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CFP: Fall 2008 Issue of Praxis: Technology in Today's Writing Center Praxis: A Writing Center Journal welcomes submissions for its Fall 2008 issue. Praxis welcomes essays on a wide range of topics related to writing centers. We also encourage submissions on this issue’s theme: Technology in the Writing Center. Many centers have begun to incorporate technology that goes beyond the paper and pencil consultations of the past. Many centers now use laptops, flash drives, computers, emails, OWLs, and synchronous chat in their consultations. These additions provide new opportunities for collaborative work in the writing center, but may also create problems of authority, voice, plagiarism, and collusion. Enthusiasm over the possibilities afforded by new technologies may lead writing centers to employ them without sufficiently considering the effect on consultation dynamics. Praxis invites submissions that interpret the theme of Technology in the Writing Center broadly; however, some possible applications include Training for new technologies Consultant reaction to new media Benefits and drawbacks of asynchronous (email) consultations Benefits and drawbacks of synchronous (chat) consultations Using technology in administration Navigating technical difficulties Online scheduling Compiling and analyzing student feedback Reexaminations of older technologies Submission guidelines: Recommended article length is 1000 to 2000 words. Articles should conform to MLA style. Send submissions as a Word document e-mail attachment to James Jesson and Patricia Burns at praxis@uwc.utexas.edu. Also include the writer’s name, e-mail address, phone number, and affiliation. Because Praxis is a Web-based journal, please do not send paper; we do not have the resources to transcribe printed manuscripts. Images should be formatted as jpeg files and sent as attachments. Deadline for Spring Issue: September 5, 2008 Praxis: A Writing Center Journal (praxis.uwc.utexas.edu/praxisarchive) is a biannual electronic publication sponsored by the University of Texas Undergraduate Writing Center, a component of the Department of Rhetoric and Writing at the University of Texas at Austin. It is a forum for writing center practitioners everywhere. We welcome articles from writing center consultants and administrators related to training, consulting, labor issues, administration, and writing center news,
initiatives, and scholarship. For further information about submitting an article or suggesting an idea, please contact the editors at praxis@uwc.utexas.edu. ‚ Authority and Cooperation: Five Views from Writing Center Directors
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