And the Technography method becomes an educational methodology. It engages the whole student. Its products can be evaluated objectively. It facilitates the production of a collaboratively-written publication, and yet individual contributions can be clearly owned. It results in a product that will have special meaning to the student, and value to the class and community.
Any teacher knows that the best way to learn something is to have to teach it.
I've taught college writing for three years, where I've had the students create their own composition guide. They love the assignment, since it combines their need for practical results with their intellectual work in the class. They Web the result. A few examples, here. Many students assume a consumer-vendor model of education, and resent blurring that line.