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To better engage your vocabulary in your post, try using strong verbs. Always remember to cite your sources, and give credit to where you got your information. | To better engage your vocabulary in your post, try using strong verbs. Always remember to cite your sources, and give credit to where you got your information. | ||
A writer can also link readers to other, more detailed, supporting information with hyper-linking. This type of link sends readers directly to your supporting pages. | A writer can also link readers to other, more detailed, supporting information with hyper-linking. This type of link sends readers directly to your supporting pages. | ||
Make your post interesting by using lists, bold headings, and block quotes. '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_%22Ignore_all_rules%22_means#Use_common_sense Use common sense]''' when composing your entry. | Make your post interesting by using lists, bold headings, and block quotes. '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_%22Ignore_all_rules%22_means#Use_common_sense Use common sense]''' when composing your entry. "Thus Wikipedia is not only a reference source, but it is the acknowledged site on the Web for claiming an interpretation of knowledge, as well as a place for controlling public image on an important gure. Both of these functions are substantial and substantially beyond the scope of a traditional encyclopedia"(Barton, Cummings, 4). | ||
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Make sense of the points as best you can from your resources, and take out any hint of awkward '''[http://litmuse.mga.edu/litwiki/index.php/What_is_“wordiness”%3F wordiness]'''. | Make sense of the points as best you can from your resources, and take out any hint of awkward '''[http://litmuse.mga.edu/litwiki/index.php/What_is_“wordiness”%3F wordiness]'''. | ||
What makes wikipedia credible is that the unbiased voice is crucial. Having an unbiased voice invites others to correct wiki-work and be able to contribute in the same fashion that you have. | What makes wikipedia credible is that the unbiased voice is crucial. Having an unbiased voice invites others to correct wiki-work and be able to contribute in the same fashion that you have. | ||
Maintaining a wiki is a collaborative effort. | Maintaining a wiki is a collaborative effort. "Publications on wikis in education range from descriptive efforts to characterize wiki learning activities and cultures, prescriptive efforts to establish guidelines for implementing wiki learning activities, and a few design reports that document technological innovations to support classroom use."(Bruckman, Forte, 33) | ||
An unbiased viewpoint promotes a reliable viewpoint that invites criticism, which is essential in contributing to a wiki. | An unbiased viewpoint promotes a reliable viewpoint that invites criticism, which is essential in contributing to a wiki. | ||
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==Proofread== | ==Proofread== | ||
Double-check what you have written, use a spell checker, and try reading your work back to yourself to see | Double-check what you have written, use a spell checker, and try reading your work back to yourself to see for clarification. | ||
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Matthew Barton, Robert Cummings. <i>Wiki Writing: Collaborative Learning in the College Classroom</i>. University of Michigan. Jan. 2009. Print. | |||
1. Matthew Barton, Robert Cummings. <i>Wiki Writing: Collaborative Learning in the College Classroom</i>. University of Michigan. Jan. 2009. Print. | |||
Ward Cunningham, Bo Leuf. <i>The Wiki Way: Quick Collaboration on the Web</i>. Addison-Wesley Professional. April. 2001. Print. | 2. Ward Cunningham, Bo Leuf. <i>The Wiki Way: Quick Collaboration on the Web</i>. Addison-Wesley Professional. April. 2001. Print. | ||
Andrea Forte and Amy Bruckman. "Constructing Text." <i>Wiki as a Toolkit for (Collaborative?) Learning</i>. <http://www.andreaforte.net/ForteBruckmanConstructingText.pdf> n.d. Web. 9 Nov. 2013. | 3. Andrea Forte and Amy Bruckman. "Constructing Text." <i>Wiki as a Toolkit for (Collaborative?) Learning</i>. <http://www.andreaforte.net/ForteBruckmanConstructingText.pdf> n.d. Web. 9 Nov. 2013. | ||
Judd, T., Kennedy, G. & Cropper, S. <i>Using wikis for collaborative learning: Assessing collaboration through contribution. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology</i> <http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet26/judd.html> Web. 9 Nov. 2013. | 4. Judd, T., Kennedy, G. & Cropper, S. <i>Using wikis for collaborative learning: Assessing collaboration through contribution. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology</i> <http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet26/judd.html> Web. 9 Nov. 2013. | ||