On Tue, 13 May 2003, John Sechrest wrote: (01)
> Post this write up to the wiki on the day the assignment
> is due. Do not post it earlier. (02)
Your assignment sounds very interesting and probably a _serious_
education for many of the students. (03)
However, I do have one gripe or insight but I'm not sure how to
get around it. (04)
I think of Wiki's as scratchpads: they are ways to fluff ideas
around, think some thoughts and (Peter are you listening?) create
concepts that you may not have initially known were there. My
method for writing in a wiki is to just write and whenever I get
to a concept I think needs a little more flesh but I don't know
what that flesh is, I mush some words together. After I submit
the current page I go back and fill those words in if I have
something for them. (05)
If you are telling your students to not post their results to the
wiki until the assignment is due, they don't get the benefit of
using the Wiki as thinking tool that may operate on the order of
days. (06)
I assume you are delaying the posting to avoid "cheating". That's
a difficult challenge in teaching situations. My attitude of late
has been to essentially encourage what amounts to cheating
amongst people who are learning technical skills. Stealing/using
other people's ideas is one of the primary skills a programmer or
system administrator must have. (07)
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