Wiki+Group+Headquarters

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=The Group Wiki Project=

Description
In groups of 3 to 6 people, you will conduct research to answer a group-posed research question (as well as more specific sub-questions). Your final product will take the form of a [|Google Presentation].


 * **What** || **When** || **Where** || **Value** ||
 * Phase 1 Tasks || Saturday, March 10 ||  ||   ||
 * Phase 2 Tasks
 * 1) Individual Summary Page
 * 2) Findings Page || Saturday, March 15, noon || Individual Summary Page Dropbox || 25 points ||

Pick a Path || Group Wiki Project Dropbox || 20 points ||
 * Phase 3 Tasks[[image:whitespace.jpg width="113" height="9"]]
 * 1) Group Discussion in Wiki
 * 2) Wiki Homepage
 * 3) Google Presentation || **Thursday, April 10, noon**

**Total Value**
45 points

by Checklist

Detailed Timeframe
Definitely by 3/10 || Week 8/9 || to answer your Individual Research Question. || Saturday, 3/15, noon || Week 10 ||
 * **Tasks** || **Due** || **Semester Week** ||
 * __Phase 1__:
 * 1) Pose a broad research question as a group.
 * 2) Individual members pose more specific sub-questions for individual inquiry.
 * 3) One member creates a new wiki space for all members to share. Other members join the space. (Make it protected).
 * 4) Create a table on the front page for group members to pose their individual research questions as in this example.
 * 5) Individual members create their own pages--the Individual Summary Page  and the Findings Page.
 * 6) Send instructor a weblink via //WebCT// mail of your group homepage link.
 * 7) Move swiftly to Phase 2, where you gather individual research. || Due within 5 days of learning of this assignment in your Week 7 F2F meeting;
 * __Phase 2__:
 * 1) Complete Part 1 of your Individual Summary Page . (See my example .)
 * 2) Search and gather information that seems to answer or relate to your individual research question.
 * 3) Analyze and synthesize information on your individual Findings Page
 * 4) Draft, revise, and edit your Findings Page.
 * 5) Complete Part 2 of your Individual Summary Page.
 * 6) Drop your Individual Summary Page weblink to the dropbox "Individual Summary Page."
 * __Phase 3__:
 * 1) Group members get together in the wiki discussion tab to discuss important findings.
 * 2) Group consolidates and summarizes the findings that they feel answer the research questions posed.
 * 3) Group creates one //Google Presentation // linked to from the main page of the group wiki.
 * 4) Each group member drops the link to the group wiki page in the "Group Wiki Project" dropbox. || Thursday, April 3 at noon || Week 11/12 ||

Instructions
Individual Summary Page How-to Findings Page How-to

View Examples
Individual Summary Page (in progress) Findings Page (in progress) Group Page Discussion Tab Google Presentation

Video Tutorial
[|Project Overview] (12 min): expectations, Group page, Individual pages, Conducting Research, and Citing Sources

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