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                   LITERATURE, COMPUTERS AND WRITING

                 Forging Connections In The High School
                     And College English Classroom

                             April 3, 1992

           The fifth-annual Computers and English Conference
            for high school and college teachers of writing

                  Sponsored by the Program in English
                    New York Institute of Technology
                                  and
      The Assembly on Computers in English (ACE) an NCTE Assembly

The 1992 conference on Literature, Computers and Writing explores the
shared challenges facing high school and college teachers of English in
the electronic classroom.  There are two primary themes:

 o how computers and specifically networks can be used to ally high
   school and college teachers of English, and

 o how computers are stimulating new ways of thinking about
   communication, critical literacy, and writing.

The conference features panel discussions led by high school and
college teachers offering insight and pedagogical techniques for the
English classroom as well as access to and training in electronic
messaging via NYIT's computer system.

                           Conference Setting

The NYIT conference's morning sessions will be held at the beautiful de
Seversky Conference Center, a Georgian mansion next to the college's
Old Westbury campus.  Included in the conference's price are a
pre-conference and post-conference account on NYIT's networked computer
system, coffee breaks, and a gourmet, buffet luncheon prepared by the
professional de Seversky staff.  Afternoon sessions will convene on the
campus of the college at Harry Schure Hall, which offers computerized
classrooms.  The quiet Long Island setting is less than one hour from
both the LaGuardia and Islip airports and just minutes from two Long
Island Railroad stations. Contact the English Department (see
registration form) for information about housing.

                        NYIT CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

                     De Seversky Conference Center

8:30   Coffee and Danish

Keynote Address

9:00   Keynote Address (Ballroom) by Dr. Fred Kemp, Texas Technological
       University, "Changing Teaching, Changing Writing"

Morning Sessions (running concurrently)

10:30  Developing Electronic Communities (Ballroom)

       Linda Myers, Lehigh University, "Electronic Conferencing:
       Bridging Communities"

       Barbara Hall and Sandra Walsh, Port Jefferson High School,
       "Assessing The Impact Of Teleconferencing Upon The Writing
       Process"

10:30  New Ways Of Seeing Text (Library)

       Bonnie Duncan, Millersville University, "On-line Publication And
       The Collaborative Potential in Medieval Scholarship"

       Steven Hale, DeKalb College, "All The News: Teaching Writing
       With USENET"

Lunch

11:45  Lunch in the Dining Room of the de Seversky Conference Center

         Harry Schure Hall

Afternoon Sessions (running concurrently)

1:15   An On-Line School-College Project (Distance Learning Center)

       Marilyn Jody, Western Carolina University, and Marianne
       Saccardi, Fairfield-Westchester Reading Project, "Among School
       Children and Authors: Project Bookread"

1:15   Long-Distance Learning:  East Meets West, North Meets South
       (Macintosh Linked Classroom)

       Jim Greenlaw, University of British Columbia, "Pacific Rim
       E-Mail and Multicultural Literature"

       Mark Harris, Jackson Community College, and Jeff Hooks, St.
       Petersburg Junior College, "Using Interchange:  The
       Long-Distance Literary Classroom"

1:15   Software That Works With Writers (IBM Linked Classroom)

       Franklin Cacciutto, East Meadow High School, "The Computer And
       Lyric Form"

       David Sewell, University of Rochester, "TACTfully Reading:  Text
       Analysis Tools For Literature And Writing Classes"

2:30   Coffee/Soft Drinks (Harry Schure Lobby)

2:45   Overview and open discussion of the day's topics led by Dr. Fred
       Kemp

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 Registration for NYIT's Computers and Writing Conference (April 3, 1992)

Mail completed form with remittance ($35.00 for matriculated graduate
students, $50.00 all others or $65.00 at the door) to
  English Department
  New York Institute of Technology
  Old Westbury, NY 11568
  (516) 686-7557

Make checks payable to English Department, NYIT

Name:     _____________________________________________________________

School:   _____________________________________________________________

Address:  _____________________________________________________________

          _____________________________________________________________

E-mail:   _____________________________________________________________


 Registration packets will be mailed to verified registrants before March 15