Computers & Composing: How the New Technologies Are Changing Writing (Studies in Writing and Rhetoric) - Softcover

Halpern, Jeanne W.; Liggett, Sarah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809311461 ISBN 13: 9780809311460

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Halpern and Liggett provide a close look at several of the new communication systems, present a model of field re­search through which one of the new technologies is closely examined, and draw conclusions that lead to specific changes in emphasis in the teaching of writing. They describe instructional units that introduce the new technolo­gies in college writing classes and the re­sults of classroom experiments in which these units were tested. Finally they de­fine additional research questions about the new technologies and timely ap­proaches for answering them. They high­light the role of long-term and short-term memory, show how the choice of a composing medium influences the writ­ing process, and discuss critical differ­ences between speaking and writing.

About this title

About the Author

Jeanne W. Halpern teaches in the En­glish department at Purdue University.

 

Sarah Liggett teaches in the English de­partment at Louisiana State University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809311461
• ISBN 13: 9780809311460
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144