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Collaborative Practices
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Technology BibliographyElbow, Peter, and Pat Belanoff. A Community of Writers: A Workshop Course in Writing. 2nd ed. NY: McGraw, 1995.
This book includes several writing activities and assignments geared toward group assignments and peer-editing. The third edition also includes a section on computer-based writing with suggestions for conducting workshops on the internet.
Ellis, Shelley. “Word Processors and the Developmental Writer: A Teamwork of Tradition and Technology.” Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature 49.1 (1995) 55–66.
Ellis analyzes a basic writing course at Montana State University that uses computer technology in the classroom and includes the results of a thirty-four item student questionnaire which shows that students value using computers in the classroom.
Fey, Marion H. “Finding Voice through Computer Communication: A New Venue for Collaboration.” JAC 14.1 (Winter 1994): 221–38
Fey discusses her experience at SUNY Empire State switching from teaching a traditional writing course to a computerized course. She concludes that the liberating quality of computerized collaboration helps students write with truer voices.
Gay, Pamela. “Questions and Issues in Basic Writing and Computing.” Computers and Composition 8.3 (1991) 62–81.
Gay presents findings from eighteen studies with regard to attitude and the quality of writing performance. Gay also discusses the possible alienating effect of computers on basic writing students who already might not feel like part of the writing community.
Harris, Mark C., and Jeff Hooks. “Writing in Cyberspace: Communication, Community and the Electronic Network.” Two-Year College English: Essays for a New Century. Ed. Mark Reynolds. Illinois: NCTE, 1994. 151–162.
Harris and Hooks discuss the effects of electronic information systems on curricula. They conclude computers are a powerful tool for teaching because they promote a language-based notion of self in relationship to audience.
Selfe, Cynthia L. “Computer-Based Conversations and the Changing Nature of Collaboration.” New Visions of Collaborative Writing. Ed. Janis Forman. Portsmouth: Boynton/Cook, 1992. 147–69.
Selfe claims that computer programs create a more egalitarian environment for collaboration than traditional face-face interaction. Computerized collaboration can also help mollify other social issues, such as shyness and social anxiety.
Sullivan, Patricia. “Computer Technology and Collaborative Learning.” Collaborative Learning: Underlying Processes and Effective Techniques. Ed. Kris Bosworth and Sharon J. Hamilton, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1994.
Most computer classrooms, according to Sullivan, don’t take full advantage of existing technology. She examines different scenarios to show the advantages and challenges of using computers in collaborative writing.
Varone, Sandy. “Voices from the Computer Classroom: Novice Writers and Peer Response to Writing.” TETYC 23.3 (1996): 213–218.
Varone claims that a computer-integrated class for basic writers can build community and enhance peer response. She details the results of assignments and activities in a basic writing classroom at Brookdale Community College.
Zeni, Jane. “Oral Collaboration, Computers, and Revision.” Writing With: New Directions in Collaborative Teaching, Learning, and Research. Ed. Sally Barr Reagan, Thomas Fox, and David Bleich. Albany, NY: SUNY P, 1994. 213–26.
Zeni shares her experiences as a participant-observer in the classroom of the Gateway Writing Project. She finds that while computers are beneficial, they are only part of the equation to successful collaboration—the overall environment of the workshop is paramount.
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