What's up with CWOnline 2006! (http://english.ttu.edu/cw/CWO2006/)

Have you got your indispensable Conference Attending Guide?
-- http://english.ttu.edu/cw/CWO2006/CWonline2006_ConfGuide.pdf

E-Forum #3 starts 2/16 at Computers&Writing.org— http://computersandwriting.org
"Writing on the Computer: Craft or Knack?" Shaun Slattery (http://condor.depaul.edu/~sslatte1/CWO2006/) and "Online Work: Theories, Challenges, and Perspectives." Pavel Zemliansky & Kirk St. Amant's co-presentation.
--This asynchronous presentation has a Tech Comm theme and lasts through 2/20.

CWOnline 2006 Symposium—2/18 from 10 AM-3PM CST

Keynote Conversation with Cynthia Selfe, Cheryl Ball, Fred Kemp and James Inman on the topic of "Computers & Writing—A Discipline?"--read brief topic responses from the presenters http://english.ttu.edu/cw/CWO2006/keystart.pdf
Synchronous Presentations
--eight excellent online presentations and discussions
--Note: To view Spencer Shaffner's cool Facebook videos, you will need QuickTime installed on your computer.
Poster Presentations
--We have five really excellent Poster Sessions available. These presentations are viewable right now and available for asynchronous commenting. The authors will be present to chat with conference goers on Saturday.
The Technorhetorician's Bar & Grill Returns
--Transported from MediaMOO, the legendary Technorhetorician's B&G and its famous bartender, Lou, have come back to life. Be sure to visit the Bar to talk to Lou and get something to drink if you get thirsty during the conference. Lou even has the ability to leave message for people. (Many thanks to Kevin Jepsen for porting Lou.)

CWOnline 2006 Thanks its Sponsors
http://english.ttu.edu/cw/CWO2006/sponsors.html
--Bedford's/St.Martins
--Longman Publishers
--The Technical Communication and Rhetoric Department of Texas Tech University
--The enCore Consortium

Special Notes about the Symposium
Be sure to test your access into TTU English MOO before the Symposium to work out any connectivity problems you may experience (firewall, popup blocker, java). See the Attending Guide for more information.

CWOnline 2006 has over 150 people registered. I'm sure not everyone will attend Saturday's Symposium, but we will have a crowd in TTU English MOO. enCore MOO is a multi-user environment, and various moo experts have given assurances that we should be fine with up to 200 people or more online at once. However, we are entering a bit of unknown territory.

One mild problem we could encounter is "lag" or a time delay between when a message is entered and when it displays. A severe problem would be the moo server crashes. In the case of catastrophic failure, check the conference home page for a news update. The Symposium presentations would then be rescheduled for available times during the remainder of the Conference.

We look forward to "seeing" you at one of the many online venues for this conference.

Lennie Irvin
--on behalf of the entire CWOnline 2006 Organizing Committee
http://english.ttu.edu/cw/CWO2006/about.html

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