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Course name
Global Poverty and Practice
Institution
UC Berkeley
Instructor
Clare Talwalker
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Course dates
2020-08-26 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-01-23 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
20


This is an assignment for a core course of the Global Poverty and Practice (GPP) Minor at UC Berkeley -- the course during which students prepare for their "practice experience" (PE). Each student will contribute to at least two Wikipedia articles – one focused on an aspect of the history/sociology of their PE site (eg. a country such as the U.S., Chile, Kenya, Malaysia ... or a city or region such as Lima, Peru or the San Francisco Bay Area); and the second focused on an aspect of key debates/approaches present in their PE sector (eg. water sanitation, community health, microfinance, worker-cooperatives, collective action, food justice, affordable housing).

Students enrolled in this course have been bringing material on global poverty and inequality to Wikipedia for five consecutive semesters (since Fall 2017) -- this will be the seventh.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Savannahmaria
Sam kwok berkeley
Isabelleosorio Commercial sexual exploitation of children, Human trafficking in California Homelessness among LGBT youth in the United States, Homelessness and mental health, People's Park (Berkeley), Outreach
Tasfiaxnawal Humanitarian aid, Telehealth Homelessness among LGBT youth in the United States, Human trafficking in California, Commercial sexual exploitation of children, Homelessness and mental health
Abains1721 Homelessness among LGBT youth in the United States, Homelessness and mental health Hunger in the United States, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Healthcare in Costa Rica, Humanitarian aid
Purebecca
Seanapplegate Educational Inequality in the United States, Online Tutoring Community food security, Hunger in the United States, Rent control in the United States, Rent regulation
Michelleho1100 Hunger in the United States, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Educational Inequality in the United States, Online Tutoring, Rent control in the United States, Rent regulation
Asantizov
AustinePeng Outreach, Suitcase Clinic, People's Park (Berkeley) Online Tutoring, Educational Inequality in the United States, Healthcare in Costa Rica, Humanitarian aid
Yessel Garcia Rent regulation, Rent control in the United States Commercial sexual exploitation of children, Human trafficking in California, Humanitarian aid, Telehealth
Kjwonglam Community food security, Hunger in the United States Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Rent control in the United States, Rent regulation
Lucallespinoza Healthcare in Costa Rica, Humanitarian aid Outreach, People's Park (Berkeley), Suitcase Clinic, Community food security, Hunger in the United States

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 26 August 2020
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.

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 31 August 2020   |   Wednesday, 2 September 2020

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 7 September 2020   |   Wednesday, 9 September 2020

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 14 September 2020   |   Wednesday, 16 September 2020

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 21 September 2020   |   Wednesday, 23 September 2020

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 28 September 2020   |   Wednesday, 30 September 2020

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 5 October 2020   |   Wednesday, 7 October 2020

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 12 October 2020   |   Wednesday, 14 October 2020

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 19 October 2020   |   Wednesday, 21 October 2020

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 26 October 2020   |   Wednesday, 28 October 2020
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


Assignment - Add to an article

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 2 November 2020   |   Wednesday, 4 November 2020

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 9 November 2020   |   Wednesday, 11 November 2020

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 16 November 2020   |   Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Assignment - Exercise
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9


Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Note: our final goal is craft a minimum of 500 words (or, 10-12 sentences) each, for area and sector articles (i.e. total 1,000 words).

Week 14

Course meetings
Monday, 23 November 2020   |   Wednesday, 25 November 2020

Week 15

Course meetings
Monday, 30 November 2020   |   Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Assignment - Prepare for peer review

Craft your contributions in your sandboxes. In an opening line in each sandbox, provide your Peer Reviewers a legend -- that is, a way for them to know which text is yours and which text is part of the existing Wikipedia mainspace article (eg. bold face for your drafting, plain text for existing article, italics for sentences that you copyedited).


Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

Milestones

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

Week 16

Course meetings
Monday, 7 December 2020   |   Wednesday, 9 December 2020
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 - 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 17

Course meetings
Monday, 14 December 2020   |   Wednesday, 16 December 2020
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 Wikipedia article and Summary Memo

It's the final week to develop your Wikipedia drafting.

  • 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!

 

Also submit a Summary Memo on bCourses. In it: (i) describe your Wikipedia plan (distinctly, for area and sector); and (ii) you summarize your drafting contributions in a bulleted list of brief phrases (eg. renamed 3 sections; added 3 sentences about xyz topic).

Milestones

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