Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Louisiana State University/EDCI 4382 Critical Issues in Early Childhood Education (Fall 2018)

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Course name
EDCI 4382 Critical Issues in Early Childhood Education
Institution
Louisiana State University
Instructor
Jennifer Baumgartner
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Early Childhood Education
Course dates
2018-08-20 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-07 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
26


The course reviews historical and contemporary perspectives in early childhood education and current critical issues.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Autumns310 Sight word
Mmich12 Classroom Pets
Klamb25 Direct instruction
Hayoathout Recess (break) Co-construction, Classroom
MadisonLiggio Deschooling Classroom Pets, Sight Words
Acraft2 Recess (break)
LaurenImmel Developmentally appropriate practice
Eculotta Discovery (observation)
Erobillard24 Early Childhood Education Act
KassMueller Developmentally Appropriate Practice
JessnHolman Classroom
Mlamki1 Worksheet Co-construction (learning)
Kbryso1 Co-construction (learning)
Emilychingle Deschooling
Streme2 Early Childhood Education Act, Sight word
Flowersk2411 Direct Instruction
Gabriellebrunet Developmentally appropriate practice
Taylor Hays Classroom
Hanheb25 Co-construction (learning)
Jknig38 Classroom Pets Deschooling
Adufrechou Co-construction (learning)
LauraKSimmons Discovery (observation)
Churtado3 Sight word
Gglapion Recess (break) Classroom, Co-construction (learning), Recess (School)
Edelau3 Developmentally Appropriate Practice
Mtorregrossa Worksheet Co-construction (learning)
Rdumestre Co-construction (learning)

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Friday, 24 August 2018   |   Tuesday, 21 August 2018   |   Wednesday, 22 August 2018   |   Thursday, 23 August 2018
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.

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 2

Course meetings
Friday, 31 August 2018
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 3

Course meetings
Friday, 7 September 2018
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 4

Course meetings
Friday, 14 September 2018
In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Week 5

Course meetings
Friday, 21 September 2018
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

Milestones

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

Week 6

Course meetings
Friday, 26 October 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 7

Course meetings
Friday, 2 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 8

Course meetings
Friday, 9 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 9

Course meetings
Friday, 16 November 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 10

Course meetings
Friday, 23 November 2018
Milestones

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

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 - Reflective essay

Guiding questions

Week 11

Course meetings
Friday, 30 November 2018