I spoke with Jen (the professor one, not the me one) the other day about the final project for this class, and we decided that I'll be trying to make a publication out of a short paper I wrote for another class a couple of years ago. I wanted to take some notes on that project here so I can start thinking about it more seriously.
I've already identified the target publication for the piece, which is the Journal of Business and Technical Communication's section on Approaches and Practices, "short pieces—5 to 15 typewritten, double-spaced pages—published in a section of the journal devoted to pedagogical tips and industrial how-to's."
The paper I'll be revising for this project is a 5-page essay on using wikis in technical communication classes. I teach technical and scientific communication, and each semester I have my students collaborate to produce an informative website. To avoid the complications and time commitment of teaching them Dreamweaver or another web design program I have them create their site in a wiki. The paper talks about benefits of using wikis, what students and instructors can do with them, and multiple ways instructors can incorporate the technology into the class.
I'll keep brainstorming ideas about how to proceed from here. Would love to hear any thoughts you have.
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Thanks for the update, Jen. I think this sounds like a fantastic idea. You are a wiki goddess.
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