LaGuardia Wikipedia Translatathon Program for April 4 and April 5

--Food will be provided both days-- 

Thursday, April 4th 4:00-8:00pm

At all hours: Wikipedia editing and translating (E-111)

4:30pm: Wikipedia Principles and ‘How To’ Introduction on editing Wikipedia for new editors (E-106)
6:00pm: Wikipedia Principles and ‘How To’ Introduction on editing Wikipedia for new editors (E-106)
7:00pm: Wikimedia NYC Lightning Talk (E-111)

Friday, April 5th 11:00am - 5:00 pm

At all hours: Wikipedia editing and translating (E-111)

11:30am: Wikipedia Principles and ‘How To’ Introduction on editing Wikipedia for new editors (E-106)
12:00pm: #RadicalLegacyBuilding: Historically Undervalued Languages & Wikipedia as a Tool for Language Advocacy. Presentation by Wynnie Lamour (E-111).
2:00pm: How the Internet Helps Keep Languages Alive. Presentation by Daniel Bogre Udell of WikiTongues (E-111)
3:00pm: Wikipedia Principles and ‘How To’ Introduction on editing Wikipedia for new editors (E-106)
4:30pm: Beyond Wikipedia is...Wikidata. Presentation by Loren Koenig (E-111)

For more details and to register (you will need to get a Wikipedia account): https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Translat-a-thon/NYC/2019

Note: Dr. X's students who participate in the translatathon will earn one token to use as described in the syllabus.

4/1: Psychological Effects of the Net and Web

Class

1. Report on Turkle

2. Watching and reflecting

a. Alter, “Why our screens make us less happy.” https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_alter_why_our_screens_make_us_less_happy

b. Harris, “How A Handful of Tech Companies Control Billions of Minds Every Day.” https://www.ted.com/talks/tristan_harris_the_manipulative_tricks_tech_companies_use_to_capture_your_attention?language=en

For next class
Read and take notes for Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four. Chapter 1

3/27: Neil Postman's “Five Things We Need to Know about Technological Change.”

If students get a sound education in the history, social effects and psychological biases of technology, they may grow to be adults who use technology rather than be used by it.
   --Neil Postman

EQ: What are the cultural and personal effects of the Internet and Web?

Class

1. Report on Postman

2. Writing practice: How W1, W2, W3, and W4 can be used in introductory and signal phrases.

3. Wikipedia editing, continued

For next class

• Read and take notes for Turkle, “Connected but Alone?” Here is her TEDTalk:   https://www.ted.com/talks/sherry_turkle_alone_together?language=en
• Revise your net + web draft

For next Wednesday 

Be ready to turn in your Reading Journal with annotations of all readings up to, at least, Postman. 

3/20-3/25: Wikipedia Workshop

Black Lunch Table's Wikipedia Editathon for We Wanted A Revolution: Black Radical Women 1965-85 at the Brooklyn Museum
By Blacklunchtable - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=60878028

Class

1. Joining the Wikipedia Translatathon 2019 Project. Project Event page here:  https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Translat-a-thon/NYC/2019
2. Discussing, voting, and choosing what to edit and create

Vote--Should I submit a proposal for the symposium today? 

YES: some of us will present on our Wikipedia work and what came out of it; the rest will attend part of the symposium

Pros: Joining the college community to learn about Latinx culture; getting a college presentation as part of your resume

Cons: will move schedule one class down; one less class to use for workshopping papers

NO: We have class as usual on Monday, April 8

3/13: How the World Wide Web Has Changed

Class

From DarkNet Terminology: Definitions of the DarkNet, the Dark Web, and the Deep Web

1. Quick image review of  the origins of the Internet: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1IGQ1BS-lNkCTZLuctALStoj-HlH_jeHfQqbeIfHN8PQ/edit?usp=sharing

2. Report on the ACLU. Watch: Burger King/Whopper Neutrality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltzy5vRmN8Q

3. Define with your partner: What is the web? How does it work?

Example:

TCP/IP:  Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP) are two distinct computer network agreed-upon set of rules that are commonly used together. When two computers follow the same protocols, they can understand each other and exchange data.

• Transmission Control Protocol divides a message or file into packets that are transmitted over the internet and then reassembled when they reach their destination. 
• Internet Protocol is responsible for the address of each packet so it is sent to the correct destination.

Your Turn: What is.....?

• Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
• hyperlink(ing)
• a browser
• a search engine
• a server and a client
• a protocol
• a path
• an IP address
• the cloud

4. Comprehend: The Types of Web:

• The Surface Web
• The Deep Web/ Invisible Web/ Hidden Web
• The Dark Web (see Tor on Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)
• The Internet of Things

5. Comprehend: The Development of the Web

• Web 1.0: Static, hyperlinked pages such as Internet Shakespeare Editions
• Web 2.0: Interactive pages, such as Wikipedia, Facebook, Amazon.com
• In the works: Web 3.0: Categorized web that "learns" about itself and its users (also called Semantic Web)

6. Overview: The Uses and Values of the Internet/World Wide Web as Designed by Their Creators

7. Berners-Lee, “The next web.” Notice the date!: 2009.   https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_berners_lee_on_the_next_web?language=en#t-278796

For next class

• Read: Swartz, “Guerrilla Open Access Manifesto”
• Watch/Read: Wales,” The birth of Wikipedia."   https://www.ted.com/talks/jimmy_wales_on_the_birth_of_wikipedia?language=en
• Write: Summary and Reflection on History and Values of the Net and Web for a specific audience

3/11: History and Definition of the Internet and the World Wide Web

Essential question:

• How does the online world work and how has it changed since its inception?

Class

The Internet
Reports on Rosenzweig: The 7Ws.

The World Wide Web
Watch: Camp, “What is the World Wide Web?” https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-the-world-wide-web-twila-camp

Listen/ Read/Annotate/Discuss: Berners-Lee, “How Did The World Wide Web Start?” (TED Radio Hour podcast and transcript) https://www.npr.org/2015/10/23/449180060/how-did-the-world-wide-web-start

For next class
Read/Listen

 1. “How the Web Works-In One Easy Lesson.” http://mkcohen.com/how-the-web-works-in-one-easy-lesson

2. Bartlett, “What Goes On In The Secrecy of The Dark Web?” (TED Radio Hour podcast and transcript) https://www.npr.org/2017/12/15/570797404/jamie-bartlett-what-goes-on-in-the-secrecy-of-the-dark-web

3. Definitions: Web 2.0, Web 3.0, Internet of Things


4. ACLU. “Net Neutrality”