Before
the Grade: Options for Responding to Student Writing --This page
describes several methods for
responding to student paper drafts: peer review, writing workshops,
draft conferences, and writing clinics.
CAUSE
--Association for managing and using information resources in higher education.
Computer-Based
Writing Instruction Research at Texas Tech --Description of how
networked classroom instruction in writing has worked at Texas Tech.
Links to reports from computer classrooms; descriptions of current computer-based
classes; and bibliographies of publications and presentations by Texas
Tech instructors.
Epiphany
--A multi-institutional project designed to help faculty in higher education
make the transition from traditional to technology-based pedagogy.
Contains material on pedagogy and theory; technology-based courses and
curricula, and faculty development.
Internet
Resources for English Teachers --Links to courses and course materials;
online journals and books; publishers of educational and academic software;
professional resources for teaching on the Internet; and "special interest
resources."
Kairos
--A Journal for Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments, Kairos serves
as a "peer-reviewed resource for teachers, researchers and tutors of writing
at the college and university level." Kairos addresses the challenges
of teaching and writing in a hypertext environment, primarily the World
Wide Web. Recent issues have covered OWLs, MUDs and MOOs in education;
gender and electronic communication; and technology and tenure.
Meeting
the Needs of International Students --Describes challenges international
students face in terms of cultural adjustment, listening, speaking, reading,
and writing assignments.
Stages
of Cultural Adjustment --Useful for any professor working with international
students, this page outlines stages that students may go through as they
adjust to living in another culture.
Strategies
for Teaching Writing --Part of Virginia Tech's writing program faculty
handbook, this page outlines methods for using formal and informal writing
assignments to enhance student learning in any course. The page
also briefly reviews theories connected to specific methods.
Writing
Needs of International Students --Information on how to help international
students with timed essays, course papers, grammar, and style.