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  2. Sign up for your workshop! Add your Wikipedia User Name to the appropriate section for the workshop you are a part of today. You will find instructions on how to do this by clicking a link here:
    For the ENGL 356 (with Dr. David Squires) workshop
    For the HIST 298 (with Dr. Jenny Thigpen) workshop
    For the Wikipedia in the Classroom workshop

Workshop Session: ENGL 356

Workshop Info

  • Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2017
  • Location: Face-to-face wikistorming session held at Washington State University
  • Course Description: ENGLISH 356 Information Structures (taught by Dr. David Squires). Social and cultural role of information; research with electronic sources; production, validation, storage, retrieval, evaluation, use, impact of electronic information.

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  1. Vaparedes (talk) (Co-organizer)


Workshop Session: Wikipedia in the Classroom

Workshop Info

  • Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2017
  • Location: Face-to-face workshop session held at Washington State University
  • Workshop Description: This session will provide a brief overview of the communities, policies, and protocols that shape Wikipedia in order to facilitate deeper engagement with the platform in the classroom. In addition to providing instruction on how to technically edit and contribute to Wikipedia, during the session we will explore how to read the unspoken knowledge practices embedded in the free encyclopedia anyone can edit, but to varying results.

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Please make sure to RSVP during the workshop. This will help to keep track of who attended and led the workshop. Once you have an account, make sure to add your name below.

Please add your Wikipedia name to the list below with four tildas (~~~~). (A date and time stamp will also be added to your signature; if you do not want this stamp, use just three tildas (~~~).) If you have comments, insert them after a dash.

  1. Vaparedes (talk) (Co-organizer)

Workshop Session: HIST 298

Workshop Info

  • Date: Thursday, February 2, 2017
  • Location: Face-to-face wikistorming session held at Washington State University
  • Course Description: HISTORY 298 History of Women in American Society (taught by Dr. Jenny Thigpen). Exploration of the many roles women have played in American society from the Colonial period through the twentieth century.

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Please make sure to RSVP during the workshop. This will help to keep track of who attended and led the workshop. Once you have an account, make sure to add your name below.

Please add your Wikipedia name to the list below with four tildas (~~~~). (A date and time stamp will also be added to your signature; if you do not want this stamp, use just three tildas (~~~).) If you have comments, insert them after a dash.

  1. Vaparedes (talk) (Co-organizer)

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