Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/Tufts University/Home Life? (Spring 2014)/Course description

Timeline

 * March 10th: Stage 1
 * Choose a page to edit. You will work on this page for the rest of the semester. Insert 4 new references and citations to support existing or new statements on the page. Attach 250 word statement which clarifies why you chose the page and explains the reasons behind your edits. Also include a brief description of the sources that you referenced (3 to 4 lines per source).


 * Valuable Advice can be found here: Your first article


 * Stage 1 will be graded on:
 * Your criteria for choosing a page to edit.
 * The effectiveness of your editing plan, which needs to be based on a convincing analysis of the current page.
 * How pertinent your references to sources are.
 * Your discussion of the references, which is supposed to show that the titles are related to the page and will help you add relevant information.


 * April 7th: Stage 2
 * Include at least 15 additional edits, which may include restructuring the page, if necessary, inserting images (check copyrights beforehand), tables, boxes, and adding new text (minimum 900 words). For Silvia’s reference, copy your text in a word document and send it to Silvia separately. Respond to the feedback received by Silvia and other Wikipedians.


 * Stage 2 will be graded on:
 * Vision for the entry content: did you chose to improve aspects that actually needed improvement?
 * Your organization of the entry and the content: Did you reorganize the material or are there things in one section that belong elsewhere? Are there things missing?
 * Your research in thinking-beyond-Google to find relevant and diverse sources.
 * Your writing of a well-supported: Neutral point of view? Sources/footnotes?
 * Mechanics: Paragraphs well-constructed? Grammatically correct?


 * April 30th: Stage 3
 * Review feedback received from the Wikipedia Community, as well as from Silvia, on the edits you already made. Make changes accordingly. Include 10 additional edits, minimum 600 words.


 * Attach one page reflection paper, which summarizes the outcomes of the Wikipedia assignment, discussing your overall choices as well as your response to other writer’s feedback.


 * Stage 3 will be graded on:
 * Vision for the entry content: Did you choose to improve a page that needed to be edited?
 * Your organization of the entry and the content: Did you reorganize the material or are there things in one section that belong elsewhere? Are there things missing?
 * Your research in thinking-beyond-Google to find relevant and diverse sources.
 * Your writing of a well-supported entry: Neutral point of view? Sources/footnotes?
 * Mechanics: Paragraphs well-constructed? Grammatically correct?
 * Response to feedback. How you address the comments you were given by me and others.

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