Two things about our group I have been thinking about:
(1)
Looking at our last day, I noticed that none of us produced an *actual*
textbook page. Are all different things we discussed (internet,
books/not textbooks etc.) a good excuse for us not to commit to a
written page? Things aren't fluid on a written page, we have to make decisions, defend them, and being authors, take responsibility for their consequences.
(2) I'm not at all comfortable eliminating an *expert* from the picture (implicitly present in internet context, not just wikipedia).
Here's my quick, immediate response: I don't feel like there is any input from an expert when I create a textbook page for others to use (see, e.g., a textbook I did write, http://books.google.ca/books/about/Embracing_Mathematics.html?id=-Lc9fQIlYC4C&redir_esc=y)... once the work of art leaves the artist, or the page leaves the author, the reader is the one who makes the meaning. If I am a teacher employing "text materials" with students, I am participating in the negotiation of meaning, and in the end have more control over people understanding my intentions. What do we all think?
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