New Media Workshop

Due on Monday, March 10th at 10am.

This assignment has three parts, all of which need to be documented and correctly linked in a blog post on your blog:

1. Create an account for yourself on Wikipedia. While logged in, add some new information to a page on Wikipedia that relates to one of your projects or Hong Kong’s environment in some way. It doesn’t have to be a lot of information: just a couple of new facts are fine, or you can correct or refine existing information. (If you really want to start a whole new Wikipedia entry about a subject that you think ought to be addressed but isn’t, you are welcome to do that too, but that is not required.) Then on your blog, link to the specific changes you made via the history pages. If somebody else makes changes to or deletes your contribution, please make note of this on your blog and link to any discussion that you might have with other Wikipedians about what happened. (If you have any questions or problems while doing this assignment be sure to contact Ben.) Then in a short paragraph please tell us what this experience taught you about Wikipedia. Has the experience of editing Wikipedia changed the way you view the credibility of its information?

2. In class we created a collaboration page for each soundslides team. Work with your teammates to devise a plan, schedule, and division of labor so that your project can be completed on time. On your blog, link to your team’s collaboration page and specifically to the contributions you made on it.

3. In class we created a resource page to collect online information related to your projects. Contribute at least two new links to it. On your blog, link to the history page or pages showing the contributions you made.

(Be sure that you are logged in under your own username when contributing to the class wiki.)