Welcome+and+format+of+Comp+Spring+Wiki

As I'm sure you know by now, much of Comp. class is self-directed, in that each of you is looking for specific help to exploit your personal strengths and ameliorate your individual weaknesses as a writer. To help achieve these goals, I have experimented with creating a Class Wiki. Each of you will be responsible for posting three essays here over the course of the Spring term, and now that your midterm piece is in, I'm hopeful that you will widen your circle of readers by posting ONE of your first three essays to this Wikispace.

Each of us is responsible for then responding to THREE of our classmates' essays. This will be graded, in that I am expecting sensitive, specific feedback from each of you to at least three of your classmates every time that I direct class to the Wikispace. Before our next conference, on Wednesday, 4/22, I will check that you have posted an essay and at least three responses to your classmates.

Please spread the wealth: ensure that everyone gets at least a series of comments from someone, preferably two members of the class.

Let me know how this is working. Our goal is to gain meaningful feedback from our peers to inform our revisions.