laptop computers and writing instruction what am i going to do with this technology?
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Laptop Computers and Laptop Computers and Writing InstructionWriting Instruction
What am I going to do with What am I going to do with this technology?this technology?
Laptop Computers and Laptop Computers and Writing InstructionWriting Instruction
The Move to TechnologyThe Move to Technology The Virtual Writing LabThe Virtual Writing Lab First-Year CompositionFirst-Year Composition Technical CommunicationTechnical Communication
The Move to TechnologyThe Move to Technology
Running, Kicking, and Running, Kicking, and ScreamingScreaming
Move to TechnologyMove to Technology
The Rose-Hulman ExperienceThe Rose-Hulman Experience Absence of computer writing labAbsence of computer writing lab Value placed on technical Value placed on technical
adaptabilityadaptability First-year composition course and First-year composition course and
curriculumcurriculum Laptop “culture”Laptop “culture”
Move to TechnologyMove to Technology
Administration and technical Administration and technical facultyfaculty
Opportunity to revise and re-Opportunity to revise and re-evaluate the First-year evaluate the First-year Composition courseComposition course
Benefits to the StudentBenefits to the Student
Improving writing and critical Improving writing and critical thinking skills?thinking skills?
Quantitative dataQuantitative data Associated Board of Engineering Associated Board of Engineering
and Technical Schoolsand Technical Schools Assessment plan data collection Assessment plan data collection
ongoingongoing Communication skills objective Communication skills objective
The Virtual Writing LabThe Virtual Writing Lab
Online AnytimeOnline Anytime
Software AdoptionSoftware Adoption
Receive Receive assignmentsassignments
Participate in on-Participate in on-line discussions line discussions
Submit essaysSubmit essays Peer editPeer edit Retrieve graded Retrieve graded
workwork
Rationale for Computer-Rationale for Computer-Assisted Composition Assisted Composition
Ellen Barton, “Interpreting the Ellen Barton, “Interpreting the Discourses of Technology”Discourses of Technology”
Dominant discourse: Myron Dominant discourse: Myron TumanTuman
Anti-dominant discourse: Cynthia Anti-dominant discourse: Cynthia Selfe and Richard SelfeSelfe and Richard Selfe
Rationale for Computer-Rationale for Computer-Assisted CompositionAssisted Composition
Instructor and students Instructor and students illuminating the potential and illuminating the potential and problems of technology even as problems of technology even as they employ it in the classroomthey employ it in the classroom
Laptop computer as the ever-Laptop computer as the ever-present marker of technology’s present marker of technology’s potential and problemspotential and problems
First-Year Composition and First-Year Composition and the Critique of Technologythe Critique of Technology
Making the ConnectionMaking the Connection
First-Year Composition: First-Year Composition: Issues in Science and Issues in Science and
TechnologyTechnology basic issues raised by scientific basic issues raised by scientific
knowledge and by science-based knowledge and by science-based technologytechnology
assigned reading: non-fiction essays, assigned reading: non-fiction essays, science fiction novels, films, plays, and science fiction novels, films, plays, and short storiesshort stories
authors who are interested in impact authors who are interested in impact of science and technology on our daily of science and technology on our daily liveslives
Assignments 11 and 12Assignments 11 and 12
Matthew Arnold, “Literature and Matthew Arnold, “Literature and Science”Science”
Thomas Huxley, “Science and Thomas Huxley, “Science and Culture”Culture”
Journal writing on each readingJournal writing on each reading
Assignment 13: Internet Assignment 13: Internet SearchSearch
Determine how many courses in the Determine how many courses in the humanities and social sciences are humanities and social sciences are required for engineering majorrequired for engineering major
Provide Works Cited entry for this Provide Works Cited entry for this Web siteWeb site
List the humanities and social science List the humanities and social science credits/courses that the school credits/courses that the school requires of your engineering majorrequires of your engineering major
Assignment 16: Assignment 16: Persuasive EssayPersuasive Essay
105 years have passed since Thomas Henry Huxley argued that "literary instruction and education" have no "direct value" for the "student of physical science." Argue either for or against the veracity of Huxley's claim for students at Rose-Hulman.
Assignment 16:Assignment 16:Persuasive EssayPersuasive Essay
If you decide to argue for Huxley's position, your audience for the essay is the professors of the HSS department. If you decide to argue against Huxley's position, your audience is the professors of the mechanical engineering department.
Course EvaluationsCourse Evaluations
Relevance to engineering Relevance to engineering curriculumncurriculumn
Improved writing skillsImproved writing skills Enjoyable and interestingEnjoyable and interesting
Technical CommunicationTechnical Communication
Technology and Workplace Technology and Workplace Communication Communication
Writing Lab and Writing Lab and Writing WorkplaceWriting Workplace
NTC inadequate for larger NTC inadequate for larger documents: graphicsdocuments: graphics
Campus network and company Campus network and company intranetintranet
Reviewing capabilitiesReviewing capabilities In-class presentationIn-class presentation Technical writing portfolioTechnical writing portfolio
Reviewing toolsReviewing tools
Student document: DVD technologStudent document: DVD technologyy
Word 97Word 97 Student peer editingStudent peer editing
In-class demonstrationIn-class demonstration
Look@Me, Look@Me, FarallonFarallon/Timbuktu/Timbuktu Peer editing discussionPeer editing discussion On-screen revisionOn-screen revision
Technical Writing PortfolioTechnical Writing Portfolio
Student PortfolioStudent Portfolio ResumeResume Technical Communication Technical Communication
DocumentsDocuments Audience AnalysisAudience Analysis Designing for the WWWDesigning for the WWW
Laptop Computers and Laptop Computers and Writing InstructionWriting Instruction
The Move to TechnologyThe Move to Technology The Virtual Writing LabThe Virtual Writing Lab First-Year CompositionFirst-Year Composition Technical CommunicationTechnical Communication