The Conference Schedule for Computers and Writing Online 2008 follows. We encourage you to participate in as many sessions as you like. One benefit of this online conference is that you may participate from the comfort of your own living room, study, kitchen table with a cup of coffee, or wherever you are comfortable. You merely need the time, your computer, and a stable (and hopefully high-speed) connection.
Friday, February 22nd
7:00 p.m. CST
Keynote Event: Dr. Michael Wesch, Asst. Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Kansas State University
7:30 p.m. discussion of "Human
Futures for Technology and Education"
8:30 p.m. CST
"Mapping:
Web 2.0 Literacies through Digital Cartography"
Dr. Eric Mason, Nova Southeastern University
Saturday, February 23rd
6:00 p.m. CST
"YouTube University: Participatory
Rhetoric, Web 2.0, and the Composition Classroom"
Ms. Erin Dietel-McLaughlin, Bowling Green State University
6:45 p.m. CST
"Rhetorical
Audience in the Wiki Environment"
Mr. Toby F. Coley, PhD Candidate, Bowling Green State University
Sunday, February 24th
6:00 p.m. CST
"Real-Life (RL)
experiences with Second Life (SL): Participatory Learning as a Means for
Increasing Student Engagement and Retention"
Tim Krause, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
6:45 p.m. CST
"Don't Go Chasing the Experts: Classroom Collaboration and 'The Wisdom of Crowds'." - Part 1"Don't Go Chasing the Experts..." Part 2
Dr. Julia Jasken, McDaniel College
7:30 p.m. CST
"Changing Equations
of Power and Privacy in the Semantic Web"
Ms. Shreelina Ghosh PhD Student, Rhetoric & Writing
8:15 p.m. CST
"Virtual Claims/Real Stakes: Intellectual Property
in Web 2.0 Environments"
Dr. Julia Mason, Florida Atlantic University
Monday, February 25th
7:00 p.m. CST
Keynote Event: Dr. Danielle
Nicole DeVoss and Ms. Sue Webb
7:45 p.m. CST Discussion of "Grand
Theft Audio"
8:30 p.m. CST
"Walking a Fine Line: Public and Private
Collisions when Social Networking in the Academy"
Dr. Michael Martin, University of Wisconsin-Stout
Tuesday, February 26th
6:00 p.m. CST
Wrapping Up: Exit
Survey, Final Thoughts