The College of Professional Studies and Office of Special Programs of the University of San Francisco announces the upcoming Literacy Conference (June 12-14, 1986).
The focus of this conference, a debate on issues of literacy, will cover topics of reasoning, style, and writing. For further information write the following address:
The University of Pittsburgh announces a conference on computers and writing from May 2-4, 1986.
This conference on computer applications for writing instruction and research will explore current and future technologies for writing teachers, administrators, and students. Topics for paper presentations and software demonstrations include:
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For more information please call Jim Parlett or Carolyn Ball at (412) 621-4891. Conference coordinator is Glynda Hull.
In the November issue of Computers and Composition,we published an article entitled "Word Processing in the Writing Class: Tutorials Can Help Break the Ice" by Craig Waddell. Due to space limitations, we were only able to publish the first third of the word-processing tutorial that accompanied this article; we did not intend to suggest that a tutorial this brief would be sufficient for classroom purposes.
If you would like to receive a complete copy of this tutorial, send a self-addressed, stamped (56 cents postage), 9.5" x 12.5" manila envelope, and $1 to cover reproduction costs to the following address:
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The English Microlab Registry is a database of information about facilities in colleges and universities that use microcomputers to teach composition, business, and technical writing. Its purpose is to facilitate the exchange of information among instructors, administrators, researchers, and hardware and software vendors. It lists computers, word-processing programs, and CAI.
Writing centers, learning assistance centers, business communications labs, engineering writing labs, and labs that are shared with others qualify as "microlabs" as long as they use computers to teach writing. OVER 85 LABS ARE CURRENTLY LISTED.
Orders, registrations, and updates are accepted year-round. Subscriptions with index cost $10.00 per year (2 issues); no cost for registrations and updates. Custom searches and mailing labels are available.
For more information write or call
The Southeastern Writing Centers Association announces the theme for its sixth annual conference to be held April 17-19, 1986, in Mobile, Alabama: "Beyond Basic Writing: What More Can Writing Centers Do?"
Presentations of 15-20 minutes will address one of the following topics: the tutoring of ESL and learning-disabled students, competency testing, the writing center as the core of a writing-across-the-curriculum program, the use of computers in the composing process, and ways to establish community-outreach programs.
For further information, write to the following address:
Computers and Rhetoric: An Annual, Annotated Bibliography is a new bibliography of published materials on writing to be published by Longman Publishers. Similar to the MLA bibliography on literature and language, this annual publication will include annotated entries for articles, books, dissertations, microforms, and non-print media--including computer programs related to composition and rhetoric. The first volume will cover works produced in 1984 and 1985.
If you have produced a computer program that was designed to be used in teaching writing, that was produced within an academic institution (as opposed to a commercial company), and that you would like to have included in this bibliography, please send a description of that program to the address below. Commercial publishers are being contacted separately, and programs produced by them will also be included. Send all descriptions to:
Being precise about when a computer program was "produced" is not as easy as it is with a book or an article, but in this first volume we want to include only programs that were produced in calendar years 1984 or 1985. The second volume
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will include programs from 1983 and 1986, and the succeeding volumes will march both forward and backward in time (e.g., 1982/87, 1981/88, 1980/89).
Your description should include the following:
We may need to edit your description for inclusion in the bibliography.
If you would like to send a copy of the program itself, that would be helpful but is not necessary. The program will be returned if you include the address and postage. If you have questions, call Peter Adams at (301) 433-3964