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Course name
Content Area Literacy
Institution
UIS
Instructor
Jennifer Martin
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Literacy
Course dates
2020-01-13 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-05-08 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
20


TEP 419 is an introduction to literacy and study strategies for use in all content areas. A forty-hour field experience is provided at a clinical site selected by the Department. Prerequisite: Full admission to the Teacher Education Program and successful completion of all introductory courses

Student Assigned Reviewing
Toribaragiola
Koriraeann1
Marpodeschi Alliterative Morte Arthure, Curious george

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 13 January 2020
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:


Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 20 January 2020
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 27 January 2020
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 3 February 2020
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

Books

Films

History

LGBT+ Studies

Sociology

Women's Studies

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 10 February 2020
Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 17 February 2020
Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to your article

Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 24 February 2020
Assignment - Final article

It's the final week to develop your article.

  • Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
  • Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!
Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.