Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Canisius College/EDU122 (Spring 2016)

Module 2 Challenge: Wikipedia is a site being used in classrooms across the world. In this module, you will become familiar with the Wikipedia process and develop a lesson plan that involves students editing a Wikipedia article in your future class.

About EDU122: This course explores the applications and implications of technology and software in education. It also emphasizes evaluation and selection of software, high and low-tech devices, distance learning, and state of the art technologies that impact teaching.

Week 1

 * Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
 * Understanding Wikipedia as a community:
 * One of the largest worldwide collaborations in history,
 * Millions of articles and hundreds of languages,
 * Wikipedia relies on volunteers, Wikipedians, to contribute and improve information,
 * Wikipedias contribute in a variety of ways:
 * adding photos,
 * adding new text and references,
 * copy editing articles, and
 * teaching students to do the same.
 * They contribute their time to:
 * carry on the work of others before them,
 * create a more open world with multiple interpretations of events,
 * help others, and
 * learn to write in another language.
 * Brochure contains information on how to navigate the editable side of Wikipedia and a step-by-step guide to contribute to articles.

Handout: [http://wikiedu.org/editingwikipedia Editing Wikipedia ]

you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
 * Complete the online training for students. During this training,

Week 2

 * Review pages 4-7 of the Evaluating Wikipedia brochure. This will give you a good, brief overview of what to look for in other articles, and what other people will look for in your own.
 * Evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the class, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's talk page.
 * A few questions to consider (don't feel limited to these):
 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?

Resources: Evaluating Wikipedia,


 * Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to your major or concentration.

Week 3
Identify an article that would benefit from illustration, create or find an appropriate photo, illustration, or audio/video, and add it to the article.


 * All media uploaded to Wikipedia must fall under a &quot;free license,&quot; which means they can be used or shared by anyone. Examples of media you can use are photos that you take yourself, images and text in the public domain, and works created by someone else who has given permission for their work to be used by others. For more information about which types of media can be uploaded to Wikipedia, see Commons:Help desk.
 * To add a media file to an article, you must first upload it to Wikimedia Commons. For instructions on how to upload files to Commons, refer to Illustrating Wikipedia. This brochure will also provide you with detailed information about which files are acceptable to upload to Wikipedia and the value of contributing media to Wikipedia articles.

It is finally time to begin thinking about the lesson plan you will design. The following training will give you an idea of what a Wikipedia Assignment could look like. Here are some specifics about this challenge to keep in mind as you interact with this training.


 * The base of each lesson plan should include students evaluating articles as a media literacy tool rather than a large writing assignment. Teaching with Wikipedia at the K-12 level is great for introducing students to issues of clear and neutral writing, accurate sourcing, and issues of media consumption and production.
 * Create directions to have them evaluate the article in some way.
 * It should be a 5-unit (5-day) lesson plan with assessment information. For example,
 * On day 1, you might have them read the article and write a summary.
 * On day 2, you might pair them with a partner and have them compare summaries. Then you might have them do further research on the subject for homework.
 * On day 3, you might have the partner groups suggest what is missing. They will work together to compose paragraphs to add in what is missing with citations.
 * On day 4, you might have partner groups swap paragraphs to peer review paragraphs and make suggestions for revision. For homework, they will make revisions and submit their paragraphs to you via a Google Form.
 * On day 5, you might work together as a class to make the changes on the article using the class Wikipedia account.
 * Individuals will be evaluated P/F for their participation in class. Partners will also have a chance to to rate their partner contribution using the [provided] form on a 1,2,3 scale for no work/little work/and extra work. P/F and partner grades will be averaged together for a complete score.
 * Here are some helpful resources that you may wish to include or refer to.
 * Assignment and assessment ideas.(You do not need to copy or use all or any of what is included here. This is just a good resource for ideas.)

Week 4

 * 1) In your M2 Assessments folder in your Module 2 folder in your EDU122 folder, create a Doc and name it ‘M2 Challenge’.
 * 2) Develop your lesson plan. (You may use any lesson plan template. Do you need a lesson plan template, look here.) Your lesson plan language should be directed towards you or another teacher. The base of your lesson plan should include students evaluating an article as a media literacy tool rather than a large writing assignment. Teaching with Wikipedia at the K-12 level is great for introducing students to issues of clear and neutral writing, accurate sourcing, and issues of media consumption and production.
 * 3) * Select a Wikipedia article appropriate to your subject area for students to evaluate.
 * 4) * Create a 5-unit lesson plan with built-in assessment information to have students evaluate the article.
 * 5) ** What is the lesson goal(s)?
 * 6) ** What are the objectives for each unit/day?
 * 7) ** How will you introduce the topic to them?
 * 8) ** What materials will students need?
 * 9) ** What will you do to close or review the lesson?
 * 10) * It should be a 5-unit (5-day) lesson plan with assessment information. For example,
 * 11) ** For homework, you might have students take the WikiEDU ‘Wikipedia Essentials’ and ‘Evaluating Articles and Sources’ training
 * 12) ** On day 1, you might have them read the article and write a summary.
 * 13) ** On day 2, you might pair them with a partner and have them compare summaries. Then you might have them do further research on the subject for homework.
 * 14) ** On day 3, you might have the partner groups suggest what is missing. They will work together to compose paragraphs to add in what is missing with citations.
 * 15) ** On day 4, you might have partner groups swap paragraphs to peer review paragraphs and make suggestions for revision. For homework, they will make revisions and submit their paragraphs to you via a Google Form.
 * 16) ** On day 5, you might work together as a class to make the changes on the article using the class Wikipedia account.
 * 17) ** Student will be evaluated P/F for their participation in class. Partners will also have a chance to to rate their partner contribution using the [provided] form on a 1,2,3 scale for no work/little work/and extra work. P/F and partner grades will be averaged together for a complete score.
 * 18) * Here are some helpful resources that you may wish to include or refer to.
 * 19) * Assignment and assessment ideas.(You do not need to copy or use all or any of what is included here. This is just a good resource for ideas.)