Wiki Discussion of "The New Imperialism & Africa in the Global Electronic Village"

Help to advance your work on your wiki-styled group writing project by contributing three comments of 50 words or more to your "group post" discussion area.

Your comments should assess and provide suggestions for improving the substance and style of your groups' wiki-styled summary of "The New Imperialism & Africa in the Global Electronic Village."

Stylist critique should concentrate on matters developed in the following course readings on web style:

• 5 Keys to Effective Web Writing
  • Start with the conclusion
  • Use lots of lists
  • Be concise
  • Use short paragraphs
  • Write good headlines / titles
• "Turn any list into a bulleted or numbered list"
• "Surface the agent and action ... so users don't have to guess who does what"
• Microcontent
• First 2 Words

You may also work to improve the stylistic quality of your group post by pointing out and making suggestions for eliminating unncessary uses of the form of the verb "be":

• am
• are
• is
• was
• were
• be
• being
• been

You will receive

• five homework points if you receive credit for three well-written comments of 50 words or more that
  • make recommendations for increasing the summary's accuracy, or,
  • draw upon the course readings on web style, or,
  • make recommendations for eliminating unncessary use of the form of the verb "be"
• four homework points if you receive credit for two well-written comments of 50 words or more that
• make recommendations for increasing the summary's accuracy, or,
• draw upon the course readings on web style, or,
• make recommendations for eliminating unncessary use of the form of the verb "be"
• make recommendations for increasing the summary's accuracy, or,
• draw upon the course readings on web style, or,
• make recommendations for eliminating unncessary use of the form of the verb "be."
• three homework points if you receive credit for one well-written comment of 50 words or more that
• zero homework points if you do not complete this assignment or receive no credit for the comments that you post to the "group post" discussion area.

Comments posted to the "group post" discussion area will receive no credit if they

• contain weak writing
• fall short of the 50-word minimum
• fail to draw upon the course readings and/or discussion