Why Can't Kids Get Collaborative Writing?
“Collaborative production is a more involved form of cooperation, as it increases the tension between individual and group goals. The litmus test for collaborative production is simple: no one person can take credit for what gets created, and the project could not come into being without the participation of many.” Clay Shirky Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations Drawn by Beatrice in Korea about what FCP means to her. They aren't getting it if they sign their name. They aren't getting it if they write in something else and paste the "finished" product onto the wiki. Wikipedia is an example. That is what we're trying to get them ready for! We work together. Mapping the human genome was collaborative. Why do they have to sign their name? Why do they think that it won't be fair? Don't they realize we can see their contributions in a granular way? Collaborative is a new thing and we've got to do b...