They are hands-on, and the workshop leaders are some of the best people in the field of computers and writing.
Publishers are welcome.
After this discussion, participants will be given the opportunity to design a classroom activity using one of the electronic modes of communication discussed. At the end of the workshop an e-pal activity, designed by the project participants, will be adopted as a way for the workshop conversation to continue among the participants after the conference has ended. This half-day workshop will demonstrate the advantages of linking the writing process to computer technology. The materials use the technology available within the parameters of a Microsoft Word program, including such things as outline view, brainstorming, inventing ideas, drafting, revising, comparing versions, tracking text changes, and the insertion of peer and instructor editorial comments. The two presenters bring many years of secondary and post-secondary composition instruction to the task of teaching teachers.