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SUMMARY:IAP 2017: "Wikipedia 101: How to be a media literate citizen"
DESCRIPTION:Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required\nSign-up by 01/17\nLimited to 20 participants\nAttendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions \nRecent events have caused us to question\, more than ever before\, the validity of information gathered from the web. But Wikipedia\, now in its 15th year\, remains an online space where accuracy\, neutrality\, and fair representation matters. Growing the network of volunteer editors to contribute to Wikipedia (the largest collaborative writing project in history!) is one way to ensure that high quality information is freely available to all. \nStudents: \n– Would you like to build solid research skills?\n– Get practice communicating complex ideas to a broad audience?\n– Improve access to quality information and knowledge? \nFaculty & Instructors: \n– Would you like to support knowledge transfer in your courses?\n– Build students’ confidence in reading and analyzing complex texts?\n– Increase students’ proficiency in communicating technical content? \nThis three-day workshop will train participants to become competent Wikipedia editors\, and along the way they will cultivate a greater understanding of how to evaluate a range of sources\, from the popular news media\, to institutional archives\, to peer reviewed journals. \nPlease bring your laptop! \nTo reserve your spot\, please contact Amy Carleton (amymarie@mit.edu) and Rebecca Thorndike-Breeze (rtb@mit.edu). \nSponsor(s): Libraries\, Writing and Communication Center\, Comparative Media Studies/Writing\nContact: Rebecca Thorndike-Breeze\, E18-233\, 617-253-3090\, RTB@MIT.EDU \n\nIntroduction to Wikipedia\n\n\n\nJan/17\nTue\n10:00AM-12:00PM\n4-251\, Bring your laptop\n\n\n\nIntroduction to Wikipedia community philosophy and guidelines. Participants will learn about ways to contribute\, including how to enhance diversity of content. Also\, create user account\, make your first edit\, and begin brainstorming your first article. \nAmy Carleton – Lecturer\, CMS/W\, Rebecca Thorndike-Breeze – Lecturer\, Writing and Communication Center & CMS/W \n\nWhat makes a good Wikipedia article?\n\n\n\n\nJan/18\nWed\n10:00AM-12:00PM\n4-251\, Bring your laptop\n\n\n\nWhat makes a good Wikipedia article? Learn about best practices and common pitfalls. Get started on research and initial drafting of your first article. \nRebecca Thorndike-Breeze – Lecturer\, Writing and Communication Center & CMS/W\, Amy Carleton – Lecturer\, CMS/W \n\nWikipedia Editing Salon\n\n\n\n\nJan/19\nThu\n01:00PM-05:00PM\n4-251\, Bring your laptop\n\n\n\nEditing Salon with MIT Libraries and Archives — an in-person editing session focused on training new editors and improving Wikipedia articles. Continue working on your article or start a new one\, and work with others to improve Wikipedia. Stop by anytime throughout the session. \nRebecca Thorndike-Breeze – Lecturer\, Writing and Communication Center & CMS/W\, Amy Carleton – Lecturer\, CMS/W\, Phoebe Ayers – Librarian\, Greta Suiter – Collections Archivist
URL:https://cms.mit.edu/event/iap-2017-wikipedia-101-media-literate-citizen/
LOCATION:MIT Building 4\, Room 251\, 182 Memorial Drive (Rear)\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02139\, United States
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