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Proposals are now being accepted for the 13th annual GPACW, which will be held on the campuse of North Dakota State University the weekend of October 8 – 9, 2010.  The deadline for electronic proposals is August 15th. Specific details for the conference can be found here: http://www.socialmedia.ndsu.nodak.edu/?page_id=20

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 [...]

It’s that time of year again when we all start making plans to propose panels and presentation for next year’s 4Cs conference, and, as such, I thought it would be appropriate to remind everyone about a really valuable yet, I think, under-recognized presentation opportunity at the Cs:  The Computer Connection.  Each year the CCCC Committee [...]

Deadline Extended to 5 March, 2010.  Don’t miss this great opportunity to contribute to an important scholarly discussion. As shown in the Fall 2009 Computers and Composition Online special issue on Web 2.0, open source projects are a significant part of social media, especially media intended for education. Although some of Web 2.0 is open source, [...]

Call for Webtexts Special Guest Edited Issue on Rhetorical Media and the Open-Door College The central role of the Open-Door College English teacher is to provide learning opportunities that prepares a diverse body of students from across communities to transfer into four-year universities, become employable for vocational-technical and allied health positions, and also, be prepared [...]

ust found this.  Sounds like it would be a great opportunity for those interested in video gaming and composition. Rhetoric/Composition/Play: How Electronic Games Mediate Composition Theory and Practice (and Vice Versa) Computer and video games continue to inundate the entertainment market, and culture along with it. Traditional text games, adventure games, first-person shooters, the immersive [...]

Clair Lutkewitte of Ball State University seeks papers for an under contract edited collection addressing the following: Writing instructors who teach online or in networked classrooms are embracing highly collaborative Web 2.0 applications in their writing pedagogy. This essay collection, under contract with Fountainhead Press in the X Series for Professional Development, seeks to provide writing [...]

In Participatory Popular Culture and Literacy Across Borders we will explore how students’ online literacy practices intersect with online popular culture.

Call for Webtexts Open Source: Purpose, Practice, and Priorities Computers and Composition Online, Fall 2010  As shown in the Fall 2009 Computers and Composition Online special issue on Web 2.0, open source projects are a significant part of social media, especially media intended for education. Although some of Web 2.0 is open source, that overlap [...]

The 2009 Computers and Writing is still seeking proposals for this year’s Graduate Research Network.  The deadline to apply for travel assistance and to appear in the program is May 30th. Here is the link for more information: http://class.georgiasouthern.edu/writling/GRN/2009/index.html