Hello, Everyone:
During the first part of Thursday's class, we will discuss the Wikipedia Project Assignment so that you can understand the timing and logistics of its various parts, since it will occupy much of our semester after the Public Argument project is complete. We will also conduct some brief exploration together of Wikipedia's <"Five Pillars"> page, introduce ourselves to the <"Sandbox">, and discuss what it means to write for and within a networked culture. Finally, we will share what you have come up with in terms of article pitches and briefly recap your results from <Short Assignment #4>. It will be another busy day!
As a reminder, during the second part of the class, we will be talking via Skype with <Dr. Adrianne Wadewitz>, long-time Wikipedia editor, and official <Wikipedia Ambassador>. Dr. Wadewitz will share some of her experiences writing, editing, and teaching Wikipedia, and she may provide us some insight into what Wikipedia writers/editors do, who they are, and how they negotiate some unique challenges in building and maintaining such a large, crowd-sourced research tool. She brings much insight to this work, so please bring your questions for her, as she will be the best person to answer them.
Folks, this assignment -- and the entire last unit of our course -- offers you a unique opportunity to apply and demonstrate what you know (or want to learn) about writing and editing in a collaborative, knowledge-making, online composing environment. I hope you will take the fullest advantage of it and am excited to get started on it with you!
Looking forward,
-Prof. Graban
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