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WAC Workshop, May 13-14, 1996

Monday, May 13 (Holmes 306)
- 9:00-9:15 Coffee and Rolls
- 9:15-9:30 Introductions and Orientation (Dale)
  - History of WAC
  - WAC Premises
- 9:30-10:30 Using Journals, and Brief Writing Assignments to Focus Students' Attention (Dale)
  - Freewrite: your writing process
  - Freewrite: teacher-centered vs student centered instruction
  - Guided Freewrite: what differences exist between writer-based and reader-based Writing?
- 10:30-10:45 Break
- 10:45-11:45 Employing Reading-Response Journals and Study Guides to Improve Students' Study (A.J.) -- Uses Janet Emig's "Writing to Learn" article
- 11:45-1:30 Lunch (on us)
- 1:30-3:00 Designing and Implementing Effective Writing Assignments (A.J.) -- Process, Product, Assessment
- 3:00-3:15 Break
- 3:15-4:00 Planning a Writing-Intensive Syllabus (Dale)
  - Writer-based prose
  - Writing process: revision, peer critique
  - Reader-based prose and the move toward scenarios and genres
  - Writing Assignment Checklist
  - Sample Writing Intensive Syllabus
  - Sample Peer Critique Sheets
Tuesday, May 14 (Stevens Computer Lab Two: Bring a DOS Formatted 3 1/2" Disk)
- 9:00-11:45 Building an On-line, Writing-Intensive Syllabus
  - Browsing: Resources and Syllabi (Dale)
  - Coding HTML (Chris W.)
  - An HTML Reference Guide
- 11:45-1:30 Lunch (on us)
- 1:30-4:00 Experiencing and Creating a Real-time, On-line Discussion Group
  - Real-Time Discussion: Applying Workshop Ideas in Your Classes (Jill E.)
    - WriteMux Homepage
    - MOO Index at Texas: General Resources for MOOs and MUDs
    - MOO Directory at Texas: Links to MOOs
  - Digging Your Own Room (Steve M.)
- 4:00-4:15 Farewell and Assessing the Workshop