A63AberleHenriksonFischerAparicio

A63AberleHenriksonFischerAparicio

To-Do

1. study the document “Projects for the HCC Foundation Course” (in “Students’ Projects” on the Wiki)
2. select a project that is of real interest to you
3. find collaborators and form a group of peers (such a group may already exist) with whom you will work on the project
4. sign up for the project (if it is still available) on the site “Students’ Projects”
5. identify parts of the project and an initial role distribution between your team members
6. each team member should contribute
   1. a brief rational what she/he finds interesting
   2. what she/he plans to do to get started on the project

Which project did you select?

Project-4: Wikipedia versus KNOL: Different Approaches to Create Interesting Encyclopdias

Describe the parts of the project you have identified and the initial role distribution among your team members

Andrew Fischer: makenbaccon@gmail.com

Nick Aberle: aberle.nick@gmail.com

Trevor Aparicio: aparicio.csci@gmail.com
Andrew Fischer: Study these different environments and determine their strengths and weaknesses.

Trevor Aparicio- Learn how to modify/create and track a wikipedia article and start brainstorming ideas on what article to write. Then, begin to actually create the article

For each team member, provide a brief rational what she/he finds interesting

Andrew Fischer: I use wikipedia on nearly a daily basis, not just as a resource for school, but as a fun way to learn about things outside my field of study.  I chose this topic in order to determine whether wikipidia is the best place for me to be getting information, or if another website, like KNOL might be better.

Trevor Aparicio- Wikipedia has become a huge influence on the knowledge base of many students in contemporary society. I have used it as a reference base many times for all types of knowledge from school work to games to other random ideas or concepts that I just wanted to look up. However, all throughout my middle and high school career I was warned against using this site as a knowledge base because it can be easily edited and changed by anybody with a computer and internet access. Even though much of the information on the site is correct, there is the possibility that information could be false and therefore misleading. This is why I think it is important to have a database of information that comes from credible sources such as KNOL or other online encyclopedias. I feel that sites such as Wikipedia may be a good starting place to find certain information, but if looking for specific knowledge that must also be accurate, then KNOL would be a much better source.

For each team member, provide a statement of what she/he plans to do to get started on the project

Andrew Fischer: I will start by looking up articles on the same subject in wikipidia, KNOL, and Britanica.  I will compare these articles and judge them based on their readability, their quality of the information, their quantity of information, and their quality of original sources.

Trevor Aparicio- Study and figure out how articles are created/edited on Wikipedia and on KNOL. Research some sources on random articles to see if they are relevant and credible sources. Determine, if possible, how credible some articles are. Start looking at each of the sites through the different viewpoints as mentioned above.