Internet Relevance to WC

[Jennifer Jordan-Henley <JORDAN_JJ@A1.RSCC.CC.TN.US>]

James, if you think like this, then where in the world have you been? 
There's a bunch of us out here who will back you up, and if you need 
data, then check out the numerous home pages now associated with 
writing centers (online and otherwise). Come to a few Tuesday Nite 
Cafe meetings. Log on to Daedalus MOO. 

Writing Centers are perfect for online activity--and the activity can 
pay off for centers in a big way. At the time I started, all I had was 
one little SE30 Mac online and a center full of aging equipment--all 
offline. But when Barry Maid and I started our Cyberspace Writing 
Center Project, the administration suddenly noticed that something was 
working in our writing center, and generating attention and interest. 
Result: I've now got seven beautiful new machines with four more on 
the way, all online, and our students are having a ball holding 
writing conferences in cyberspace, learning a variety of new skills, 
meeting new people, and improving the quality of their writing. All 
kinds of other things have happened, too: publications, presentations, 
consulting, and now book activity. Two graduate students are writing 
master's theses on the project. We've had all kinds of good press that 
have helped our schools.

We've heard one argument after another *against* using cyberspace for 
writing conferences, but frankly, we're too busy and too involved to 
have much time to argue back! 

Check out these sites. Many other relevant sites are linked to them, 
including Eric's Writery and the ACW, and the Netoric Project (check 
the latter out for logs pertaining to your administrative problems).

http://fur.rscc.cc.tn.us/cyberproject.html
http://fur.rscc.cc.tn.us/owl/owl.html

Daedalus MOO: logos.daedalus.com 7777 (home of VR/WCenters)
Media MOO: purple-crayon.media.mit.edu 8888 (Tues. Nite Cafe)

jennifer jordan-henley
jordan_jj@a1.rscc.cc.tn.us