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Week 14

 Final Presentation 

Final Individual Portfolio

The Final Portfolio is the “Final Exam” for this class. The goal is to reflect on what you have learned in this class, and to share your experience and your new knowledge.

Deliverables :

  1. Your published Wikipedia article

  2. 1-page Reflection essay 

  3. 5-minute PowerPoint presentation

Deliverable 1: Your published Wikipedia article​

Deliverable 2: A 5-Minute Individual PowerPoint Presentation

 

Give a 5-minute PowerPoint Presentation to share the information about your Wikipedia page. Potential topics to cover are:

 

  1. Why you chose this topic?

  2. What is the content of the article?

  3. What did you learn from the assignment?

 

I recommend aiming for around 5 slides of content – that’s around one slide per minute.

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Hints and Tips for a great presentation

  • Make attractive slides with photos and not much text (use bullet points, not paragraphs)

  • Speak. Don’t read.

  • Relax! Speak slowly and clearly. Informative but conversational.

  • Pause after important points. Allow the audience to think about what you are saying.

  • Practice!

Deliverable 3: A Reflection Essay about your experiences in the class

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  • Minimum: 1-page, 12-point font, double spaced (300 words or more)

  • The essay is your own opinion about your experience in the class. There are some questions below to guide your essay. You don’t have to answer all of the questions but please write at least 1 paragraph for each of the 3 sections.

  • Talk about what you did, but also talk about how you felt and what the class meant to you personally.

  • PLEASE BE HONEST. You will not lose points for making negative comments. I really want to know what the course meant to you so that we can improve it for next year!

Section 1: Overall Purposes of the course and the assignment

  1. Why did you pick the topic for your Wikipedia article? 

  2. What does the topic mean to you personally?

  3. How do you feel about adding your work to a world-famous website that can be read by anyone in the world? (Usually you are just writing for your teacher to read and grade.)

Section 2: Wikipedia Standards and Templates – Was it difficult to meet Wikipedia standards?

  1. Writing with a high level of English proficiency

  2. Rules about "academic" citations (books and journals preferred, not just any website)

  3. Content that should be included in the "lead section"

  4. Using Wikipedia formatting (headers, citations, wiki-links, photos, tables, sidebars, etc.)

Section 3: The Research and Writing Process

1. What are your thoughts about the writing process that we followed in this class? Was it easy to follow? Did it help you write a good article? The process was:

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          a.  Chose topic – find something new and academic but able to find sources

          b.  Find sources – find relevant journals and books (preferred)

          c.  Make outline – follow the outline in your model article

          d.  Take notes – find the important information, paraphrase in your own words

          e.  Fill in details – turn the bullet point notes into paragraphs

          f.   Write introduction (lead section) – summarize the article, follow Wikipedia standards

          g.  Edit for grammar through several drafts – get teacher feedback, Grammarly, peers

          h.  Submit final version – upload to the Wikipedia website as a real article

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2. Did Grammarly, Peer (student), or Teacher Feedback help? If yes, how?

3. Can you use anything you have learned in this class in other classes or other areas of your life?

4. Is there anything else that we should have done that would help you be successful in writing a real-life, published Wikipedia article?

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