Provides writing center directors and their staffs with both the theoretical and practical aspects of setting up the electronics for the writing center. Contributors explore particular features of their own set-ups and review other centers for their strengths and weaknesses. Includes an annotated bibliography of important work in the field. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Published in 1998, Wiring the Writing Center was one of the first few books to address the theory and application of electronics in the college writing center. Many of the contributors explore particular features of their own "wired" centers, discussing theoretical foundations, pragmatic choices, and practical strengths. Others review a range of centers for the approaches they represent. A strong annotated bibliography of signal work in the area is also included.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS VII(2) INTRODUCTION Straddling the Virtual Fence ix Eric H. Hobson PART I: Models and Strategies for Wired Writing Centers 3(116) ONE The Look and Feel of the OWL Conference 3(22) Barbara Monroe TWO Email Tutoring as Collaborative Writing 25(19) David Coogan THREE Reflection and Responsibility in (Cyber) Tutor Training: Seeing Ourselves Clearly on and off the Screen 44(18) Rebecca Rickly FOUR WAC on the Web: Writing Center Outreach to Teachers of Writing Intensive Courses 62(13) Sara Kimball FIVE Have You Visited Your Online Writing Center Today?: Learning, Writing, and Teaching Online at a Community College 75(10) Clinton Gardner SIX The Other WWW: Using Intranets to Reconfigure the Who, When and Where of Network Supported Writing Instruction 85(18) Kurt P. Kearcher SEVEN Writing a Usable Center: Usability Research and Writing Center Practice 103(16) Stuart Blythe PART II: Critical Assessments of Wired Writing Centers 119(78) EIGHT Drill Pads, Teaching Machines, and Programmed Texts: Origins of Instructional Technology in Writing Centers 119(18) Neal Lerner NINE Virtual High School Writing Centers: A Spectrum of Possibilities 137(14) Pamela B. Childers Jeannette Jordan James K. Upton TEN The Community College Mission and the Electronic Writing Center 151(12) Ellen Mohr ELEVEN Random Memories of the Virtual Writing Center: The Modes-to-Nodes Problem 163(8) Ray Wallace TWELVE Computers in the Writing Center: A Cautionary History 171(26) Peter Carino PART III: Resources for Wired Writing Centers 197(34) THIRTEEN UnfURLed: 20 Writing Center Sites to Visit on the Information Highway 197(19) Bruce Pegg FOURTEEN Computers and Writing Centers: An Annotated Bibliography 216(15) Steve Sherwood WORKS CITED 231(11) CONTRIBUTORS 242(4) INDEX 246
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