Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Cal State San Marcos/Sociology of Education (Fall)

Student	Assigned	Reviewing
Sanch277
Sesanchez1	Universal access to education
JThomp	Teaching to the test
Sando069
Jazminga55	Education and the LGBT community
Elchavez	Childhood gender nonconformity
Reyno071	Charter school
Artis001	Desegregation of the Baltimore City Public Schools
Fraus001
Ranki009	Education and the LGBT community
Spikehawkin	Homophobia in ethnic minority communities
Yoshi011	LGBT Student Center
Espar025
Ramir259
Ortiz105
GVelasco1	Joe Louis Clark
Aalcaide		Educational technology
Nakishasivers
Galva024
Lopez367	African American Teachers
AngelicaClark
Eunice36
Bcox068	Affordable housing	Affordable housing
Zamar001	Elementary school (United States)
Juanjoshuaalva
Rosabautista	Teacher retention
MsDoroteo01	Precious Knowledge	Precious Knowledge
Lejimbo		Violencia escolar

Timeline

Course meetings

Friday, 4 November 2016

Overview of the course
Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.

Basics of editing
Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good and bad articles
Collaborating and engaging with the Wiki editing community
Tips on finding the best articles to work on for class assignments

Create an account and join this course page.
Complete the introductory training modules. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
Create a User page.
To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself to another student on their user talk page.
Explore topics related to your topic area to get a feel for how Wikipedia is organized. What areas seem to be missing? As you explore, make a mental note of articles that seem like good candidates for improvement.

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

Be prepared to discuss some of your observations about Wikipedia articles in your topic area that are missing or could use improvement.

Course meetings

Friday, 18 November 2016

Be prepared to explain close paraphrasing, plagiarism, and copyright violations on Wikipedia.

Supplementary training: [[../../../training/students/sources|Sources and Citations]]

Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.

Research and list 3–5 articles on your Wikipedia user page that you will consider working on as your main project. Look at the talk page for existing topics for a sense of who else is working on it and what they're doing. Describe your choices to your instructor for feedback.

Discuss the topics students will be working on, and determine strategies for researching and writing about them.

Supplementary training: [[../../../training/students/sandboxes|Sandboxes and Mainspace]]

Select an article to work on, removing the rest from your user page. Add your topic on the course page.
Compile a bibliography of relevant, reliable sources and post it to the talk page of the article you are working on. Begin reading the sources. Make sure to check in on the talk page (or watchlist) to see if anyone has advice on your bibliography.

Course meetings

Friday, 2 December 2016

Talk about Wikipedia culture and etiquette, and (optionally) revisit the concept of sandboxes and how to use them.
Q&A session with instructor about interacting on Wikipedia and getting started with writing.

If you are starting a new article, write an outline of the topic in the form of a standard Wikipedia lead section of 3–4 paragraphs in your sandbox. Wikipedia articles use "summary style", in which the lead section provides a balanced summary of the entire body of the article, with the first sentence serving to define the topic and place it in context. The lead section should summarize, very briefly, each of the main aspects of the topic that will be covered in detail in the rest of the article. If you are improving an existing article, draft a new lead section reflecting your proposed changes, and post this along with a brief description of your plans on the article’s talk page. Make sure to check that page often to gather any feedback the community might provide.
Begin working with classmates and other editors to polish your lead section and fix any major issues.
Continue research in preparation for writing the body of the article.

All students have started editing articles or drafts on Wikipedia.

We'll discuss moving your article out of your sandboxes and into Wikipedia's main space.
A general reminder: Don't panic if your contribution disappears, and don't try to force it back in.
- Check to see if there is an explanation of the edit on the article's talk page. If not, (politely) ask why it was removed.
- Contact your instructor or Wikipedia Content Expert and let them know.

Move your sandbox articles into main space.
- If you are expanding an existing article, copy your edit into the article. If you are making many small edits, save after each edit before you make the next one. Do NOT paste over the entire existing article, or large sections of the existing article.
- If you are creating a new article, do NOT copy and paste your text, or there will be no record of your work history. Follow the instructions in the "Moving out of your sandbox" handout.
Begin expanding your article into a comprehensive treatment of the topic.