CFP: Computers and Writing (10/15; 5/25-5/28)

From: Donna Reiss (dreiss@wordsworth2.net)
Date: Mon Aug 30 1999 - 21:17:05 EDT


Please let your colleagues across the curriculum know about the Computers
and Writing 2000 conference and call for proposals at
http://www.eaze.net/~jfbarber/cw2k/bridge.html.
For details about the special track/strand on computer-mediated
communication across the curriculum (WAC/CAC/ECAC) , see the note here at
the end of the general call or go to the conference Web site and select
Conference Information-->Site Map-->Strands-->Communications Across the
Curriculum-->Call for Proposals.
Call for Proposals: Computers and Writing 2K
"Evolution, Revolution, and Implementation: Computers and Writing for Global
Change"
May 25-28, 2000 Fort Worth, TX
Hosted by Texas Womans University
Dene Grigar, Coordinator

At the CWC98 in Gainesville, FL, participants expressed a commitment to
reach out to business and industry, as well as other disciplines, to study
and address the evolving state of technology and the pedagogies and
philosophies underpinning it, to pursue projects that utilize computers
and/or writing in community service initiatives or global relations, and
to implement computer technology more practically in the classroom

As a way to further this commitment to these issues, we seek presentations
that demonstrate new ways of thinking about and implementing computer
technology in our intellectual and personal lives; shape policy and
perceptions about the use of computer technology in the office, classroom,
and home; educate others about the effective and appropriate uses of
computer technology for teaching, learning, and research; promote
effective utilization of computer technology; demonstrate positive uses
of computer technology in contemporary society, such as community
building, knowledge-making, and the sharing of information; and actively
involve community and industry in Computers and Writing. Preference will
be given to presentations that utilize interactive methodologies and
encourage participant involvement.
Special tracks will be offered during the conference for people interested
in MOO Research, Feminism and Technology, Queer Studies, Publishing,
Communications Across the Curriculum, and Teaching with Computers-K-College.
Proposals are encouraged in any of these areas.
Information regarding special requirements for submitting proposals
for these strands can be found on our conference website.

Proposals are sought for onsite half and full day workshops held at the
conference hotel and online workshops held in TWUMOO. Additionally,
volunteers are sought for special Outreach Training Workshops (OTW) for
teachers in public education, K-12. Volunteers involved in OTW will be
expected to travel to local schools and provide one-on-one, hands-on
training for teachers in their classrooms and labs.

For more information, visit our website at
http://www.eaze.net/~jfbarber/cw2k/bridge.html
or contact Dene Grigar, TWU, P.O. Box 425829, Denton, TX 76204;
940-898-2298;
dene@eaze.net;
fax: 214-553-7764.

Deadline date: October 15, 1999
WAC/CAC/ECAC: Communications Across the Curriculum Strand Call for Proposals
Coordinated by Mike Palmquist, Michael Rosenberg, and Donna Reiss
         At the 1999 WAC Conference at Cornell University
         (www.arts.cornell.edu/jskwp/wac99.html), sessions
         focusing on computers and new media were well
         attended. The Computers and Writing 2000 Conference
         in Fort Worth, TX, provides an opportunity to continue
         the conversation on these issues during a year in which
         the WAC conference does not meet. For CW2K we are
         organizing a cluster of sessions linked by a common
         theme: the role of computer-mediated communication
         and new media in fostering and supporting
         interdisciplinary inquiry as a venue for the teaching of
         writing and/or communication across the curriculum
         (WAC/CAC).

         We welcome proposals from a wide range of disciplines
         and encourage multi-disciplinary strategies at the level
         of theory, and cross-disciplinary collaborative tactics at
         the level of practice. Short papers and presentations
         that foster discussion and audience participation are
         preferable; related longer papers by the presenters will
         be considered for publication in a special edition of
         Academic.Writing: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on
         Communication Across the Curriculum
         (www.colostate.edu/Depts/WAC/journal/).

         Topics on the role of computer-mediated communication
         and new media in fostering and supporting writing
         and/or communication across the curriculum
         (WAC/CAC) might include the following:

              *Conceptualizing and reconceptualizing WAC/CAC
              courses and programs, in particular those that
              consider the role of interdisciplinary inquiry as a
              teaching and/or learning strategy

*Considering and reconceiving substantial
              interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary inquiry
*Considering and reconceiving definitions of
              "writing," "genre," and "disciplines" (as suggested
by George Landow, Kenneth Gergen, and others at
              WAC 1999)
*Cross-disciplinary collaboration in WAC/CAC
              courses and programs
              *Teacher preparation, renewal, and collaboration
              within WAC/CAC programs

*Writing centers and writing programs in relation to
              WAC/CAC programs
*Direct student support in WAC/CAC
*Professional development with students (and
              faculty) for technological as well as disciplinary and
              interdisciplinary expertise

         Use the online proposal submission forms for full details
         about formats for panels, presentations, posters, and
         workshops as well as for proposal submission forms. Be
         sure to designate Interdisciplinary exploration among
         the categories you identify for your proposal.
-
Donna Reiss <tcreisd@tc.cc.va.us> or dreiss@wordsworth2.net
HUM105 students send cc to tcreisd@yahoo.com
Associate Professor, English-Humanities
http://onlinelearning.tc.cc.va.us/faculty/tcreisd/
Project Manager for Distributed Teaching and Learning
Coordinator of Online Learning <onlinelearning@tc.cc.va.us>
http://onlinelearning.tc.cc.va.us/
Tidewater Community College, 1700 College Crescent, Virginia Beach, VA 23456
phone 757-321-7364 fax 757-427-0327

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