Day Nine Class Notes

Reflecting on the Wikipedia Feature Article Analysis (15)

What went well? What's still a challenge?


Wikipedia Article Assignment(15)

Review Assignment Definition
Open the wiki in a new tab or window
Ask one question in the comment section below the assignment.

Discuss grading rubric.: we've never done this assignment before - do you have any suggestions about what the grading rubric should include? How much attempted change to an article do you think would be reasonable? How should we judge that change? Quantity? Quality? Which criteria?

Find another potential Wikipedia article (10)

Wikipedia Article Fair (50)
-work from the instructor's work station
-name the article
-what interests you about the article?
-what is wrong/incomplete about the article?

Looking ahead to the final 20 minutes today - decisions about the article

Wikipedia resources (10)

What else have you found within Wikipedia that is useful?
Please add your resources to the Wikipedia Resources page on the course wiki

Evaluating Sources
Evaluating Sources: Four Criteria - OWL @ Purdue
Activity - find an external source (external to Wikipedia) that you think would be a good one to link to your Wikipedia article (from the WFAA or a new article).
Take notes of this (include all pertinent publishing information - MLA Works Cited entry) resource, and write (handwritten or computer generated) a short evaluation of the source. We will use this information in class on Wednesday.

Final 20 minutes - Making Article Decisions
which article?
individually or collaboratively?
next steps on the new article wiki