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mode, media, audience, purpose, and situation

Let writing go to edge of consciousness. 

write until we find this for ourselves, how can we expect it in our classroom?

enthusiasm motivates

Can’t find time?  No easy solution here, but try buying yourself out

authentic assessments

experiential learning

In "Design Challenges" learners select a problem, conduct research with users, prototype a solution, give and receive feedback, and iterate to produce a final project.

Feedback is the basis for open source culture

Giving constructive criticism (and receiving it) is something that takes practice. We adhere to “if you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all” because we don't believe that our opinions are necessary. We forget that criticism doesn't have to lead to complete redesign or reformulation.

We also tend to spend time focusing on our own things, rather than looking at other people's ideas and thinking about making them better.

We ask for feedback and expect to get some, but we rarely give our feedback freely – we wait until our specific feedback is requested or until the work directly affects our own. We all know how fantastic it is to get good, constructive feedback on something we're working on. What if we all took more time to give feedback like that to others? What would happen?

the Web is, by its nature, collaborative

the power of the open Web comes from our ability to share. In the learning experiences we design, when we create spaces to share our work with each other, we model the way the Web works. These complex social spaces encourage freedom of expression and honesty.