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Course name
Writing 2
Institution
Baruch College, CUNY
Instructor
Zach Muhlbauer
Wikipedia Expert
Brianda (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Digital Futures
Course dates
2022-12-28 00:00:00 UTC – 2023-05-22 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
20


In this course, the second semester required writing course at Baruch, you will develop your ability to read, write, and think critically. One of the most important abilities you’ll develop over the course of your studies (and hopefully throughout your life) is the ability to discern how the way we think is shaped by language and other semiotic codes such as sound and images. This course will ask that you think critically about the arguments of others and in turn develop and communicate your own ideas and arguments.

For the theme of this course, we will focus our attention on the established and emergent technologies that mediate communication at a distance, inflecting the ways in which we create meaning and share knowledge in the age of social distancing. We will therefore read, write, and think about the evolving discourse of new media technology by reflecting on our personal experiences with social media and networked communication. If indeed language makes worlds, then we’ll consider how digital mediums work to mold those worlds and give them shape, often in ways that are not obvious to our familiar eyes. Inundated by information and preciously dependent on new media technology to navigate our days, we will also address the possible futures currently at stake among the digital universe. In doing so, we will engage with a variety of discursive genres ranging from essay, poetry, and fiction to film, audio, and meme.

Such inquiry will lead us to ask difficult questions about the relationship of contemporary technology to the construction of the social self, prefiguring an array of discourse communities in which we find belonging and relationality on a daily basis. These conversations will ultimately converge on what it means to compose and communicate our thoughts through new media formats, and how in turn we can assume more control over our lives as digital citizens of the world.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Not Kebin Air Jordan
Goldencove Interest rate
Sashapowell Cellphone surveillance
Jasmin1026 Food prices, Corporate surveillance
Growing.beans Water conflict, Digital identity
.octopat1 German Shepherd, Digital identity
Karisse21 Workplace privacy
ThatGhai Corporate surveillance
Jason.H29 Air Jordan
Tonyyu42
Chjenjennifer Digital identity
Jhuang12 Learning-by-doing
Jabinahmed.23 Learning-by-doing
CaptainUnderPantsIsCool Learning-by-doing
Patrycjaagg Air Jordan
Ksingh03 Digital identity
Annie0311 Learning-by-doing
Maxine206 Air Jordan
MikayelHun04 Arctic fox, Learning-by-doing

Timeline

Week 14

Course meetings
Wednesday, 29 March 2023
In class - ~Welcome to Wikiverse~

Welcome everyone to the course timeline for the collaborative Wikipedia Project. This page guides your group through the steps needed to collaboratively draft, revise, and publish your own original Wikipedia article. 

But first: the basics. Enclosed with every week you'll find a series of training modules for first-time Wikipedia editors. Give each of them your best shot, and I trust your group will be churning out dozens of edits in no time at all.

FYI, our course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. They're here to offer guidance and support us through this process, so feel free to reach out to them if you have any questions or concerns about the Wikipedia experience

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Assignment - Investigating 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.)

Week 15

Course meetings
Monday, 3 April 2023   |   Wednesday, 5 April 2023
Assignment - Editing Wikipedia
Assignment - Strengthening Wikipedia

Week 16

Course meetings
Monday, 10 April 2023   |   Wednesday, 12 April 2023
In class - Proposals + Sandboxes
Assignment - Collaborative Writing

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Week 17

Course meetings
Monday, 24 April 2023   |   Wednesday, 26 April 2023
In class - Due
Blog Post

Wiki Reflective Log: Prompt #3

Week 18

Course meetings
Monday, 1 May 2023   |   Wednesday, 3 May 2023
In class - Peer Review
Milestones

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

Assignment - Continue improving 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 19

Course meetings
Monday, 8 May 2023   |   Wednesday, 10 May 2023
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.
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!

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 20

Course meetings
Monday, 15 May 2023   |   Wednesday, 17 May 2023
Assignment - Reflective essay
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.