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I came upon this helpful list of open access online journals today: http://compfaqs.org/Free-accessOnlineJournals/HomePage

Inspired by all of the Tweeting going on at Computers and Writing this year, I’ve created an official CCO Blog Twitter account and added a stream to the sidebar of the blog page.  I plan to use this for a number of different purposes including live “tweeting” conferences, sharing links to resources, and other nifty [...]

Guest Editors Randall McClure and Janice Walker welcome submissions for a special issue of Computers and Composition related to the potential intersections between the future of the Internet and the teaching of writing.  The full CFP, as published on the WPA listserve, is below: Kevin Kelly (2008) has suggested the first lesson of the Web [...]

I just found a post to this 1995 Newsweek article in which the author confidently details all of the reasons the Internet will never have the level of impact on culture that it clearly ended up having over the last fifteen years.  It’s kind of an amazing read: http://threewordchant.com/2010/02/24/why-the-internet-will-fail-from-1995/

Here is a cool video of Cynthia Selfe discussing the value of the Digital Archive of Literacy Narrative project.  The title of her talk is “Stories That Speak to Us: The Intellectual and Social Work of Literacy Narratives & Digital Archives” Selfe – “Stories That Speak to Us: The Intellectual and Social Work of Literacy [...]

I am happy to report that the CFP for the Computers and Writing 2010 conference has now been published.   The theme: Virtual Worlds.  The challenge: Discovering new and meaningful modes of composing in Virtual Worlds. The full CFP can be found here: http://www.digitalparlor.org/cw2010/

I  just heard about what looks to be a great teaching tool.  Basically, it a screencast recorder that allows you to record while you perform and narrate tasks on your computer screen.  When you are done recording, you can edit the file and even include subtitles and such.  Also, the service has a YouTube-like function [...]

Copyright, Culture, Creativity, and the Commons This special issue of C&C, which will be published in September 2010, will pick up where the 1998 special issues on copyright of both C&C and Kairos left off.  The guest editors are seeking manuscripts that address “the cultural consequences of our expanded sense of what counts as ‘property’ [...]

Inside Higher Ed is running a piece today detailing the University of Michigan Press’ decision to shift to a primarily digital publishing model. It will still be publishing scholarly monographs, but printed editions will be gradually phased out over the next two years. To no one’s surprise, the press is citing basic economics for the [...]

The NCTE is working to make October 20th the National Day on Writing. There hope is to raise awareness about the craft behind all of the kinds of writing that people tacitly engage in everyday. As part of their effort the NCTE is creating a digital National Gallery of Writing, which they will unveil on [...]