UNIV 101: The Writing Component
A Brief Workshop for Instructors
1......Why incorporate technology and writing?

2......Modes of electronic interaction

  • emails to the instructor
  • online student work group
  • posts on an electronic bulletin board (BlackBoard or WebBoard)
  • listservs, chatrooms, newsgroups
    • 3......Focused Web searches: discoveries about the NIU website
  • Website critique
  • Webographies
  • Scavenger hunts (using search engines)
  • Cyber tours
    • 4......Designing webpages for UNIV 101: http://www.students.niu.edu/

    5......Electronic writing services at the NIU Writing Center: http://www.engl.niu.edu/writing_center/

    Website designed by Brad Peters
    Coordinator of Writing Across the Curriculum/Writing Center
    Northern Illinois University
    bpeters@niu.edu