[PN] Information Literacy and Professional Writing (10 Feb. 2004)

[Steve McCarty]

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* Job Announcement: Internet Studies and Information Literacy

New Century College seeks applications for an Assistant Professor
of Internet Studies and Information Literacy, to begin August 2004.
The successful candidate will join a vigorous program in New Media
Studies that offers significant opportunities for pedagogical and
scholarly innovation. Applicants should be prepared to contribute
actively to an integrated, technology-enriched first-year curriculum
and to teach upper-level theoretical courses. Candidates should
also be willing to engage in academic responsibilities, including
committee work and student mentoring, unique to our learning
community model of education.

Prospective candidates should possess a scholarly background
in computers and writing with a specialization in Internet studies
and Information Literacy.  Experience of curricular development
and familiarity with the integration of service learning and
computer technologies is strongly preferred.  A Ph.D. is required,
accompanied by proven expertise in teaching and a record of
scholarly publication. Information about NCC can be found at
http://www.ncc.gmu.edu

For fullest consideration, applicants should send a cover letter,
CV, statements of teaching philosophy and research interests,
and three letters of recommendation to Lesley Smith, Director,
Search Committee, MSN 5D3, New Century College, George
Mason University, Fairfax VA.22030-4444. Review of
applications will begin March 1, 2004 and will continue
until the position is filled. George Mason University is
an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
Lesley Smith, Assistant Professor, Computer-Mediated Communication
E-mail: lsmithg@gmu.edu - Web: http://mason.gmu.edu/~lsmithg

* Call for papers on Professional/Technical Writing Programs

Composing and Revising the Professional/Technical Writing Program

As Professional and Technical Writing grows at the undergraduate level
from a narrow pre-professional track to a discipline, complete with its
own undergraduate degree and certificate programs, faculty
administrators often seek grounded and detailed descriptions of how to
picture, develop, promote and sustain their programs. A strong need
exists for a volume of reflective discussion aimed at explaining the
context and specifics of running a PWT program, one grounded in specific
institutional contexts and yet "portable" to other sites and situations.

In response to this need, we invite proposals for a planned volume on
the development of PTW programs in the United States and Canada,
tentatively entitled Composing and Revising the Professional Technical
Writing Program. We are particularly interested in essays that discuss
the politics, pedagogy, curricular architecture, and evolving goals of
such programs. While our main focus is new programs, we encourage
discussions of the redirection and revision of established programs. We
are especially interested the following:

- Proposals that discuss how a program constructs an identity out of all the
possible choices open to it;
- Proposals from non-teaching administrators whose responsibility it is
to fund and advocate for such programs;
- Proposals from adjunct faculty who teach in such programs;
- Proposals from faculty running 2-year certificate programs;
- Proposals discussing specialized program issues: ESL, distance
learning, engineering

We also have need for a bibliographic essay surveying and summarizing
the literature, as well as an essay that discusses the (unfortunate)
demise of such a program.

Please send three copies of your proposal to the address below. The
submission deadline is March 1, 2004. Feel free to call for more details.

David Franke, Ph.D., Director, Professional Writing
Box 2000, 112 Old Main Building
The State University of New York, Cortland
Cortland, New York 13045
t) 607-753-5945, e) dtfranke@cortland.edu
w) http://www.cortland.edu/profwriting/
or
Alexander Reid, Assistant Professor
English Department, SUNY Cortland
t: 607-753-2069, e: reida@cortland.edu

* Reference Websites

CLICK OF THE MONTH: FUTURE NOW
http://blogger.iftf.org/Future/

This Weblog managed by Institute for the Future (Menlo Park,
California) tracks intriguing news stories on the social impacts
of technology. The staff bloggers summarize the stories and
offer commentary; readers can also post their own comments
on the articles.

Recent topics include the rise of digital cameras, fears about
nanotechnology, and the science of studying whale cultures.

The site also has a useful list of links to futurists and
future-oriented organizations.

BONUS CLICK: Institute for the Future http://www.iftf.org/

FUTURIST UPDATE: News & Previews from the World Future
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supplement to THE FUTURIST magazine. Copyright ゥ 2004,
World Future Society, 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 450,
Bethesda, MD 20814, USA. Telephone 1-301-656-8274;
e-mail mailto:info@wfs.org; Web site http://www.wfs.org.

Chad Green, Senior Program Officer
Higher Education Management Services Center
Academy for Educational Development
1825 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20009
E-mail: cgreen@aed.org

* Periodical articles

Spam invasion targets mobile phones
Reuters, February 3, 2004
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=4267532&section=news

Collegially, Steve McCarty, Professor, Kagawa JC, Japan
Online library: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/epublist.html
E-mail (including items for Papyrus News): steve_mc@kagawa-jc.ac.jp