2010 Drakeapedia Class Assignments

|| Date || Topic || Reading Due || Assignments - Due day of class || || 8/24 || Introduction - syllabus ; What is your experience with creating content - be it blogs, wiki, facebook, etc; Complete Knowledge Survey & Needs Assessment || || Start working on your autobiography - draft due 8/27 and revision due 9/2. Should include at least 1 photo || || 8/26 || Logging into wiki; setup accounts and look around it - include discussion of inserting photos/files on wiki || Ch. 1 (read before class) || || || 8/31 || Discuss readings related to Wikis & autobiographies/ biographies including difference in 1st & 3rd person writing ; Jessica Lang, First Year Advisor || article: Internet encyclopaedias go head to head - PDF online under 'Course Resources & Readings' || || || 9/2 || Activity - Look up historic items digitally & manually (Ex: TDs and Quax); Start reviewing the library resources including Heritage page; Discuss First Wiki Entry on Buildings: Ex: Cowles & Printers Marks; Howard Hall & Numbered sidewalk - agency files distributed to students || Building assignment.xlsx || Autobiography due via your individual wiki || || 9/7 || Library Orientation - scholarly research; Tour || || Blog Entry available 9/7 due by 9/10 || || 9/9 || Library Orientation - con't; Checking historic perspective with more popular type print media (Review old journals ex: Life, Look, Time, Newsweek) || Ch. 3 & 5 (read before class) File:in-class-exercise-FYS.doc || || || 9/14 || Peer Evaluations; Reviewing assignment for the wiki entry due 9/16 || || || || 9/16 || Distribute Biography Files for later assignment; Discuss 2nd Wiki Entry on Organizations - work day - submitting wiki entries - questions/concerns || biography assignment.xlsx Biography Rubric.xls || Wiki Entry 1 - Due - Building || || 9/21 || Drake Marketing Dept to discuss logo and potential places to include link on Drake web pages. || File:organization assignment.xlsx || Blog Entry available 9/21 due by 9/23 || || 9/23 || Explore Oral Histories - dos/don'ts - write questions to ask alums & Others associated with Drake || || Wiki Entry 1, 2nd chance - due by 9/23 || || 9/28 || Don Adams oral history || || || || 9/30 || How to add audio and video files to wiki; Work day || || || || 10/5 || Dean Eastman and Kevin McGrath - Primary Resources || Ch. 7 (read before class);Explore this website before today's class:PrimaryResearch.org || || || 10/7 || Where to find supporting 'stuff' (photos, maps, artifacts) - Mark Stumme || || Wiki Entry 2 - Due - Organizations || || 10/12 || Information literacy; Google vs. valuable resources; Discussion on APA & Citations; Marketing follow-up presentation DrakepediaPresentation-101210[1.pptx] || Book - Appendix 1.6 (read before class) APA presentation.ppt || Due - Initial Bio paper due; Blog Entry available 10/12 due by 10/15 || || 10/14 || Peer review of biographies ; Working on APA style || || Submit your oral history candidate via email to Claudia/Susan || || 10/19 || NO CLASS – Fall Break || || || || 10/21 || How is the semester going? || Oral History assignment.xlsx || || || 10/26 || Tour of State Archives || Map to State Historical Building || Email update biography in word format to Susan AND Claudia by 9am on 10/26 || || 10/28 || Tour of Salisbury House || people wiki.xlsx || Wiki Entry 3 - Due - People (Bio files) || || 11/2 || John Smith & Blake Campbell - Drake Traditions || || Blog Entry available 11/2 due by 11/5 || || 11/4 || Discussing Format of Building, Organization and People Wikis || || || || 11/9 || Look for other wikis & report about them include wikeapedia for Drake || Event Grading Rubric.xlsx || Blog Entry available 11/9 due by 11/11 || || 11/11 || Bart Schmidt to discuss Drake Times Delphic project || || Submit Oral History questions submitted along with their interview date if not already done || || 11/16 || GUEST SPEAKER - Dolph Pulliam || Book - Appendix 8.5 (read before class) Tradition wiki.xlsx || Blog Entry available 11/16 due by 11/19 || || 11/18 || GUEST SPEAKER - Pam Patton and Discussion of the Tradition/Artifact Wiki TraditionsList.doc || Class will be creating the final Class History Scoring Rubric - so start thinking about what criteria to include. Class History Grading Rubric EXAMPLE.xlsx || || || 11/23 || WORKING ON RESUBMISSIONS Resubmission rubric.xlsx FORMAT EXAMPLES - will be posted here by 4pm 11/19. || Oral History Project.xlsx - score sheet for the project || RESUBMISSION of Wikis due by 11pm on 12/3 || || 11/25 || NO CLASS - Holiday || || || || 11/30 || Copyright & Ethical/Legal issues: using trademark and avoiding plagiarism ; Asking permission and fact checking; Class History Work || || || || 12/2 || Class History Work || || Oral History - Due today reminder: RESUBMISSION of Wikis due by 11pm on 12/4 || || 12/7 || Oral History Presentations || Oral History Presentation.xlsx - score sheet for presentation || Event Review Due no later than today || || 12/9 || Oral History Presentations - Con't.; Class History Work || || Wiki Entry 5 - Due - Tradition/Artifact || || 12/16 || Final 2-3:50 || || Class History Project -Due || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||