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The University of Southern Maine, as part of its Title III Grant, is developing a pilot CAI lab to help students with deficiencies in grammar and composition. The micros to be used will have an IBM PC configuration. Some commercial software has been ordered, but we are eager to hear from others who are involved in similar programs and who may have written their own software. Please write:
Robert Lemelin,
Director Learning Assistance Systems
University of Southern Maine
96 Falmouth Street
Portland, ME 04103
THE WRITING LAB NEWSLETTER is intended as an informal means of exchanging information among those who work in writing labs and language skills centers.
Brief articles (four to six typed pages) describing labs, their instructional methods and materials, goals, programs, budgets, staffing, services, etc. are invited. For those who wish to join the newsletter group, a donation of $5 to help defray duplicating and mailing costs (with checks made payable to Purdue University, but sent to me) would be appreciated. Please send material for the newsletter and requests to join to:
Professor Muriel Harris, Editor
WRITING LAB NEWSLETTER
Department of English
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
The Exxon Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant to Joy Reid of Colorado State University for the development of a CAI in ESL writing project. International students at CSU will have the opportunity to take a 3-hour, non-credit writing class that will involve using the Writer's Workbench system in order to improve their writing skills and their English language proficiency. The year-long project, beginning in January, 1984, will be open to full-time graduate and undergraduate students.
Let us hear about other grants and funding opportunities.
Upcoming conference dates:
NCTE, Denver, November 21-23, 1983 (especially the post convention workshop on computers and composition.)
CCCC Institute on Teaching Freshman English, Clearwater Beach, Florida, January 4-7, 1984--with a session on computers in teaching writing, led by Hugh Burns.
Southeastern Conference on English in the Two-Year College, February 17-19, 1984, Arlington, Virginia.
Colorado Language Arts Society, March 8-11, 1984, The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
CCCC, New York, March 28-30, 1984--with a preconvention workshop on computers and composition, sponsored by the CCCC Committee on Computers; and the special interest group meeting--THE FIFTH C: COMPUTERS.
The Second Annual Conference on Writing Assessment (for elementary, secondary, and post-secondary teachers, administrators, and test developers), at Florida State University, March 7-9, 1984--with a session on microcomputer applications in writing assessment.
CEA, April 14-16, 1984, Clearwater, Florida
Baltimore City will host the 1984 ACE (Advances in Computerized Education) Symposium at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore and the Baltimore Convention Center from Sunday, January 22 to Friday, January 27, 1984.
The theme of this year's symposium will be "Technological Applications and Language Knowledge (TALK)." The symposium will provide a forum for discussing state-of-the-art technology in a variety of disciplines with a view to adapting that technology to more effective teaching and learning of languages.
Contact:ACE Symposium
233 SFLC
Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah 84602
(801) 378-6533
Call for Papers:
The Instructional Resource Center of The City University of New York is pleased to announce a national conference, April 13-15, 1984, New York City: "Microcomputers and Basic Skills in College." We invite papers on the use of microcomputers in postsecondary basic skills instruction:
Abstracts should be typed, single-spaced, no more than one page and submitted in duplicate. Include your name, affiliation, home and office addresses and phone numbers. Indicate equipment needed, whether you will be able to supply this equipment, and the optimum time for the presentation. Abstracts must be received by January 15, 1984.
Please forward abstracts or inquiries to:
Geoffrey Akst, Conference Chair
Instructional Resource Center
City University of New York
535 East 80th Street
New York, NY 10021
(212) 794-5425
Call for papers:
As many of you discovered at CCCC 1983 more and more composition and literature teachers are exploring uses of computers for writing. to exchange information and ideas (in addition to this newsletter), we can meet and discuss our plans and problems at a Special Interest Group meeting at the CCCC 1984 in New York. "The Fifth C: Computers" will meet Thursday, March 29, from 4:00 to 5:15.
I will again coordinate the information exchange at that meeting, so I ask that if you are working on a computer project you prepare a 1-2 page handout describing your project, plan, or interests. Please include your name and address so people can reach you after the convention. Bring any other handouts you can share with the SIG members. Please bring at least 150 copies (including one for inclusion in this newsletter).
The CCCC session itself will provide an opportunity for those submitting handouts to discuss them in 5-10 minutes. We will not be reading papers! Please let me know by March 1 if you plan to bring handouts and talk to the group.
If you have any questions or suggestions, please write to:
Kate Kiefer
Department of English
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
Call for papers:
The sixth annual National Educational Computing Conference for "individuals from all levels and from all institutions with interest in educational computing" will be held in Dayton, Ohio, June 13-15, 1984. Papers describing "actual experiences with computer use in the classroom or the consequences of such use on the educational process in general" will be accepted until December 15. Send papers to:
A.J. Turner
Department of Computer Science
College of Nursing Building
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29631
Call for papers:
COLLEGIATE MICROCOMPUTER is a unique forum for the exchange of ideas about the roles of microcomputers in all areas of college and university life. This quarterly journal discusses uses of microcomputers in teaching and research, in classroom and laboratory, in library, studio, and office, in planning and development.
Submit papers in any area related to microcomputer use in the college or university environment.
Send papers to:
Collegiate Microcomputer
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Terre Haute, IN 47803