Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/University of California, Berkeley/(SGP) Berkeley Water Group Idea Lab (Spring 2015)/Timeline

Pre Work

 * To be completed before Feb 23rd
 * Create an account and then complete the online training for students. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
 * Create a User page, and and click the "enroll" button on the top left of this course page.
 * Join course page!
 * Research and list 3–5 articles on your Wikipedia user page that you will consider working on as your main project. Ask Samantha for comment.


 * Milestone:
 * All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.

Initial Workshop

 * February 23rd, 600pm
 * Overview of the pilot program
 * Introduction to editing with Wikipedia
 * Basics of editing
 * Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good and bad articles
 * Tips on finding the best articles to work on for personal projects
 * Discuss the range of topics students will be working on and strategies for researching and writing about them.
 * Talk about Wikipedia culture and etiquette, and the concept of sandboxes and how to use them.
 * Open discussion of the concepts of neutrality, media literacy, and the impact and limits of Wikipedia.
 * Q&A session with Samantha and/or Wikipedia Ambassadors about interacting on Wikipedia and getting started with writing.
 * Demo making an edit & uploading images and adding images to articles.
 * Share experiences and discuss problems.
 * Handouts: “Uploading images” and “Evaluating Wikipedia article quality”
 * Handouts: Choosing an article
 * Handouts: Citing sources on Wikipedia and Avoiding plagiarism on Wikipedia

Tips for personal Wikipedia projects

 * To prepare
 * Critically evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the club, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's talk page.
 * Article selection
 * Add your article to the class’s course page.
 * Reach out to Samantha for questions.
 * Start small!
 * Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia topic of your choosing.
 * If you are starting a new article, write a 3–4 paragraph summary version of your article—with citations—in your Wikipedia sandbox.
 * If you are improving an existing article, write a summary version reflecting the content the article will have after it's been improved, and post this along with a brief description of your plans on the article’s talk page.
 * Sandboxes
 * Handout: Moving out of your sandbox
 * Sources
 * Compile a bibliography of relevant research and post it to the talk page of the article you are working on to help keep track.
 * Look for news clipping, journal articles, and more.
 * Help eachother
 * Begin working with classmates and other editors to polish your short starter article and fix any major issues.
 * Select two articles that you will peer review and copy-edit.
 * Select two articles that you will peer review and copy-edit.

Fieldtrip
Wiki Ed will host a field trip for interested BWGIL students. The field trip provides a set editing goal of improving the Wikipedia page for the field trip location & subject. On the trip we will take photos, gather resources, and have fun! learning about a topic we're passionate about. We may prepare for the field trip by finding resources such as newspaper clippings and journal articles about the subject or location of the field trip that we can contribute to the article page. As a group, we can debrief after the field trip about what information we think should be included in the Wikipedia page and practice our editing skills by contributing that information.
 * date TBD
 * Possible field trip locations
 * SF Water Treatment Plants
 * Crystal Springs Reservoir

Follow up workshop, field trip debrief

 * date TBD
 * Formally discuss the field trip and what edits we think should be made to a Wikipedia page on the subject.
 * Add final touches to your Wikipedia article.
 * Answer any editing questions for personal projects.


 * Milestone
 * All students have started editing articles or drafts on Wikipedia.

Terms end
You made it!


 * Milestone
 * Students have gained professional development in their field, as well as media literacy, editing, proofreading & research skills!

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