David Blakesley asked me to forward his announcement about the new
on-line version of The Writing Instructor. The TWI looks like it's
going to be a great initiative. I invite you to have a look at it.
Graham
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Greetings,
On behalf of our editorial board, Dawn Formo and I are pleased to
announce
the return/debut of *The Writing Instructor* at
http://www.writinginstructor.com
As many of you may know, TWI was a print journal from 1981 until 1997.
We've made it back in new form, with plenty of newly published and very
fine work that should be of interest to writing instructors. We're
calling
TWI a "networked journal and digital community for writers and teachers
of
writing," with the idea that we will know more precisely what that means
once we're adjusted to our new home on the WWW. All open submissions
have
undergone blind, peer review. Invited work (so indicated) has also been
reviewed by members of the editorial board.
The project is a cooperative of effort of Purdue University and
California
State University, San Marcos, as well as our many fine colleagues on the
editorial board (152 in all), representing over 60 universities,
two-year
colleges, and high schools and over 40 graduate programs in rhetoric and
composition.
We invite you to read, write, and discuss. We also hope you find TWI
useful, provocative, and fun. Much more is on the way . . .
Dave Blakesley & Dawn Formo
Co-Editors, The Writing Instructor
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Here's a summary of what you'll find in TWI Beta 1.0:
In TWI's Digital Debut . . .
Featured Hypertext
The Shaping Force of Electronic Texts and Journals
on Our Professional Work
--Victor J. Vitanza, University of Texas at Arlington
Symposium
Revisiting A Short History of Writing Instruction
James J. Murphy, editor.
University of California, Davis
Contributors
--Don Paul Abbott, University of California, Davis
--Richard Leo Enos, Texas Christian University
--Linda Ferreira-Buckley, University of Texas at Austin
--S. Michael Halloran, Renselaer Polytechnic Institute
--Catherine Hobbs, University of Oklahoma
--Carol Dana Lanham, Univ. of California, Los Angeles
--James J. Murphy, University of California, Davis
--Marjorie Woods, University of Texas at Austin
--Elizabethada Wright, Rivier College
Interactive Essay
Errors at Pound Ridge
--Chris Anson, North Carolina State University
Featured Topic: The Future of Writing Instruction
Hypertext
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Hyperwriting: A New Process Model
--Jean Mason, University of Toronto
Essays
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Composition's Professionalism vs. the Writing Center Director:
Rethinking the Director as a Teacher
--Stephen A. Ferruci, Pennsylvania State University, Erie
Teaching at the Crossroads:
Choices and Challenges in College Composition
--Barbara Gleason, City University of New York
Reflections
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Memories of a Writing Teacher:
Vague, Fragmented, and Maybe a Little Muddled
--Janet Alsup, Purdue University
The Would-Be Mentor as Writing Instructor
--Doug Downs, University of Utah
The Power of Ick; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Teaching
--David Gold, University of Texas at Austin
A More Critical Self
--Rochelle Harris, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Review
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Seeing and Writing by Donald and Christine McQuade
TWI Columns
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Absolut Writing
--David M. Rieder, University of Texas at Arlington
Digresso
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A Reading from The Book of Academics:
Or, A Creation Story
--Debrah Huffman, Erin Karper, and Julie Woodford, Purdue University
TWI Banner Contest!
TWI Poem-Generator
Resource Hub
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Resources for Writers and Writing Instructors
Resources for Editors
The Digital Community
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Threads, MOOs, Syncs, Riffs, and Jams
TWI News
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Calls for Submission | TWI News | TWI Events
News for Writers and Writing Instructors
News Resources, Newsfeeds, Conference Announcements, and more
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