May 27-29, 1987
A Meadowbrook Conference
Oakland University
Rochester, MI 48063
| Featured speakers: | Lillian Bridwell Bowles |
| Hugh L. Burns | |
| Dawn Rodrigues | |
| Chris Neuwirth |
This conference will provide information and demonstrations. Speakers will review current evaluations of the impact of word processing in writing; demonstrate and discuss developments in software and hardware; and review options for supporting computer labs, for software development and purchase.
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DIDACTA OF AMERICA `87, the International Trade Show and Congress on Educational Materials and Technology, will bring together over 200 manufacturers, importers, exporters, and trading companies from seven continents, June 18-21, 1987, at the Expocenter/Chicago.
Sponsored by Worlddidac, World Association of Manufacturers and Distributors of Educational Materials, and the Swiss Industries Fair, the four-day international trade show represents the latest offspring of the Basel Didacta. The show focuses on educational materials and technology for all educational levels from preprimary through university.
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The office for the Summer Session at MIT has announced the new location for the Fourth Annual Conference on "Writing for the Computer Industry" to be held on Saturday, August 15, 1987. This conference, formerly conducted at Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH, by Dr. Richard Chisholm, will now be held at MIT.
The 1987 conference will include 30-minute oral presentations and practical hands-on workshops on how to write manuals and on-line user aids, human-computer interaction, information design, linguistic style, management of writing in the computer industry, and current research into artificial intelligence.
Dr. Edward Barrett (Writing Program, MIT) will direct the conference, Dr. James Paradis (Technical Communication, MIT) will serve as co-director, and Dr. Chosholm (Plymouth State) and Dr. John Kirkman (Wiltshire, England) will act as consultants.
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An intensive, two-week introduction to qualitative research and evaluation methods, conducted by Dr. Billie Wahlstrom, will be held at Michigan Technological University July 6-17. All workshop activities will be conducted in MTU's new Walker Arts and Humanities Center. This facility contains the Center for Computer Assisted Language Instruction, a fully equipped computer lab with networking capabilities. It also houses the Communication Laboratory, which includes a state-of-the-art video classroom, video production and editing facilities, and observation booths.
This workshop is designed
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A two-week workshop on computers in writing-intensive classrooms, conducted by Dr. Cynthia Selfe, will again be held this summer at Michigan Technological University. Two sessions of the workshop will be offered this year: June 8-19 and June 22-July 3. English teachers who want to incorporate computers into their writing-intensive classrooms are invited to attend.
All sessions of the workshop will be conducted in a fully equipped computer lab designed especially for English teachers. In addition to regularly scheduled sessions, the computer lab will be open and staffed during the evenings. All participants will receive one-on-one help in learning to develop computer applications suited to their own classrooms and programs. The workshop is sponsored by the Division of Education and Public Services at MTU. For more information, please contact
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The Iona College INSTITUTE IN EDUCATIONAL COMPUTING will run from July 6-16. Sessions will be held Mondays through Thursdays from 9:00 AM until 12:45 PM. During each session, participants will hear a keynote speaker and participate in a hands-on workshop. Workshop offerings of interest to teachers of English include applications of computers to English and language arts and telecommunications in the classroom.
The keynote speakers for the Institute include Dr. William Costanzo, Professor of English at Westchester Community College and Dr. Collette Daiute of the Graduate School of Education at Harvard. Students may register for the Institute on a credit or non-credit basis.
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Poet Louie Crew has developed a computer program, MUSES, to manage the circulation of manuscripts. The program keeps track of all of the details stemming from publications, manuscripts under consideration, rejection slips, deadlines, dates submitted, and so forth. This program is also capable of keeping bibliographic and follow-up files after transferring the file to the accepted manuscripts file. Another section of the program helps the writer in compiling contributors notes.
Louie Crew's computer program is published as freeware and can be obtained from various electronic bulletin boards. The new version of MUSES runs on IBM computers, and those compatibles which use the MS DOS operating system. Writers can obtain copies from bulletin boards or by sending $15 (to cover copying and mailing costs) to