User talk:JacquelynAlexander

Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia! I notice that you started a course page. If you're going ahead with a Wikipedia assignment in your class and you'd like to get support from the Wikipedia Ambassador Program, let me know and I'll put you in touch with the Regional Ambassador for your area. --Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 15:42, 25 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Response to inquiry regarding interest in wiki assignment and course listingTo: Sage Ross


 * Yes, I am going ahead with a Wikipedia assignment in my class and I would like to get support from the Wikipedia Ambassador Program, let me know and I'll put you in touch with the Regional Ambassador for your area. I contacted one of the on-line ambassadors listed in the Public Policy Initiative area, Mike Beckett and he has been kind enough to answer some of my questions.


 * I found the concept of the Public Policy Initiative interesting and wanted to do something new for my class. Please note that I am a complete novice and will be learning along with the students. I am finding navigating from one page/section to another and finding where to enter information difficult thus far.


 * I will provide the two relevant assignments as listed in my syllabus below in case that would be helpful. Thank you for contacting me.


 * Policy Project – 1) Critique an existing Wikipedia US public policy entry, assessing its credibility, intended audience, currency of content, degree of support for the information and analysis, use of policy analysis tools or concepts, extent of balance and/or bias, and any recommended changes to content, style, and tone. 2) Submit appropriate edits to the entry, and then monitor those edits for one –two weeks to see what happens to your edits and 3) present results to class in form of informal presentation.


 * Policy Analysis (Select one of the following)


 * Option C: 1) Identify a public policy of personal interest with no entry in Wikipedia and create one noting the criteria used to critique existing entry from Policy Project assignment (length will vary depending on policy selected) then track any mo''difications made by others to your posting and 2) a brief informal presentation.


 * The "Notes" below seem to make no sense for a response to your inquiry, but I guess trial and error learning will have to do.


 * Thanks for the details! To get officially involved with the United States Education Program and get support from Wikipedia Ambassadors, you should contact Regional Ambassador Dylan Staley.  You can leave a message on his talk page, or get in touch by email: Special:EmailUser/Dylanstaley.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 17:50, 26 August 2011 (UTC)


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