Talk:PsycholARTSical: Psyched about the arts

Intro from a guru
Looks like this is a class project. If you guys need something, just ask (the admins are usually around). If you like, you can help us keep track of class projects by registering this one at List of class projects. This way, the regulars will know that you're working as a group on this project and we can better help out. A good starting point for anyone involved in this is Guidelines for class projects - just a quick primer so you know how things are done around here.

Finally, if there's an instructor or group leader, please identify them as such. Having a single contact point makes life much easier.

I hope all of you find this as exciting a project as I (and the other folks here) do. My talk page is always available if you need anything, or WB:HELP is read by the community at large. Happy editing! – Mike.lifeguard  &#124; talk 21:40, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
 * While I'm not your prof, I am familiar with Wikibooks. You guys have done great work, and it seems like the kind of thing your prof is looking for. Unfortunately, it's also looking less and less like a textbook as time wears on. This is often a problem with class projects (in fact, we're dealing with another one right now). If this is supposed to be a textbook, then great. I can give you some pointers on what you'll need to do to make it more textbook-like (create a table of contents, split the page off into several modules organized in a coherent way to teach someone about something...). If this isn't really intended to be a textbook, but something more like a course, then Wikibooks may not be the best home for it. Don't panic; you'll never lose your work. This is not said to scare you, but instead to help you find the best wiki to host your project.
 * Please do have someone respond to this, and we can move forward in one direction or another. – Mike.lifeguard  &#124; talk 16:49, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Assignment Guidelines
General Note To The Class: As per our class discussion on Thursday, we will now be posting our responses to the WikiBook, not the discussion page. Responses should engage critically with one or more concepts from the textbook. Feel free to include examples of personal experiences when relevant. Be sure to include page number citations to the textbook (or other sources) when appropriate. **Do not post your responses to the discussion page, as we will be reserving that space for editorial comments (e.g. I think this section is getting repetitive . . . or, I'm not sure that everything in this section is relevant . . . or, I really think this paragraph would work  well in this other section . . .) **Seeing as we've agreed to construct this book in the form of a collective dialogue, please remember to include your signature after all of your postings to the WikiBook the and discussion page. **These changes have also been made to the "Posting to our WikiBook" section to avoid any confusion.

If you have any questions regarding the assignment guidelines, post them here.

How to Format Your Responses (Ask the Editors)
If you have any suggestions or concerns about formatting, post them here.


 * I moved all the entries that were [in the motivation section] to the WikiBook. Unfortunately, that meant deleting everyone's summaries for the week.  Apologies go out to all of you who put the effort into those postings.  They will still be able to be viewed and assesed by Michele in everyone's contribution page, so I'm thinking that he'll take that into account during evaulation (at least I hope he will). If not, you can blame it all on me.
 * --Maurosavo (talk) 16:50, 25 January 2008 (UTC)


 * (SIDEBAR) Let me assure you that absolutely all individual contributions will be accessed using this form--Special:Contributions--and taken into account during evaluation.
 * --Yasya (talk) 17:58, 25 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Following Mauro's lead, I transfered the "Classroom Management" entries to the Wikibook.
 * Seeing as we did not create subheadings on the "discussion page" until our second week, this section remains disorganized.
 * Perhaps each contributor can organize their old entries, and place them under the appropriate subheading.
 * --Mjcaskenette (talk) 21:48, 27 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Initially, I deleted all of the old Wikibook entries in the Classroom Management section, as Mauro had done. However, in discussion with Michel, we agreed this might have been a bit extreme.  I restored the old notes; please try to integrate your old discussion passages within them.  Perhaps someone would like to restore the old Motivation notes as well.  Mauro?  Any takers?
 * --Mjcaskenette (talk) 07:14, 28 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Hello Editors! I have no idea why, but my entire response is underlined! I posted under "Cognitive Views of Learning" under the heading, "Becoming Knowledgeable: Some basic principles"  I don't know if this is an issue, but if it is, let me know how to fix it!! Thanks.
 * --Colillis (talk) 19:28, 1 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Hey guys. An observation regarding the "Cognitive Views of Learning" section: Several people have summarized material from the text.  That's great, and it helps fuel our discussions.  But I don't think we should add our signatures to material that has been merely summarized.  What if you revise or add to someone's summary?  Do you delete their signature, and/or add your own?


 * Signatures should be used to acknowledge our personal interjections, interpretations, ideas and experiences. The extra signatures just seem like clutter, and besides, we don't want to take credit for ideas that aren't ours.
 * The Editors may want to take a few of these signatures out.
 * --Mjcaskenette (talk) 03:49, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Major Reorganization
As promised, this week the whole page was divided into several sub-pages that correspond thematically with the weekly reading topics. The links to the new sub-pages are available under Book Contents. Don't hesitate to contact me in case you have any questions, problems, suggestions. --Yasya (talk) 07:47, 2 February 2008 (UTC)