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This site is designed to help new attendees at the Computers and Writing Conference feel welcome. You will find materials for first-time attendees and for mentors. It has Facebook groups and pages, plus mail  discussion lists.

crowdsourcing info on computer use during in-person tutoring

a discussion of the role and function of computers in tutoring sessions see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=1043203

the first "Great Moments in Writing Lab History"; a report on "Comp-Lab Project" of York College, "where reduced classroom hours are systematically coordinated with a flexible schedule of autotutorial work in a writing laboratory"; a report from a WC on offering student support beyond auto-instruction; a report on computer-assisted instruction; mailing list

discussing what one would purchase with a "sky's the limit" budget

"Are Machines the Answer?" on the benefits on one-on-one human compared to computer interaction; "Evaluation and Instruction"; "Some Tutoring Guidelines," a list of Dos and Don'ts for tutors; mailing list

crowdsourcing a list of software of interest to writing centers (note: since this is 2008 discussion all of these programs either exist in newer versions or are no longer in production)

a discussion of evaluation strategies for websites

discussing the digital literacy skills tutors are expected to have and to teach/tutor

Dissertation on online writing center website design

Via CompPile: "This review-essay of Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch's Virtual Peer Review: Teaching and Learning about Writing in Online Environments focuses on virtual peer review (VPR) and its place in composition pedagogy. Breuch's two main points of interest are what is gained by immersing students in online learning, and what could the composition community lose during the transition. In six chapters, Breuch discusses these ideas respectively: 1) how to distinguish the differences between VPR and face-to-face peer review through the use of remediation, specifically with reference to three characteristics of Computer Mediated Communication (CMC): time, space and interaction; 2) how these dimensions play out in virtual communication and instruction; 3) a more focused analysis of the 'tension' that arises when peer review is placed in the virtual world; 4) the challenges of the ownership of ideas in VPR; 5) other concerns raised about VPR; and 6) how VP can be used in the classroom and other writing contexts, the university Writing Center being one example. [Jennifer Maness] "