Writing the Wiki 2015
For this year's work, I'm borrowing from the Teaching Machines Happening , especially the method designed by Mike Caulfield at AssignmentsA good way of thinking about what we're doing in this project is to see it as a GreatBigNoteTakingAdventure. We'll take this over a couple of weeks, starting with a first pass at some notes, then moving towards IdeaMining and perhaps SynthesisAndCritique.
Set up
Keep track of your work. On your WikiHome page, add two headings:Pages I Created
Pages I Contributed To
Add the pages that you created and contributed to, along with some notes about those pages.
The general topic is writing on a wiki. That slides into a lot of areas.
Before you begin, you should have read and worked with the readings and wikis on
And should be familaiar with these pages.
- StyleGuide
- TheTeaRoom. Our version of the FAQ. With tea. And cake.
- TheCollective
- CollaborationConventions
- WritingOnAWiki
- GettingTheWikiAttitude
You should also know how to edit on this wiki. A glance at your WikiName page should demonstrate that you know
- How to create new pages
- How to link to internal pages
- How to link to external pages using human-readable link text
- How to use headings
- How to use lists
The GettingStarted page covers these practices.
Week of 24 Feb
SentencesAboutWritingOnAWiki
The point of Sentences About is to gather and consolidate some common background. The exercise helps you become familiar with this wiki and the community that has contributed to so far. We'll start with some basics. The notes you gather for these topics will be use in developing higher order drafts later. But consider them notes. You and others will be returning to them later.Others
- IdeaMining
- Synthesis
