Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/UC Berkeley/Global Poverty and Practice (Fall 2018)

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Course name
Global Poverty and Practice
Institution
UC Berkeley
Instructor
Clare Talwalker
Wikipedia Expert
Elysia (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Background, Ethics and Methods of Alleviating Global Poverty
Course dates
2018-08-23 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-01-25 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
20


This assignment prepares students for the required “practice experience” (PE) of the Global Poverty and Practice (GPP) Minor at UC Berkeley. Each student will work on at least two Wikipedia articles – one focused on an aspect of the history/sociology of their PE site (eg. a country such as the U.S., Chile, Kenya, Malaysia ... or it could be a city or region such as Lima, Peru or the San Francisco Bay Area); and the second focused on an aspect of key debates/approaches present in their PE sector (eg. water sanitation, community health, microfinance, worker-cooperatives, collective action, food justice, affordable housing).

Over time, the GPP program anticipates that current cohorts of GPP 105 students will return to past 105WikiR-edited articles and so learn from and build upon the work of preceding cohorts while all the time bringing thoughtful analysis and information on global poverty and inequality to Wikipedia.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Sigyn22
Shaira2
Laurahuynh17 Asian Americans, Peer Mentoring
Joshsminer Poverty in China, Sustainable agriculture
Jacquelinedang Literacy in the United States, Youth mentoring
Sumomox4nouchi Oakland International High School, West Oakland, Oakland, California
Jglocastillo Affordable Housing Affordable Housing
Madeleinemoyer Mentorship, Berkeley High School (California) Poverty in China, Sustainable agriculture, Ban the Box, Apprenticeship
Mizmind
Hako97 Ban the Box, Apprenticeship
Mnguyenn96 Gentrification of San Francisco, Social determinants of health in poverty
Houseofgirls Orphanage, Education in Pakistan Oakland International High School, West Oakland, Oakland, California
Ami Ambu
Smartin gpp Refugee health in the United States
Uargueta Social programs in the United States, Healthcare reform in the United States
Baskoro.alexander
Gabbyblandino Health literacy

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Thursday, 30 August 2018
In class - Introduction to 105WikiR

Welcome to 105WikiR's 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 105WikiR 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 3

Course meetings
Thursday, 6 September 2018
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Assignment - First selection of two articles

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 4

Course meetings
Thursday, 13 September 2018
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics

Week 5

Course meetings
Thursday, 20 September 2018
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Assignment - Exercise

Copyedit an article

Week 6

Course meetings
Thursday, 27 September 2018

Week 7

Course meetings
Thursday, 4 October 2018

Week 8

Course meetings
Thursday, 11 October 2018
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9


Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 9

Course meetings
Thursday, 18 October 2018

Week 10

Course meetings
Thursday, 25 October 2018

Week 11

Course meetings
Thursday, 1 November 2018
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Week 12

Course meetings
Thursday, 8 November 2018
Assignment - Respond to your peer review

You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.

Resources:

  • Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
  • Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Week 13

Course meetings
Thursday, 15 November 2018
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 14

Course meetings
Thursday, 22 November 2018
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 15

Course meetings
Thursday, 29 November 2018

Week 16

Course meetings
Thursday, 6 December 2018
Assignment - Polish your work

Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Week 17

Course meetings
Thursday, 13 December 2018
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!


Assignment - 105WikiR analytical paper+annotated bibliography

Write a paper going beyond your Wikipedia article to advance your own ideas and arguments about your topic, drawing on the secondary research you have done this semester.

Milestones

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