Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/American University/Gender, Politics, and Power (Spring 2021)

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Course name
Gender, Politics, and Power
Institution
American University
Instructor
Theodora Danylevich
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Women's Studies
Course dates
2021-01-22 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-04-26 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
29


Students will gain proficiency in concepts central to women's, gender, and sexuality studies while also engaging with scholarly conversations and cultural texts that explore interrelations of gender, politics, and power. With the Wiki Edu project, students will engage in work that helps to advance the cause of equitable representation by developing profile pages for red-linked women, or "Women in Red".

Student Assigned Reviewing
Raquellegher Maria Teresa Silveira de Barros Camargo Loizza Aquino, Cheryl Marie Wade
Chloe McKeown Mary E. Peabody Cheryl Marie Wade, Bessie Brown Mention
Eb5406a Helen L. Smits Masooma Ranalvi, Mary E. Peabody
Taylormapstone Mairin Johnston, Máirín Johnston Helen L. Smits, Millie Lawson Bethell Paxton
Promisepitman Cheryl Marie Wade Mirabal sisters, Mairin Johnston
Calenjanesky Bessie Brown Mention Antonia Tarrago, Maria Teresa Silveira de Barros Camargo
Hayes.maddy Mary E. Peabody Mirabal sisters, Mairin Johnston
Julsy2002 Loizza Aquino Cheryl Marie Wade, Bessie Brown Mention
KhushiRamnani Masooma Ranalvi Loizza Aquino, Helen L. Smits
Cassierodrique Masooma Ranalvi Mary E. Peabody, Millie Lawson Bethell Paxton
Anjelyaragon Maria Teresa Silveira de Barros Camargo Masooma Ranalvi, Mirabal sisters
Maxygangadharan Cheryl Marie Wade Mairin Johnston, Antonia Tarrago
Andreamendozaa Antonia Tarrago Maria Teresa Silveira de Barros Camargo, Mirabal sisters
Jada.barrett Helen L. Smits Maria Teresa Silveira de Barros Camargo, Mary E. Peabody
Sophiamrod Mirabal sisters, Minerva Mirabal Reyes Cheryl Marie Wade, Bessie Brown Mention
Nicolecmerhi Mirabal Sisters, Minerva Mirabal Reyes Masooma Ranalvi, Helen L. Smits
Lps2021 Loizza Aquino Mary E. Peabody, Millie Lawson Bethell Paxton
Danifuchs Bessie Brown Mention Mirabal sisters, Mairin Johnston
Empro23 Cheryl Marie Wade Antonia Tarrago, Maria Teresa Silveira de Barros Camargo
Belleevans Mary E. Peabody Mirabal sisters, Bessie Brown Mention
Anypaver124 Mirabal sisters, Minerva Mirabal Reyes Loizza Aquino, Cheryl Marie Wade
Samanthadownes Mairin Johnston, Máirín Johnston Bessie Brown Mention, Masooma Ranalvi
Jt5826a Mairin Johnston Helen L. Smits, Mary E. Peabody
Malgathuru Millie Lawson Bethell Paxton Mirabal sisters, Mairin Johnston
Isabellahinds Helen L. Smits Millie Lawson Bethell Paxton, Antonia Tarrago
Lif704 Millie Lawson Bethell Paxton Maria Teresa Silveira de Barros Camargo, Mirabal sisters
Alexflores1 Antonia Tarrago Loizza Aquino, Mirabal sisters

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 25 January 2021   |   Thursday, 28 January 2021
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:

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 1 February 2021   |   Thursday, 4 February 2021
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.

Assignment - Wikipedia assignment blog

EDIT -- Wiki Edu has this set up as a blog exercise (weekly) - that's not how we'll do this, but we'll engage these questions in class and Canvas discussions throughout the semester ~Prof. D.~

 

Begin a blog about your experiences. You can use discussion questions to frame your entries, or reflect on the research and writing process. Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 8 February 2021   |   Thursday, 11 February 2021
In class - Discussion
Assignment - Begin to Browse Possibilities (You'll choose in groups, a little later)

Post to another discussion board on Canvas a general direction in terms of where your interests lie in terms of this project and I'll aim to group folks according to intersecting interests!!

OUR SOURCES TO CHOOSE FROM:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Feminists

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Activists

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Missing_articles_by_occupation/African-American_suffragists

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Missing_articles_by_occupation/Suffragists

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 15 February 2021   |   Thursday, 18 February 2021
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Wendi Warren Binford (example) (Links to an external site.)
Pauline Redmond Coggs (example) (Links to an external site.)
Edmonia Highgate (example) (Links to an external site.)
Andrea Ivory (example)

 I recommend that you use our sample articles above. You may also use any other blue-linked woman you come across on the crowd sourced lists I provide below.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Feminists (Links to an external site.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Activists (Links to an external site.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Missing_articles_by_occupation/African-American_suffragists (Links to an external site.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Missing_articles_by_occupation/Suffragists (Links to an external site.)

So the first slide of the evaluation exercise assignment is not necessary for us since we have preselected options for you to evaluate. Please let me know if you run into any issues with this exercise.

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 22 February 2021   |   Thursday, 25 February 2021
In class - Groups will be created!

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 1 March 2021   |   Thursday, 4 March 2021
In class - Library Info Session

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 8 March 2021   |   Thursday, 11 March 2021
Assignment - Write Up your research! (also keep track of "network" links)

Keeping in mind some of the pointers about paraphrasing and avoiding plagiarism, everyone should write up a few of their sources in the group googledoc. So, you'll be writing in your own words key information that you are getting from your source/s about your person. '''GOAL: At least TWO sentences for each individual student, put into the googledocThis can be completed by the end of the weekend, to keep us out of doing work during wellness week!!

As well --- begin to compile a list of "related" wikipedia articles from which your person could be linked TO once the page exists. These establish your person's network, and will be key in driving readership to your pages.


In class - Discussion
Assignment - Add to an article

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 15 March 2021   |   Thursday, 18 March 2021
In class - WELLNESS WEEK

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 22 March 2021   |   Thursday, 25 March 2021
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Choose whose sandbox your group will be using and post the info at the top of the shared googledoc so that I know where to be looking. You can also use the googledoc as a preliminary planning space regarding who will take care of what and which parts of the profile you'll work on.

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.


In class - Discussion

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 29 March 2021   |   Thursday, 1 April 2021
In class - CONFERENCES with Prof D on Thursday 3/25 and Monday 3/29

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 5 April 2021   |   Thursday, 8 April 2021
Assignment - DRAFTS FINISHED IN SANDBOXES

By midnight on Friday please have your drafts ready for peer review in the sandboxes.

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 12 April 2021   |   Thursday, 15 April 2021
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding frameworkPeer reviews will be assigned on Friday. UPDATE -- By 9am on Wednesday please have your peer reviews completed. Office Hours will also be available Wednesday!

Milestones

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


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.

Make any suggested changes, follow up with me in office hours if you have questions!

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 19 April 2021   |   Thursday, 22 April 2021
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.


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
Monday, 26 April 2021
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 - 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 - In-class presentation

Week 15

Milestones

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


Assignment - Reflective essay