| Description |
xvii, 222 pages ; 23 cm |
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Foreword / Edward P. J. Corbett -- Pt. I. Re-imagining the Profession: Teaching and the Virtual Age. Ch. 1. Computers and the Writing Classroom: A Look to the Future / Charles Moran. Ch. 2. Preparing English Teachers for the Virtual Age: The Case for Technology Critics / Cynthia L. Selfe. Ch. 3. Political Impediments to Virtual Reality / Elizabeth Sommers. Ch. 4. Exploring the Implications of Metaphors for Computer Networks and Hypermedia / Janet Carey Eldred and Ron Fortune -- Pt. II. Looking Beyond Virtual Horizons: Teaching Writing on Networks. Ch. 5. Electronic Meetings of the Minds: Research, Electronic Conferences, and Composition Studies / Gail E. Hawisher. Ch. 6. Breaking Down Barriers: High Schools and Computer Conferencing / William W. Wright, Jr. Ch. 7. Teaching Composition in Tomorrow's Multimedia, Multinetworked Classrooms / Hugh Burns. Ch. 8. Social Epistemic Rhetoric and Chaotic Discourse / Paul Taylor |
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Pt. III. Navigating Virtual Waters: Where Do We Go From Here? Ch. 9. The Virtual Context: Ethnography in the Computer-Equipped Writing Classroom / Marcia Curtis and Elizabeth Klem. Ch. 10. Computers and Composition Studies: Articulating a Pattern of Discovery / Christine M. Neuwirth and David S. Kaufer. Ch. 11. Ringing in the Virtual Age: Hypermedia Authoring Software and the Revival of Faculty-Based Software Development in Composition / Paul LeBlanc. Ch. 12. What Are They Talking About? Computer Terms That English Teachers May Need to Know / Richard J. Selfe |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching.
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English language -- Composition and exercises.
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English language -- Computer-assisted instruction.
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English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching.
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Report writing -- Study and teaching.
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| Author |
Hawisher, Gail E.
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LeBlanc, Paul, 1957-
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| LC no. |
92005502 |
| ISBN |
0867093072 |
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