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| Computers and Composition | 7 |
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| Campbell, Jo | 1 |
| Fischer, Katherine M. | 1 |
| Mayers, Tim | 1 |
| Peckham, Irvin | 1 |
| Peltier, Robert F. | 1 |
| Wall, Beverly C. | 1 |
| Watkins, Steve | 1 |
| Weiss, Timothy | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 7 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 7 |
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 6 |
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Peer reviewedCampbell, Jo – Computers and Composition, 1996
Discusses implementation at Conestoga Elementary School in Gillette, Wyoming, of an electronic portfolio system to store both two-dimensional information, such as writing and drawing, and full-motion video sequences for each student. Notes that teachers, parents, and students can access the portfolios, which reside on rewritable optical disks; and…
Descriptors: Electronic Text, Multimedia Materials, Portfolios (Background Materials), Primary Education
Peer reviewedPeckham, Irvin – Computers and Composition, 1996
Addresses the disruption that frequently follows the insertion of computers into non-computer-mediated practices. Describes several traditional and computer-mediated peer-response strategies. Analyzes what is gained and lost when students move from traditional to computer-mediated peer-response groups. Acknowledges that computer-mediated…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Mediated Communication, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Peer reviewedFischer, Katherine M. – Computers and Composition, 1996
Describes a creative writing class in which students used hypertext to develop their writing portfolios. Suggests that, much like "Kansas Dorothy" who ventured into Oz, a "tornado" carried these students and their teacher from the safe Paperland to the yellow chip road of electronic portfolios. Notes that students' portfolios…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Electronic Text, Higher Education, Hypermedia
Peer reviewedWatkins, Steve – Computers and Composition, 1996
Argues for having first-year composition students "publish" electronic portfolios on the World Wide Web. Provides background on attaining a computer-mediated pedagogy that accounts for its electronic presence and transcends traditional classroom practice. Presents an actual electronic portfolio. Concludes that making an electronic…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Text, Freshman Composition, Higher Education
Peer reviewedWeiss, Timothy – Computers and Composition, 1989
Proposes that for students to gain the maximum benefits from the computer as an education and composition tool, teachers should incorporate the computer throughout the composing process. Describes the adaptation of computers in a specialized business and technical persuasive writing course. (MS)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education, Microcomputers, Peer Evaluation
Peer reviewedMayers, Tim – Computers and Composition, 1996
Notes many networked composition classrooms can be considered "transitional;" focus of the classes is neither exclusively on print-oriented skills nor on electronic-literacy skills. Focuses on an instructor's first-year composition courses in a computerized environment. Outlines ways teachers may employ a portfolio pedagogy in networked…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Text
Peer reviewedWall, Beverly C.; Peltier, Robert F. – Computers and Composition, 1996
Presents accounts of two teachers using electronic portfolios. Relates how moving peer reviews and explanatory papers from manila folders to electronic portfolios helped students become more aware of peers as audience. Describes the unsettling effect of students who chose to invest their energy in dynamic online dialogs rather than in the…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Classroom Techniques, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Text
