EVENT - Save the date! - Sunday, January 15 (from 10:00 to 6:30) - Please make sure that you can attend this annual local
Wikipedia conference at the
Ace Hotel in Manhattan (the after party is optional but will be fun). Please
RSVP. Be prepared to take part in an informal presentation about our Wikipedia archival project. I am not yet sure what time our presentation will be scheduled, so please also let me know about your availability on that day.
TO DO - Create a Wikipedia account and add your username to this year's student team
here.
TO DO - **If you haven't already done so**Add your Wikipedia username, a link to your personal Google Doc journal/research notes, and your availability in January to this
Google doc.
TO DO - Start working on the draft entry for the New York City AIDS Memorial
here. I hope we can upload it by next week and present on it at the conference on 1/15.
Catch up with any tasks below that you have not yet completed.
Start a Google Doc or other online journal for your reading notes. Take down any quotes that you think might be useful to add to a Wikipedia entry, and also jot down some of your thoughts/impressions.
Save the date for the local Wikipedia conference on Sunday, January 15 :
/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia_Day_2017 [This is going to be a fun event, and hopefully we can do an informal short presentation about our project there.]
Wikipedia work: Create a Wikipedia account (if you haven’t already) and do this short click through Wikipedia tutorial (unless you have had some Wikipedia editing experience already)
/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Adventure
2015-2016
Timeline 2015-2016
Start of January 2016
(week of 1/4/16)
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Planning
Scheduling and planning for archivist team
- Project scholars should touch base with the team via email or in-person.
Week 01
(Week of 1/11/2016)
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Wikipedia Day 2016
January 12, 13, 14, 2016:
Introduction to project and archival research: AIDS in NYC,
Background discussion about research topics: NYC in the 1970s and 1980s (what was the City like, what were the issues); Ed Koch and establishing context
January 16, 2016:
Lightning talk presentation about this project given at the annual
Wikipedia Day 2016 conference at NYU. [Full conference video is
here. Koch Scholar Kimly Tor speaks starting at around 06:23:30.]
Week 02
(Week of 1/18/2016)
- Research of topic in Archives.
Week 03
Week of 1/25/2016
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Wikipedia workshop - lab sessions
Location: Library lab in E101
Dates: Group A - Tuesday 26 Jan. from 10:00-12:30 / Group B - Wednesday 27 January from 2:00-4:00
Agenda: Introduction to Wikipedia; Setting up user accounts, userpages, sandboxes, talk pages; Setting up Google Docs for notes
Examples of correct and incorrect referencing in the entry for
the novel Wild Seed. View History: Compare the current entry to the one published on October 9, 2015.
Summarizing, Paraphrasing and Quoting: How to and signal phrases (pages 4-6 and 20 of
this class packet
Tasks to do for next week (on encyclopedic writing):
How to write a paragraph - Pick a paragraph from research you are doing. Paste it with citation in your Google Docs journals, and paraphrase from it. Make sure to use in-text citation or signal phrase, whatever is appropriate.
Think about mapping out the structure of our entry - what sections should it have. Take a look at these
examples for ideas, as well as the tables of contents on the books you have been reading.
Choose a research area to focus on if you haven't already. We need someone to cover public health, outreach, education, impact on other communities/industries (i.e. New York City in the art world, theater, fashion, religious and other communities, etc.)
Week 05
Week of 2/8/2016
-Research in the Archives, independent writing
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Tasks to complete:
Tasks to be completed by the end of this week (on encyclopedic writing) DUE 2/12/16:
How to write a paragraph - Pick a paragraph from research you are doing. Paste it with citation in your Google Docs journals, and paraphrase from it. Make sure to use in-text citation or signal phrase, whatever is appropriate.
Think about mapping out the structure of our entry - what sections should it have. Take a look at these
examples for ideas, as well as the tables of contents on the books you have been reading.
Choose a research area to focus on if you haven't already. We need someone to cover public health, outreach, education, impact on other communities/industries (i.e. New York City in the art world, theater, fashion, religious and other communities, etc.)
Week 06
Week of 2/15/2016
- Drafting sections for HIV/ AIDS entry (Google Docs)
Select 'Show' to see the activities for Week 6
Week 07
Week of 2/22/2016
Final exam week for Fall II semester.
Week 08
Week of 2/29/2016
1. Draft 1 of HIV/AIDS in New York City entry due
2. Collective review of draft 1
Select 'Show' to see the activities for Week 8
Week 09
Week of 3/7/16
Select 'Show' to see the activities for Week 9
Week 10
Week of 3/14/16
Select 'Show' to see the activities for Week 10
Week 11
Week of 3/21/16
Select 'Show' to see the activities for Week 11
Week 12
Week of 3/28/16
DUE: DRAFT 1 of your section of the Wikipedia entry.
EVENT - Save the date! - Sunday, January 15 (from 10:00 to 6:30) - Please make sure that you can attend this annual local
Wikipedia conference at the
Ace Hotel in Manhattan (the after party is optional but will be fun). Please
RSVP. Be prepared to take part in an informal presentation about our Wikipedia archival project. I am not yet sure what time our presentation will be scheduled, so please also let me know about your availability on that day.
TO DO - Create a Wikipedia account and add your username to this year's student team
here.
TO DO - **If you haven't already done so**Add your Wikipedia username, a link to your personal Google Doc journal/research notes, and your availability in January to this
Google doc.
TO DO - Start working on the draft entry for the New York City AIDS Memorial
here. I hope we can upload it by next week and present on it at the conference on 1/15.
Catch up with any tasks below that you have not yet completed.
Start a Google Doc or other online journal for your reading notes. Take down any quotes that you think might be useful to add to a Wikipedia entry, and also jot down some of your thoughts/impressions.
Save the date for the local Wikipedia conference on Sunday, January 15 :
/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia_Day_2017 [This is going to be a fun event, and hopefully we can do an informal short presentation about our project there.]
Wikipedia work: Create a Wikipedia account (if you haven’t already) and do this short click through Wikipedia tutorial (unless you have had some Wikipedia editing experience already)
/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Adventure
2015-2016
Timeline 2015-2016
Start of January 2016
(week of 1/4/16)
Select 'Show' to see the activities
Planning
Scheduling and planning for archivist team
- Project scholars should touch base with the team via email or in-person.
Week 01
(Week of 1/11/2016)
Select 'Show' to see the activities
Wikipedia Day 2016
January 12, 13, 14, 2016:
Introduction to project and archival research: AIDS in NYC,
Background discussion about research topics: NYC in the 1970s and 1980s (what was the City like, what were the issues); Ed Koch and establishing context
January 16, 2016:
Lightning talk presentation about this project given at the annual
Wikipedia Day 2016 conference at NYU. [Full conference video is
here. Koch Scholar Kimly Tor speaks starting at around 06:23:30.]
Week 02
(Week of 1/18/2016)
- Research of topic in Archives.
Week 03
Week of 1/25/2016
Select 'Show' to see the activities
Wikipedia workshop - lab sessions
Location: Library lab in E101
Dates: Group A - Tuesday 26 Jan. from 10:00-12:30 / Group B - Wednesday 27 January from 2:00-4:00
Agenda: Introduction to Wikipedia; Setting up user accounts, userpages, sandboxes, talk pages; Setting up Google Docs for notes
Examples of correct and incorrect referencing in the entry for
the novel Wild Seed. View History: Compare the current entry to the one published on October 9, 2015.
Summarizing, Paraphrasing and Quoting: How to and signal phrases (pages 4-6 and 20 of
this class packet
Tasks to do for next week (on encyclopedic writing):
How to write a paragraph - Pick a paragraph from research you are doing. Paste it with citation in your Google Docs journals, and paraphrase from it. Make sure to use in-text citation or signal phrase, whatever is appropriate.
Think about mapping out the structure of our entry - what sections should it have. Take a look at these
examples for ideas, as well as the tables of contents on the books you have been reading.
Choose a research area to focus on if you haven't already. We need someone to cover public health, outreach, education, impact on other communities/industries (i.e. New York City in the art world, theater, fashion, religious and other communities, etc.)
Week 05
Week of 2/8/2016
-Research in the Archives, independent writing
Select 'Show' to see the activities
Tasks to complete:
Tasks to be completed by the end of this week (on encyclopedic writing) DUE 2/12/16:
How to write a paragraph - Pick a paragraph from research you are doing. Paste it with citation in your Google Docs journals, and paraphrase from it. Make sure to use in-text citation or signal phrase, whatever is appropriate.
Think about mapping out the structure of our entry - what sections should it have. Take a look at these
examples for ideas, as well as the tables of contents on the books you have been reading.
Choose a research area to focus on if you haven't already. We need someone to cover public health, outreach, education, impact on other communities/industries (i.e. New York City in the art world, theater, fashion, religious and other communities, etc.)
Week 06
Week of 2/15/2016
- Drafting sections for HIV/ AIDS entry (Google Docs)
Select 'Show' to see the activities for Week 6
Week 07
Week of 2/22/2016
Final exam week for Fall II semester.
Week 08
Week of 2/29/2016
1. Draft 1 of HIV/AIDS in New York City entry due
2. Collective review of draft 1
Select 'Show' to see the activities for Week 8
Week 09
Week of 3/7/16
Select 'Show' to see the activities for Week 9
Week 10
Week of 3/14/16
Select 'Show' to see the activities for Week 10
Week 11
Week of 3/21/16
Select 'Show' to see the activities for Week 11
Week 12
Week of 3/28/16
DUE: DRAFT 1 of your section of the Wikipedia entry.
