Wikipedia education program

Wikipedia Education Program

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In The Classroom1. What is Wikipedia?2. How does it fit into a lesson plan?3. Getting comfortable with code4. Grading Wikipedia articles5. Finding help

What is Wikipedia?

What is Wikipedia?● A tertiary source● A great place to start your research● A valuable list of reference materials● A scholarly community● A lively forum - see Obama Care

How does it fit into a lesson plan?

● Wikipedia is a great replacement for writing assignments

● This is not a typical research paper● This is not persuasive writing● You must cite your sources, and they

need to be good

Getting comfortable with code

● Help is available● Look at other articles for examples● Try it, you can’t break it

Grading Wikipedia articles

● Don’t rely on published articles● Focus on student sandboxes● Extra points for participation with the

Wikipedia community● Great articles should seek ‘Did You

Know?’ status

Finding help

● Campus Ambassadors (any volunteers?)● Online Ambassadors● Regional Ambassadors (that’s me)

○ me@FrankCJones.com - User:Frankcjones● Program Manager

○ Jami Mathewson○ jami@wikiedfoundation.org - User:Jami_

(Wiki_Ed)