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7 December 2010: New Update newsletter available
The latest issue of the weekly Public Policy Update newsletter is now online on the Update page.

1 December 2010: Weekly newsletter archives online
Interested professors have been receiving a weekly newsletter via email since September 12 -- and now, issues of the Public Policy Initiative Update are available online, too! If you're interested, check out the Update page for more information.

29 November 2010: More Bookshelf materials now available
Two new brochures are available for professors from the Bookshelf project. First, as part of the "Using Wikipedia as a Teaching Tool" series, we've released a sample syllabus for professors interested in using Wikipedia in the classroom. Second, we've released a brochure titled "Evaluating Wikipedia article quality," which gives you an understanding of how Wikipedia articles are developed and what the facets of a good and poor quality article are. The audience is anyone who reads Wikipedia. Check out these new brochures and the rest of the Bookshelf materials.

23 November 2010: ReadWriteWeb covers the Public Policy Initiative
Technology blog ReadWriteWeb's audience of early adopters learned about the work professors are doing to incorporate Wikipedia into their classroom with an article published last week. Read the article "College Credit for Improving Wikipedia - Just Don't Cite it in a Paper!".

18 November 2010: Fall learning points
What have we learned so far in the fall? Check out our /Fall learning points document. Do you think we missed a learning point? Add it to the discussion page!

17 November 2010: New plagiarism handout
Check out a new addition to student resources: a new handout covering what plagiarism is and how to avoid it on Wikipedia.

11 November 2010: Daily Cal coverage
The Daily Californian, the newspaper of UC Berkeley, covers how students are contributing to Wikipedia as part of their coursework through the Public Policy Initiative.

4 November 2010: Chronicle of Higher Ed coverage
The Chronicle of Higher Education, a popular higher education news source, covered the Public Policy Initiative today.

2 November 2010: NPR coverage
National Public Radio's All Things Considered included a segment on this afternoon's show that explained the Public Policy Initiative.

2 November 2010: Drumbeat Festival
Wikimedia Foundation representatives are on hand at the Drumbeat Festival in Barcelona to present several talks about using Wikipedia as a learning tool.

1 November 2010: Blog post
A new post on the Wikimedia Foundation's blog explains the status of the Public Policy Initiative.

28 October 2010: Another course joins
A big welcome to the Political Economy of Technology and Science class at James Madison University, the latest course to join the Public Policy Initiative roster.

25 October 2010: Indiana University event
The Campus Ambassadors at Indiana University held a Teaching with Wikipedia workshop today. Check out the slides with audio.

18 October 2010: Citation screencast now available
Learn how to cite your sources on Wikipedia with the.

14 October 2010: Harvard students start blogging
Harvard University students are blogging about their experiences editing Wikipedia for class. See one student's post about joining Wikipedia.

13 October 2010: New screencast available
A new screencast on how to create bold text and wikilinks is now available. .

10 October 2010: First "Did You Know?"
The first "Did You Know?" feature of a Public Policy Initiative student's article appeared today on the main page. See the plug for the article Fair Sentencing Act.

7 October 2010: Princeton workshop
Princeton University is hosting a workshop on teaching with Wikipedia, with Campus Team Coordinator Annie Lin and Public Outreach Officer Pete Forsyth presenting. For more information, check out Edit: How Wikipedia Changes the Way We Debate, Govern and Teach.

1 October 2010: 10 simple rules
The Public Library of Science offers Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia.

30 September 2010: Michigan event
Professor Anne McNeil at the University of Michigan is leading a workshop today for faculty interested in integrating Wikipedia into their curriculum. See the page Editing Wikipedia as a Strategy for Student Learning for more information.

27 September 2010: New screencast on creating a sandbox available
Students in the Public Policy Initiative will be crafting their first articles in a sandbox. To help them do this, Online Facilitator Sage Ross has created a

22 September 2010: Article Feedback Tool pilot goes live
As part of the Public Policy Initiative, a new tool launched today that enables readers to rate the quality of articles based on four criteria: sourcing, completeness, neutrality, and readability. For more information on the new Article Feedback Tool, check out the Wikimedia Foundation blog post.

21 September 2010: More stories
Georgetown University released an article about Professor Rochelle Davis's two courses that are participating in the Public Policy Initiative today, including placing a photo of Dr. Davis showing Wikipedia to two of her students on the georgetown.edu home page! And the Indiana Daily Student, the student newspaper at Indiana, covered Professor Barry Rubin's course.

20 September 2010: See how one student used Wikipedia in the classroom
See the Wikimedia Foundation's blog for more information on how one undergraduate's thesis set out to prove Wikipedia has a place in higher education. Read "Wikipedia belongs in the higher education classroom."

15 September 2010: Syracuse student newspaper article
The Daily Orange, Syracuse University's student newspaper, covers the work Carol Dwyer's students are doing on Wikipedia. Read the full article.

14 September 2010: More press coverage
Check out the news release and photos from Indiana University, one of our participating schools this fall. Additionally, see a local newscast from Providence, Rhode Island, discuss the work we're doing.

13 September 2010: GW student newspaper article
The GW Hatchet, the student newspaper of George Washington University, released an article explaining how GW is participating in the Public Policy Initiative.

7 September 2010: Public Policy Initiative covered in Inside Higher Ed
The work we're doing with the Public Policy Initiative was covered extensively in an article in Inside Higher Ed, one of the top university news sites. Read the full article.

25 August 2010: Assessors Wanted!
Do you have subject matter knowledge of public policy? Are you an experienced Wikipedian? If so, we want you! Amy Roth, our Public Policy Initiative Research Analyst, is looking for people willing to analyze 8-10 articles every two months. See the Assessment page for more information and sign up on the  interest list.

19 August 2010: Courses Announced
The Public Policy Initiative is getting ready for action this fall. The Wikimedia Foundation’s new pilot program to bring Wikipedia editing into public policy classrooms at universities across the country will be debuting at Georgetown University, George Washington University, Harvard University, Indiana University, and Syracuse University... Read the whole article at the Wikimedia Foundation blog