"A recursive public is one whose existence...is only possible through discursive and technical reference to the means of creating this public" - Chris Kelty, Two Bits

Crowdsource That Grant! Part 2

Technical Writers today must cultivate a capacity to respond just in time, and even in real-time, to the sudden changes, shifting timelines, and the overall dynamic nature of our communications ecologies.

In the spirit of these times we will crowdsource two grans this week. MZHS suddenly has 2 very important grants, mostly developed but definitely in need of our collective attention and resources, both due Friday Feb 27 . So, the collective grok on the Gardening Grant (beginning the Saturday) will be a good warm-up for this exercise for our focus this week.

Pat Fried is available for questions, and I encourage you to post your questions for her right here on this page, but she of course always welcomes emails, if you prefer. I will post all information as it becomes available. Stay tuned.

The first version of Crowdsource That Grant, Fall 2008, helped us find that synergy that Jacob Parker writes about at his wiki hub, and that we experienced in class FebEighteen by breaking into the Gardening Grant, and focusing on minutiae of the language the group has prepared so far. People, get ready. Here we go again:

Community Foundation Grant

much like the Gardening Grant and the Knight News Challenge, this grant asks us to succinctly provide a lot of information. Compression!

--> Grant Application Form (Before)

--> Grant Application Form (Revised)

Rays Community Fund Grant

here, we really only need to update last year's application.

Rays Community Fund Grant Application

Community Fund Answers Create Boilerplate

Place links to your completed assignments underneath each prompt:

1. consider the multiple audiences paying attention to this wiki. Refactor your group pages to include a brief (3 sentences) statement of purpose.

Lauren, Tiff, and Brian's Mentoring Page

creativestudentstudio.pbwiki.com/FrontPage# Linking outside pbwiki to class wiki, Amanda Anseeuw

2. Again, please link your group's page to the collective course project page, and browse all the projects on this wiki. Find a need for, and design, a set of technical instructions.

3. Editing exercise:

a) create a page with text that you think would benefit from collective editing attention. Share a specific tool or suite of editing tools that you think would help us "crowd source" your text in an efficacious manner. Make your work available by linking it to your wiki hub and on this page, below:

b) (wait until Saturday) after the garden grant group adds one more set of revisions, Tina will clone the new best version. Each of us will make an edit pass on this page, and explain the edits we make.

Brian's GG edits

4. Read Geeks and their Recursive Publics in Chris Kelty's Two Bits, respond (250 words).

Brian's response (so far)

back to FebEighteen

forward to MarchFour

Roll Call

Craig

Tina

Amanda