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I. Teaching Composition to Undergraduates, Jan. 10-12, 1985 at the Sheraton Sand Key in Clearwater Beach, Florida
This second annual CCCC Winter Workshop is designed to provide additional professional development opportunities to teachers in two- and four-year colleges through a three-strand program of intensive workshops focusing on
This program includes an intensive one-week course in computer literacy geared toward the humanist scholar/teacher who recognizes that the computer can be a valuable tool in teaching and research. Instruction on a variety of computers (including the Franklin Ace 1000 TRS-80 Model II, IBM PC and XT Kaypro II). operating systems (including Apple
DOS, TRS DOS, PC DOS, CP/M 80 and 86), languages (including Pascal, BASIC, LOGO), and applications (including spread sheets, word processing authoring programs, commercial data bases). Contact:
In response to requests for evaluations of computer software, the CCCC Committee on Computers and Composition seeks the experience and advice of colleagues who use word processing programs in their own writing and those who are using programs to teach writing to college students.
Persons willing to write short evaluations (based on the "NCTE Guidelines for Review and Evaluation of English Language Arts Software" but adhering to a format devised by the CCCC Committee) and willing to provide about 150 copies of each evaluation for distribution at a committee booth on the display floor of the 1985 CCCC convention in Minneapolis should notify Audrey J. Roth, Committee Chair, 8620 S.W. 118 St., Miami, FL 33156. You will be sent a copy of the evaluation form.
The Committee also invites colleagues knowledgeable about a variety of published software to volunteer to spend an hour or two serving as a resource person at the booth during the convention. Let Audrey know the range of your interests and, as nearly as possible, a time that you could be available during the convention to answer questions or share experiences about computer software.
James L. Collins and Elizabeth A. Sommers are editing Composing and Computing for Boynton/Book Publishers. The book is for writing teachers who use, or want to use, word processing in their classrooms. This audience, by design, cuts across grade levels and disciplines, and so does the purpose of the book: to integrate sound .writing instruction with word processing. The emphasis throughout the book's 14 chapters is on writing and teaching writing and on how these activities connect with microcomputers and word processors. Contributors include Lillian Bridwell, Glynda Hull, Donald Ross, Cynthia Selfe, William Smith, Michael Spitzer, Peter Stillman and others. Collins and Sommers expect a Fall, 1984, publication of the book.
The Instructional Resource Center of The City University of New York announces the publication of Microcomputers and Basic Skills in College: Applications in Reading, Writing, English as a Second Language and Mathematics. Contact:
Interested in good CAI for your composition classroom? Write it yourself. This workshop, tested in secondary schools and at national writing conferences, guides teachers step-by-step through the process of creating their own computer-assisted, process-oriented, instruction for computer classrooms. No programming experience is necessary. The workshop focuses on how to design CAI modules that address your students' writing problems, how to write software scripts, and how to work with a programmer. Field testing and evaluation are also addressed. Contact: