Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Baruch College, CUNY/Writing 2 (Spring 2022)

In this course, the second semester required writing course at Baruch, you will develop your ability to read, write, and think critically. One of the most important abilities you’ll develop over the course of your studies (and hopefully throughout your life) is the ability to discern how the way we think is shaped by language and other semiotic codes such as sound and images. This course will ask that you think critically about the arguments of others and in turn develop and communicate your own ideas and arguments.

For the theme of this course, we will focus our attention on the established and emergent technologies that mediate communication at a distance, inflecting the ways in which we create meaning and share knowledge in the age of social distancing. We will therefore read, write, and think about the evolving discourse of new media technology by reflecting on our personal experiences with social media and networked communication. If indeed language makes worlds, then we’ll consider how digital mediums work to mold those worlds and give them shape, often in ways that are not obvious to our familiar eyes. Inundated by information and preciously dependent on new media technology to navigate our days, we will also address the possible futures currently at stake among the digital universe. In doing so, we will engage with a variety of discursive genres ranging from essay, poetry, and fiction to film, audio, and meme.

Such inquiry will lead us to ask difficult questions about the relationship of contemporary technology to the construction of the social self, prefiguring an array of discourse communities in which we find belonging and relationality on a daily basis. These conversations will ultimately converge on what it means to compose and communicate our thoughts through new media formats, and how in turn we can assume more control over our lives as digital citizens of the world.

Week 14
Welcome everyone to the course timeline for the collaborative Wikipedia Project. This page guides your group through the steps needed to collaboratively draft, revise, and publish your own original Wikipedia article.

But first: the basics. Enclosed with every week you'll find a series of training modules for first-time Wikipedia editors. Give each of them your best shot, and I trust your group will be churning out dozens of edits in no time at all.

FYI, our course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. They're here to offer guidance and support us through this process, so feel free to reach out to them if you have any questions or concerns about the Wikipedia experience

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

Week 16
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Week 17
Wiki Reflective Log: Prompt #3

Week 18
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Week 19
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.

Resources:


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
 * Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the &quot;mainspace.&quot;

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 20
It's the final week to develop your article.


 * Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
 * Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.