CW2001 Program - Computers and Writing

Thursday
5:30 — 8:00
Opening Reception/Hors d’Oeuvres
Muncie Center for the Arts
The Mentoring Program
Michael Day, Alexandria Babione, Eric Crump, Traci Gardner, Trish
Harris, Rich Rice, Janice Walker
Let’s say you have taught literature and composition for 25 years and
are attending C&W for the first time. Or that you are a graduate student
presenting a paper, and anxious to meet computers and composition
“superstars” but do not know how to go about it. Maybe you’ve
attended a variety of conferences, but you are not sure what to expect
at C&W. Or perhaps you have taught in public schools and participated
in NCTE conferences, but this is your first time at C&W.
We will briefly offer some strategies and tips to help you get the most
out of your C&W conference. Coordinator Michael Day will introduce the
conference program and the group. Alexandra Babione, the beginner’s
big momma advocate, will encourage everyone to ask questions, speak
out in sessions to get clarification, and to remember that even the
experts were beginners at one time. Eric Crump, who considers C&W a
playground, will remind everyone that computers and writing values
trial and error exploration, risk-taking, wild ideas, hugging, and doing
things just because they are fun. Traci Gardner, of “Traci’s Lists of Tens”
(www.ncte.org/traci/tens) fame, will outline strategies attendees can
use to document their participation and convince their administrators
that sending them to conferences is a good investment. Trish Harris will
discuss her methods for meeting people and making the most out of
the conference program. Rich Rice will pay attention to specific graduate
student interests. And Janice Walker will speak about the value of
attending workshops and participating in special interest groups like the
Graduate Research Network. You will have the opportunity to meet your
mentor/mentee this evening and over breakfast tomorrow morning.
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