User:TDang/Econ452Assignments-Fall2009

This is the archived version from Fall semester 2009. If you want the current assignments, you should go here!

You should check this page regularly, and put it on your watchlist.

Feel free to email me, or leave messages at my talk page if you are unclear on anything.

October 14

Reminder: As stated below, please remember to login when editing. If you aren't logged in, I may well not be able to identify your contribution as your own, and this will impact your grade.

October 13

There now are reviews up from your classmates here and reviews from me here. Look over the reviews and try to use them to extend and improve your project.

I've added a few new sections to look over.

• a references section gives some suggestions from me for places you can look for more information about various topics. I've looked over these references to different degrees, it's up to you to filter them for usefulness. I wil likely add more as time goes on. You should also feel free to add references here, with enough explanation that a classmate can get an idea about the topic.
• I've put instructions for adding citations. You can see how the reference appears like a footnote-link in the text, and then in the References section at the bottom of the page. Give this a try soon for your material, and ask me for help if it's not working. For the final version of the project material should be well-referenced, using this citation method.
• I have started a Style guide with standards which all parts of the book should follow. I'll add things as they come up, and you should feel free to add suggestions as well.

October 6

For Thursday, October 8, I want you to review another group's contribution to the Wikibook so far. A description of the review goals, plus what you should review is at the main project talk page. Put your review there.

This is an individual-level assignment, your other group members will mostly be reviewing different sections.

October 2

On Tuesday, October 6, I will assign each student to do a review of another group's work to date. Between now and Tuesday, that means you should try to have entered enough material and sensible-enough material that a classmate can do a meaningful review.

On Thursday, October 8, the review will be due.

Please remember to log in when editing. There are (at least) two reasons for this. The first reason is that I'm going to review your individual contributions to the project by looking at the automatically-generated "contributions" list. (For example, see my contributions here.) If you're not logged in, then I'm likely to miss your contribution.

A second reason is that you're likely to want to use your Special:Watchlist, which you can only do if you're logged in. BTW, I find it most useful to look at the watchlist with a long history. You can do that by clicking on the "all" option on the watchlist each time you use it. You can have a long history every time you use the watchlists by editing your preferences. Go to "Watchlist", set the "Days to show in watchlist" to 7, and then make sure to click the "Save" button at the bottom.

September 15

Time to start writing. If you are stumped, and don't know what you want to start writing about, email me. I can assign you a topic area.

For Thursday, September 17, I want each person to write something--along the lines of a large paragraph or two. This is the barest beginnings of getting started. The writings should be serious, but don't need to be polished, that can come later. If you are able to do more, that might be a good idea because...

For Tuesday, September 22, I want a serious beginning on your group's Wikibook contribution. I estimate that a serious beginning might be approximately 2500 words. Again, this doesn't need to be polished yet. It should show that you have a target and are headed toward the target. Different group members may contribute in different amounts, but every group member should contribute directly.

September 14

This is a refresher on what you should have already done on the Wikibook.

• You should have read my introductions: Getting started and Class editing.
• You should have created an account here.
• You should have read standard Wikibook introduction documents, on the rules, and the technical aspects of editing.
• You should have added yourself at the classlist
• You should have participated in the discussion on what form we would like the Wikibook to take.
• Describe your project plan: You should have entered a description of your plan for your group's part of the Wikibook. This plan should be detailed enough that you know how to get started, and that I have an idea what to expect. You should also have identified the group you are working with. I'll need each member of your group to (at minimum) "sign off" that they are, in fact, a member of the group, and that they agree with the described project plan.
  • You should have entered a tentative description of your project plans and the group you will work with.
  • You should have entered a final (more or less) description of your project plans and the group you will work with.
  • Note that the "final" description is required regardless of your tentative description or what you told me during class.

Note on pseudonyms

I recommended you create your account using a pseudonym. The reason for this is that everything you do here is publicly viewable by everyone on the internet. It seems wise to be careful about embarrassing yourself, and guard your real identity. If this isn't important to you, and you would rather use your real identity (as I am doing), you certainly may do so.

However, if you are mentioning another classmate, and they are using a pseudonym, you must respect their anonymity by referring to them only by their username, not their real-life name.

Note on technical aspects of editing

Given that you should have done the above, I am going to assume that you have a basic understanding of technical aspects of Wikibook editing, so that technical difficulties shouldn't slow you down on any future assignments. If there are still technical issues which are a problem, I encourage you to do test editing. You may ask me for technical help during my office hours, or post questions for more advanced users here.