4/8: Presenting to an audience

Class

Today our class will present at the Latinx Symposium from 1:20 to 2:pm. We will leave a bit before 1pm for E-242 so we have less than one hour to complete our work.

1.  Get into your Wikipedia team. One person take notes. Read the section or article your team worked on, and discuss how it's changed, whether the change is for the better, and what work could still be done on it (if anything). (10 minutes)

• Jackson Heights before we worked on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jackson_Heights,_Queens&oldid=888090102
• Jackson Heights as it is today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Heights,_Queens
• Queens Pride Parade: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queens_Pride_Parade

2. Switch your work with another team. Read their section and give them some feedback. (5 minutes)

3. One of the Wikipedians who worked along us in the Jackson Heights article is Epigenius. He was featured in the New York Times. Read a bit about him, and choose one person in the team to send him some WikiLove (5-7 minutes):   https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/nyregion/if-you-see-something-write-something.html

4. Now fill out this reflection (15-20 minutes): https://forms.gle/yWyUveTio1jshU8N9

5. Choose a representative from your team to present to the Symposium. During the Symposium expect to be asked to stand up and be recognized.

For next class
Read and take notes of

• Andrews, “George Orwell...Meet Mark Zuckerberg”
• Silverman, “The Reputation Racket”

4/3: The Web and Privacy

Essential Question:  How has the current version of the World Wide Web changed our relationship with the establishment, particularly in terms of personal information?

Class

1. Report on George Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four. 

2. Hill, “Do Your Smart Devices Know Too Much?” Ted Radio Hour.  https://www.npr.org/2018/11/02/662631773/kashmir-hill-do-your-smart-devices-know-too-much

3. Greenwald, “Why privacy matters.” https://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matters

• See the definition of Panopticon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon 
• Read about Edward Snowden: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden

For next class
Read and take notes of

• Andrews, “George Orwell...Meet Mark Zuckerberg”
• Silverman, “The Reputation Racket”

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