There are two main happenings on Thursday:
Reading and Blogging for Case Study #3 ("Ethics and Fallibility")
We're following the syllabus, so there are no surprises here. This week's case study will be based on our critical readings by Gates, Hood, and Zittrain. I think you'll enjoy them. Remember that several of you are on the <blogging schedule> to initiate posts, while the rest of you are on the schedule to respond. It's late in the game this semester, and I have given you lots of attentive feedback on your blogging, so please impress me (and each other).
Group Outline for Wikipedia Article (due by 2:00 p.m. on 10/30 in our Wikipedia space)
Before Thursday's class, you will need to be in touch with all members of Wikipedia working team and start generating the following in our Google Drive workspace :
- A potential outline for our shared topic ("Public Sphere Writing"). If it were up to your group, what structure would our article follow? Please be as detailed as you would like, outlining not only a possible top structure for the article, but possible subtopics as well. If you are uncertain of how detailed the organization can be, please review Wikipedia pages on similar or related topics, as well as the project pages from <SA #4>. (See also Wikipedia project pages on <Article Development>, <Article Creation>, and <Featured Articles>.) You'll notice that every Wikipedia page has to contain certain elements.
- A brief reading list or list of sources that represent not only what you have read and what you think will feasibly contribute to our topic, but also sources you may have come across from other classes, from the bibliographies of what we have already read, or new sources you have discovered on your own. This means start gathering relevant sources from “Critical Texts,” “For Further Reading,” and “Case Studies & Genres” (if relevant).
Immediately after Thursday's class, I will compile all outlines and bibliographies into one, and then I will send out the next set of instructions to all Wikipedia teams to complete before class next Tuesday (11/4).
This is part of your process work for the Wikipedia project, and the onus is on all of us to do it well. All phases of the project should involve source gathering and exploration, so that we make the best writing and editing decisions. Work hard, but have fun with it! The more efficiently you work together, the better able I am to work with your team.
Looking forward to it,
-Prof. Graban
