CW2001 Program - Computers and Writing
CW2001 Program - Computers and Writing
CW2001 Program - Computers and Writing
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Saturday<br />
1:30 — 3:00 Session H.1<br />
MOO Texts as Cognitive <strong>and</strong> Rhetorical Spaces<br />
RB 104<br />
Joel English, moderator<br />
Michelle Glaros<br />
Accountable Assessment in the Age of Digital Labor<br />
Accountability. Assessment. In this short essay, I explore the ways in<br />
which the modes of thinking assessed by st<strong>and</strong>ardized exams diverge<br />
from the modes of thinking dem<strong>and</strong>ed by the digital labor market; <strong>and</strong><br />
reflect on our responsibilities as educators to assess our students’<br />
preparation for that market in a responsible way. If the methods <strong>and</strong><br />
measures we currently employ run counter to the modes of thinking<br />
our students-turned-workers must be proficient in to survive on the<br />
digital labor market, we put ourselves in the position of being not<br />
only unaccountable, but irresponsible educators.<br />
Steve Benninghoff<br />
Seeing the Virtual–MOOvements Towards Process Thinking<br />
I discuss the way some students who had previously been frustrated<br />
in composition classes responded favorably to being able to see<br />
<strong>and</strong> underst<strong>and</strong> the “virtual” processes underlying communication via<br />
the Moo, <strong>and</strong> also the way students who felt they had mastered the<br />
traditional approaches to composition felt threatened, <strong>and</strong> even resisted<br />
Moo classes at times.<br />
John Ronan<br />
MOOssay:<br />
Potential Parameters of Interpretation Within a MOO Essay<br />
This presentation focuses on MOO as a writing space, as opposed to<br />
MOO as synchronous communication. This presentation focuses on<br />
theoretical problems of agency, ethos, <strong>and</strong> audience <strong>and</strong> practical<br />
concerns of basic programming the MOOssay foregrounds.<br />
92 <strong>Computers</strong> & <strong>Writing</strong> 2001