Computers in the Composition Classroom : A Critical Sourcebook

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Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-03-23
Publisher(s): Bedford/St. Martin's
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Summary

Computers in the Composition Classroomintroduces new teachers and scholars to the best thinking and practices that inform sound computer-assisted writing pedagogy. Chapters focus on critical issues such as literacy and access; identity and online writing practices; composing online; and the future of technology and writing.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. v
Introduction: Reflecting on Technology and Literacy in the Composition Classroomp. 1
Foundations of Computers and Compositionp. 9
Introductionp. 11
CCCC Position Statement on Teaching, Learning, and Assessing Writing in Digital Environmentsp. 15
Literacy, Technology, and Monopoly Capitalp. 20
The Rhetoric of Technology and the Electronic Writing Classp. 35
Distant Voices: Teaching and Writing in a Culture of Technologyp. 46
The Politics of the Interface: Power and Its Exercise in Electronic Contact Zonesp. 64
Literacy and Accessp. 87
Introductionp. 89
Technology and Literacy: A Story about the Perils of Not Paying Attentionp. 93
From Pencils to Pixels: The Stages of Literacy Technologiesp. 116
Champing at the Bits: Computers, Copyright, and the Composition Classroomp. 135
"It wasn't me, was it?": Plagiarism and the Webp. 151
Reading Hypertext: Order and Coherence in a New Mediump. 165
Writers and Identityp. 179
Introductionp. 181
Feminist Research in Computers and Compositionp. 185
Out of the Closet and into the Network: Sexual Orientation and the Computerized Classroomp. 207
The Persistence of Difference in Networked Classrooms: Non-negotiable Difference and the African American Student Bodyp. 218
Reversing Notions of Disability and Accommodation: Embracing Universal Design in Writing Pedagogy and Web Spacep. 228
Writers and Composingp. 231
Introductionp. 233
Pedagogy in the Computer-networked Classroomp. 239
Contrasts: Teaching and Learning about Writing in Traditional and Computer Classroomsp. 251
Rethinking Validity and Reliability in the Age of Convergencep. 271
Looking for Sources of Coherence in a Fragmented World: Notes toward a New Assessment Designp. 293
The Politics of the Program: MS Word as the Invisible Grammarianp. 308
The Computer and the Inexperienced Writerp. 326
Web Literacy: Challenges and Opportunities for Research in a New Mediump. 333
Web Research and Genres in Online Databases: When the Glossy Page Disappearsp. 350
Institutional Programsp. 367
Introductionp. 369
The Debate about Online Learning: Key Issues for Writing Teachersp. 373
Why OWLs? Value, Risk, and Evolutionp. 385
The Best of Both Worlds: Teaching Basic Writers in Class and Onlinep. 389
The Impact of the Computer in Second Language Writingp. 404
WAC Wired: Electronic Communication across the Curriculump. 425
The Rhetoric of New Media Writingp. 449
Introductionp. 451
Negative Spaces: From Production to Connection in Compositionp. 454
Part 2: Toward an Integrated Composition Pedagogy in Hypertextp. 469
Some Notes on Simulacra Machines, Flash in First-Year Composition, and Tactics in Spaces of Interruptionp. 482
Re: The Future of Computers and Writing: A Multivocal Textumentaryp. 485
Suggested Readingsp. 499
About the Editorsp. 507
Creditsp. 509
Indexp. 513
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