Project 2

 

Project 2: Col­lab­o­ra­tive Wiki—Participatory Cul­ture Forms

  • 30 points total; due 01-Nov

Objec­tive: apply schol­arly knowl­edge & crit­i­cal per­spec­tive to dis­cuss entries in acces­si­ble ways for pub­lic audience

Wikia (cre­ated by class for future con­sult­ing & con­tribut­ing): Pop­u­lar & emerg­ing forms of cul­ture, con­sid­er­ing tech­nol­ogy & genre

  • Each stu­dent cre­ates 2 pages (min­i­mum): schol­arly dis­cus­sion plus mul­ti­me­dia (images, GIF, video)

and edits 2 class­mate pages in col­lab­o­ra­tion (con­ven­tions of wiki)

  • Research: use key concepts/terms from 3 sources (min­i­mum): aca­d­e­mic (from list and/or search) and Web dis­course communities
  • Pro­duce wiki-genre pages for future con­sul­ta­tion & col­lab­o­ra­tion via social-media par­tic­i­pa­tion and net­worked audiences
  • Use vari­ety of media in entries, for audience;
    plus, for entry, cre­ate 1 orig­i­nal screen­cast (video with commentary)

 

Objec­tives

  • Applied research: use key concepts/terms from 3 sources (min­i­mum): schol­arly (from list and research) and popular/Web
    • dis­cuss par­tic­i­pa­tory cul­ture top­ics using aca­d­e­mic ideas (crit­i­cal think­ing + appli­ca­tion), com­posed in acces­si­ble ways for pub­lic audience
      — apply­ing con­ven­tions for net­work writ­ing in wiki form.

     

  • Pro­duce wiki pages (genre) for future con­sul­ta­tion and col­lab­o­ra­tion, ini­ti­ated through social-media par­tic­i­pa­tion and net­worked audiences 
    • dig­i­tal rhetoric: con­sider future con­sul­ta­tions and con­tri­bu­tions; plus, invite par­tic­i­pa­tion (pub­lic audience)
      — employ social net­works & inter­ested dis­course com­mu­ni­ties (e.g. Face­book, Twit­ter, Tum­blr, Pinterest)
    • join and con­tribute to dis­course about par­tic­i­pa­tory cul­ture (in role between “ama­teur” and “expert,” demon­strat­ing lessons for any­one to begin writ­ing about cul­ture, your entry serv­ing as model)

     

    • » Points break­down: 2 Pages/Entries (10 points), Screen­cast (5 points), Edit­ing (par­tic­i­pa­tion + points for Anno­ta­tions doc­u­ment)

 
Dig­i­tal Rhetoric—crit­i­cal prose with advanced con­tent knowl­edge & per­spec­tive (sep­a­rate com­po­nents from wiki pages)

  • Warm-up: Anno­tated Bib­li­og­ra­phy (Exer­cise 2)—5 sources, aca­d­e­mic research (sug­ges­tions pro­vided) & Web publications
  • Warm-up : Wiki Edit­ing (5 points)— edit, orga­nize, and link exist­ing pages (dig­i­tal rhetoric: improv­ing for readers)

 

  • Wiki­Work Sum­mary (300−400 words, 5 points): dis­cuss your efforts/participation and effects (keep log through­out project, for annotations)
  • Reflec­tion (400−500 words, 5 points): expe­ri­en­tial insights from over­all project, about Web writ­ing and object of study

 
 

 

Pages/Entries Composing Guide


Multimedia Guide