What's the latest on Commontext.org? A similar idea from George Willimas is gathering momentum
Would it make sense to create a group blog devoted to teaching English
language and literature, one where ideas could be exchanged, resources shared,
pointers to already existing sites posted, websites collaboratively created?
Consider these questions:
- What have you created that you'd like to share with others?
- What have you found on the web that has been most useful in your teaching?
- What have you not found that you wish were out there? What's on your
wish list?
I was happy to submit my MLA Bibliography Builder to Commontext, in the hopes of participating in a similar labor-saving exchange, but so far it hasn't generated any comments.
blog?
Why would a blog be the best way to do this, as opposed to an email list, or a slashdot-style site?
re: Blog?
Slashdot is a weblog (troll)
:)
Good questions...
Well, I think that's the sort of question people are still kicking around -- though the fact that it's being discussed in the blogosphere probably means that blogging will somehow be involved. I'm partial to a wiki format, myself. Peer review is already a form of reputation management; unless we have an absolute stampede of participants, I'm not sure there is a need for the kind of automated reputation management that slashdot offers. But hey, who knows. As for an e-mail list -- I would say it's not public enough. I'd rather be able to sample a few works here and there without having to commit to yet anothers stream of messages arriving in my in box.
Dennis G. Jerz
Jerz's Literacy Weblog