Hello everybody. I want to get back to you with a quick rundown of how this
is going.
We've decided to try a video transcribing and subtitling activity as Leigh
Thelmadatter suggested (
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/April_2015/New_to_…).
We are using the
Amara.org platform. I put up a list of videos for
subtitling or translating from English; students may volunteer to pick a
video or suggest their own (which nobody did as of yet) and transcribe /
translate it. They get 30 points for the first minute and 10 for every
additional minute they complete.
Videos on the list are mostly what I recently watched on YouTube. I did not
include any videos from Commons. Videos on my list that were at least
partially subtitled (or translated) by the students include
*
http://amara.org/en/videos/pasvCxmxuUQu/info/what-is-out-there-the-story-of…
*http://amara.org/en/videos/GFc5Vo3aPWDY/info/review-papers-please/
*
http://amara.org/en/videos/uaCmbPpZlDlI/info/how-to-write-a-great-research-…
*
http://amara.org/en/videos/pasvCxmxuUQu/info/what-is-out-there-the-story-of…
*http://amara.org/en/videos/5dbfHRf7dVk9/info/review-gone-home/
*
https://www.amara.org/en/videos/4xI2pqoAX8i3/info/make-yourself-happier-usi…
*https://www.amara.org/en/videos/5kDUeKxDRhen/info/review-goat-simulator/
*
https://www.amara.org/en/videos/iJlXx9cGQufF/info/emma-watsons-un-speech-wh…
<https://www.amara.org/en/videos/iJlXx9cGQufF/info/emma-watsons-un-speech-what-she-didnt-say-heforshe/#>
*
http://amara.org/en/videos/wtnIGLW8jjHN/info/google-wave-natural-language-p…
What I did not figure out yet is how to motivate students to do Peer
Review. I offered 10 points for reviewing every minute, but students mostly
ignored it and did not participate.
Thank you for all your suggestions. I plan to eventually extend this
activity to Wikipedia articles too.