Ten Week Group Research Project: Writing About Popular Culture
Project Schedule:

Introduction

 

Week 1

 

Week 2

 

Week 3

 

Week 4

 

Week 5

 

Week 6

 

Week 7

 

Week 8

 

Week 9

 

Week 10

 

Resources

 

 

 

 

 

  

Wiki setup

 

 
Wiki: The name Wiki comes from the Hawaiian wikiwiki, which means very fast. A wiki is a Web site that allows virtually any user (although sometimes there are exceptions) to edit itself. Wiki's were originally created to speed up collaborative writing projects. We're going to use a site that hosts free Wiki's called "Peanut Butter Wiki" (because supposedly, it is as easy to create a Wiki using their process as it is to make a peanut butter sandwhich). You can look for other sites (so-called wiki farms) on Wikipedia's wiki farm page.

There are a few things to keep in mind when setting up the group Wiki. Much of the information provided here is

 also available on the PBwiki site but it may be useful to see it here as well.

 

     * A Wiki is an open website that anyone can look at, all they need is the URL (web address). To edit the site, create new pages, or

        alter any text, a member of the Wiki must log in. Therefore anyone with the password will be able to significantly

        change the Wiki site.

     * Naming the page may not be as easy as you might think because many of the most common names are already taken.

        If your first choice is not allowed keep trying.

     * When creating a new page or an embedded page on the Wiki you must name the page something that contains two

        capitol letters within the same word. NewPage would work. New Page would only give you these words as text on

        the already created page. It would not create a new page. When naming new pages do not use any numbers or

        symbols.

     * An embedded page is simply a new page within an already existing page.

 

The following pictures will give you some idea of how to set up the Wiki. It is advisable to set up the entire Wiki site before

 the beginning of the peer critiques. It is not that hard.

 

The front page need have no more that five pages on it. I suggest naming the pages - StudentIdeas -

 StudentCritiqueofcriticalintro - WebSitereviews - StudentCritiqueofwebsite - and - GuestCritiques. The buttons at the top of this

 page explain what needs to go on each page.