswriting students will be able to complete the module in 6 weeks instead of 10. The first few weeks of the module are fairly simple and easy to complete, since there are mostly short training lessons that have a few short videos incorporated.

As mentioned before, the module was difficult for me to do on my own because I could not peer review an article, nor could I have my own article peer reviewed. I tried my best to look at other articles on Wikipedia that involved similar types of people as the subject of my article, and I used them as a guide to write mine. Specifically, I used the famous director J.J. Abrams. It was also a little bit more difficult to do this on my own with just the module training as guidance, as I had to figure out a pace for myself and take a lot of initiative. In a classroom setting, however, that would not be the case.

These skills learned from the Wikipedia module as very easily transferrable to not only a career and grad school, but to other work at Susquehanna University as well. It teaches many good habits involving citing your work, what exactly plagiarism is, copyright laws, editing online, writing concisely, reviewing and editing your own work, and so on. These skills are invaluable to journalism majors, but they are also skills that many other Communications majors could use in their own careers. I could see this Wikipedia training being easily incorporated into the Essentials of Digital Media course in the future.

Created page Phil Nobile Jr.