{"id":431,"date":"2008-12-11T01:12:52","date_gmt":"2008-12-11T06:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/thickculture\/?p=431"},"modified":"2008-12-11T01:12:52","modified_gmt":"2008-12-11T06:12:52","slug":"dr-marichal-is-wikihappy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/thickculture\/2008\/12\/11\/dr-marichal-is-wikihappy\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Marichal is WikiHappy"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I try to get out from under the mass of “green books” (the blue book is a casualty of campus greening efforts), I thought I’d give a shout to my Race, Multiculturalism and Politics students at California Lutheran University. I’m a pretty mild mannered person in general, but for some reason, I often perform “high wire acts” with untested assignments.<\/p>\n

This semester, I asked my Race classes (mostly first-semester freshmen) to create Wikipedia entries for books from the suggested readings section of my syllabus<\/a>. I was a bit nervous about this assignment. Particularly as students began coming to me reporting that the “the crowd” on Wikipedia had decided to delete their blog entries. <\/p>\n

\"wikipedia<\/p>\n

Today, some of my students presented their Wikipedia pages, and I was blown away. Other than the occasional typo here or akward sentence structure there, they exceeded my wildest expectations. Here are two examples:<\/p>\n

Wikipedia page for Multiculturalism Without Culture, by Anne Phillips <\/a>
\nWikipedia page for Unequal Childhoods by Annette Lareau<\/a><\/p>\n

I was impressed with my students ability to synthesize pretty heady stuff. I wonder how presenting material in such a public forum changed the work product. Has anyone given a similar assignment? How did it work out? I was stunned by the zeal with which many of the students approached this project. I’d love to hear your thoughts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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