Horizon Report 2006: further reading: Romantic Poetry Meets 21st Century Technology
From RG-Bibliowiki
Romantic Poetry Meets 21st Century Technology (Brock Read, The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 15, 2005): This article describes how wikis are being used in literature courses—with satisfying results.
"A handful of professors, including Mr. Phillipson, are now making wikis the focal points of creative-writing and English-literature courses. The professors argue that the communal Web sites promote a more casual, flexible form of class discussion than blogs and message boards. "And some campus wiki enthusiasts are making the case that the technology can actually change students' writing for the better, by encouraging them to swap ideas with their classmates and to continually revise their work, instead of turning in a paper and forgetting it forever."
Examples
- Romantic Audience Project (RAP): described in the article. Bowdoin College professor Mark Phillipson's English class project completed in 2003 and described extensively in The Romantic Audience Project - A Wiki Experiment. Powered by SnipSnap. Successor project is:
- Romantic Audience Project 2 (RAP2) - spring 2005. Also powered by SnipSnap.
- WriteHere: Matt Bowen created "the world's first English-language creative-writing wiki." Most of entries are Bowen's own, having encountered reluctance among other writers to post to the site. Powered by MoinMoin
