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Technology Fellows
- Faculty can request special assistance with projects
that integrate technology and writing. For example, Fellows have assisted
English 103 teachers working in the English Lab, and others have developed
materials for the English Department's Web Page and the UR Student
Web Server.
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Writing
Fellows also develop interactive multimedia for the Web. The first
phase of this program began in the Fall of 1999, with the English
383 class that trains Writing Fellows and tutors. Students filmed
simulations of "difficult "tutorial sessions. The WAC Program,
with funding from the Program to Enhance Teaching Effectiveness (PETE)
and technical assistance from the Media Resource Center. "Training
for Tough Tutorials" has been used since the Fall of 2000
by new peer tutors.
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- A Hypertextual "reading lab" for Aldous
Huxley's Brave New World and an expansion of the Spirit
of the Southern Frontier Web archive are currently underway,
with student Technology Fellows assisting faculty in preparing and
proofreading materials in each case.
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- Faculty with technology-related projects involving
writing should contact Joe Essid
for more information. Some projects may be referred to UR's Academic
Technology Services or prepared there with a Technology Fellow for
parts of the project concerned with writing.
Revised 4/29/2004
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