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Technology and Writing
Listed below are links to sites that focus
on technology and the teaching of writing. This collection of
links will be updated monthly. Please email dvescio@worc.mass.edu
if you would like to add a link to Writenet's collection.
Journals/Organizations/Listserves
- American
Studies Crossroads Project
- CWRL: The Electrinic Journal
for Computer Writing, Rhetoric, and Literature
- The Electronic Democracy Project
("This intercollegiate project links students and faculty
interested in public writing, political rhetoric, and civic argument
in courses across the curriculum.")
- Inkspot (a site for creative writing; has a section devoted
to the young writer)
(K-12)
- Journal of Technology Education
- Journal of Technology Studies
- Kairos: A Journal for Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments
- The Labyrinth-Forum
- New
England Alliance for Computers and Writing
- Society for Philosophy and Technology
- Society for Technical
Communication
- Teachers and
Writers Collaborative (especially
useful for K-12 teachers of writing) (K-12)
- Teaching
Literature with Computers
- Technical
Communication Quarterly ("a professional
journal devoted to the teaching, study, and practice of technical
writing in academic, scientific, technical, governmental, and
business/industrial fields.")
- WWW Journal of Online Education
- Writenet ("designed
for teachers and writers who are interested or involved in running
creative writing workshops for students in grades K-12."
To join, send an email to majordomo@twc.org; in the body of your
message, write "subscribe writenet"--don't include
the quotes!)(K-12)
- Writer's
Write ("THE WHO, WHAT, WHERE,
WHEN, AND HOW OF WRITING")
- Writing on the Edge: A
Journal About Writing and Teaching Writing ("aimed primarily
at college-level composition teachers and others interested in
writing and writing instruction")
Papers and Conferences
Email
Web
Word Processing
- Create Your Own Adventure
("This middle school language arts project was intended
as a means by which eighth graders could meet the Minnesota Graduation
Standard in the WRITE/SPEAK Learning Area while incorporating
technology for word processing and publishing." Currently
under construction.) (K-12)
- Marjorie Simic. Computer
Assisted Writing Instruction
Free Resources
Articles
- Douglas Eyman. NonLinear
- Todd Oppenheimer's The
Computer Delusion (an excellent critical evaluation of the
use of technology in the classroom)
- Nicholas Negroponte's Bits
and Atoms (discusses the characteristics of digital composition)
Software
- Jerry Pournelle on grammar
check programs (great overview of how to use grammar check programs
to teach literacy skills
- The Daedalus
Group (collaborative writing software)
- CommonSpace
(collaborative writing software)
- Group
Logic (collaborative writing software;
home of Aspects for the Mac)
- The
Writer's Software Companion ("The
Writer's Software Companion is a multimedia learning system for
fiction writers...."
- Pournelle's review of Dramatica (another creative
writing application)
Reference
11/10/03 |
