Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Fordham October 2016

Fordham University presents a public Wikipedia event for studies in psychology on Wednesday, October 26, 2016. The public is invited.

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Description
How can faculty or students join the 70,000 contributors to Wikipedia, the world's largest knowledge base?

Learn how educators can use Wikipedia in the classroom!

Join us for a few short presentations followed by a hands-on session on editing biographies in these areas:
 * Women, Art History, Science, Psychology, Personal Finance, Health, Social Work, and more!



Event information

 * Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2016
 * Time: 2:00 pm − 5:00 pm
 * Location: Fordham University at Lincoln Center, 113 W 60th St, New York, NY 10023 40.77361°N, -73.98278°W
 * Subway: to 66th Street – Lincoln Center
 * Bus
 * Light refreshments will be served.
 * Open to the public and the Fordham University communities.
 * This event is hosted by Fordham University IT (Instructional Technology Academic Computing) and the Fordham University Libraries in collaboration with Manhattan Psychological Association, SPSSI-NY, and Psychology 21C.

Agenda

 * 2:00 pm − 2:50 pm: Welcome and short presentations in the Atrium
 * Kristen Treglia, Senior Instructional Technologist, Instructional Technology Academic Computing, Fordham IT slides
 * Sandra Turner, Director of the Fordham Institue for Women and Girls at Fordham University
 * Samantha Erickson, Outreach Manager, Wikipedia Education Foundation
 * Lane Rasberry, Wikipedia Editor, Wikipedian in Residence for Consumer Reports - slides
 * 2:50 pm − 3:00 pm: Short Break
 * 3:00 pm − 5:00 pm: Break-out groups
 * 308 & 309, wi-fi and computers will be available)



Links

 * Dashboard for event
 * Fordham University
 * Wikipedia Meetup - NYC (main events page)

Attendees
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 * 1) Nwhysel (talk) 21:24, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) Roman Spinner (talk) 22:48, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
 * 3) Jeremyb (talk) 00:18, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 4) Jim.henderson (talk) 22:48, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 5) Pharos (talk) 15:26, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 6) Aloha2wiki (talk) 19:45, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 7) MATH1203Instructor (talk) 20:04, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 8) Ilovepiday (talk) 16:28, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 9) MaryRothschild (talk) 18:22, 27 October 2016 (UTC)MaryRothschild
 * 10) JtForWiki (talk) 18:24, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 11) Bjohnstone1 (talk) 22:49, 27 October 2016 (UTC)