CW2001 Program - Computers and Writing

The interface is incredibly simple, allowing students to master the
software and get started on designing a presentation in less than a
full class period. MP Express may be ideal for students and teachers
who wish to design a presentation quickly or for those who need an
introduction to multimedia. But what does the final product look like Is
it sophisticated enough to use on the college level This poster session
will offer a comparison of the same writing project (a service learning
project) presented on both PowerPoint and MP Express. Visitors will
also be able to test the software on a demonstration computer, and
free trial CDs and product sheets will be provided.
Saturday Afternoon
Erin Karper
OWL Are You: Uses For and Users of Purdue’s Online Writing Lab
This poster session serves as both a demonstration of and a reflection
on uses and users of Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab, located at
owl.english.purdue.edu.
Started in 1995, Purdue’s OWL is one of the oldest and largest online
writing labs. The Web site receives over 250,000 hits per month, and
receives traffic from all over the world. In fact, more people from outside
the Purdue academic community use the OWL than people within it.
The poster session offers background about Purdue’s OWL and some
of the groups of people which use it, offers a demonstration of the
site’s contents, and suggests possible uses for the site by teachers,
tutors, and other educators. While the main focus of the poster session
is praxis, the OWL, its uses and its users are situated within a critical
context that considers the rationale behind online writing labs and
their uses in education–wherever and whenever that education is
happening. Handouts, bookmarks, pencils, and other supplementary
materials will be available for conference visitors.
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