Your Name and Title: Natalie Rector, Emerging Technologies Librarian & Wikipedia Ambassador
School or Organization Name: New College of Florida
Area of the World from Which You Will Present: Florida, USA (-5 GMT)
Language in Which You Will Present: English
Target Audience(s): Instructors who want to learn how to use Wikipedia's Education Program
Short Session Description: Discover the process, rewards, and challenges of assigning Wikipedia entries instead of traditional research papers in order to prepare your students for global, digital citizenship.
Full Session Description: I will outline the steps to becoming a Wikipedia Ambassador, and how I worked with an instructor on campus to implement editing/creating a Wikipedia article instead of a final research paper, and the benefits and challenges we found in the process.
Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session: http://bit.ly/ISTE_NCF13 and https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Education_Program
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