Cool wiki

For the many billions who are undoubtedly reading (!!), check out the *very* cool work that students in my graduate basic writing class ("Teaching Basic Writing at the College Level") did on their CompFAQ basic writing wiki:
http://comppile.tamucc.edu/wiki/BasicWriting/BestPractices

First, let me say thanks to three people: Glenn Blalock and Rich Haswell, who were *fabulous* partners on this (they did everything from reviewing the assignment to providing feedback to students), and Tim Gustafson, who hosted a module on the "Teaching Composition" listserv on using wikis that gave me the idea to start with. This project was far cooler than I imagined it would be. Students took it HUGELY seriously, working on many, many, many drafts of the wiki entries. It was also a great way to do "research work" in the course - everyone worked very hard on focusing their questions as they went, deciding what they really were doing, and writing tightly and smartly. I also loved the collaborative nature of the project. They wrote/posted, we all read... it was great. And it will continue to *be* great because of the nature of the wiki, which is terrific. A great way to end the term!