CW2001 Program - Computers and Writing

computers and writing separable. And we dare no longer consider
ourselves representing only one strand of composition studies.The
ubiquitous use of communication technologies — e-mail, MOOs,
word processing, Web authoring and research — makes it incumbent
upon those of us in Computers and Writing to raise the critical
issues associated not only with teaching and learning in our own
classrooms, but with conditions and opportunities for professional
development; preparation of new faculty; hiring, tenure, and promotion
decisions; scholarship and intellectual property; political and
methodological approaches to assessment; and connections to
public discourse, business and industry.
Among the workshops, some 250+ presentations, and Town Halls,
we hope you will find opportunity to explore one or more of these
pressing issues. The Town Halls examine technological literacy of the
past and project into the future. The majority of sessions examine or
demonstrate the current state of technological literacy. The strands
link presentations on Assessment, Distance Education, Electronic
Communication Across the Curriculum, Gender and Technology,
Hypertext Theory and Practice, K-16 Praxis, Queer Studies, Service
Learning, Synchronous Learning Environments, and Visual Literacy.
The Graduate Research Network, the Teacher Preparation Forum,
and the Mentoring Program are designed to facilitate the entry
of graduate students and new faculty into the profession, our
community, and this conference, in part by foregrounding the
professional issues that the presence of communication
technologies has raised. Whether you aspire to an award for
contributions to the C&W community or hope to carry “practical
theory” into your academic home, we wish for you fruitful
connections and an enriching conference.
Linda Hanson, CW2001 Chair
Rich Rice, CW2001 Co-Chair
CW2001 Committee
Computers & Writing 2001
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