[Asis-l] Wireless and Mobile Technologies for Composition Teachers

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Colleagues/



A Book That I Had Hoped Would Be Written Has Been Wroten [:-)]



/Gerry



Going Wireless: A Critical Exploration of Wireless and Mobile
Technologies for Composition Teachers



Amy C. Kimme Hea (Editor) / Hampton Press / Cresskil NJ /  376 pp. /
ISBN  1-57273-780-8 (hard) > $85.00 ; 1-57273-781-6 (paper) > $ 35 /
February 2009 / New Dimensions in Computers and Composition series



Going Wireless is the first edited collection on wireless and mobile
technologies in the field of rhetoric and composition. The
contributors offer rhetoric and composition teachers, scholars, and
administrators a range of practical and theoretical insights on
wireless and mobile technologies. This collection serves as a resource
for theoretical explorations on wireless and mobile technology use as
it relates to computer and composition teaching and research and acts
as a reference for those in the rhetoric and composition community
charged with the responsibilities of integrating, supervising, and
evaluating wireless and mobile technologies.



Going Wireless is organized into five major sections and an appendix
of key mobile and wireless technology terms. In each section, authors
represent a range of perspectives as they articulate the roles of
students, teachers, administrators, and researchers working with and
through mobile and wireless devices. The book provides readers with
ways to understand the influence of wireless and mobile technologies
by critiquing the corporate and IT perspectives that inform mobile and
wireless development and integration and seeking out new tropes for
learning, teaching, and researching.



Drawing on interviews and surveys, rhetorical analyses, and
theoretical explorations of wireless and mobile devices, the authors
enact a range of methodologies to make claims for reflective
approaches to research and teaching with wireless and mobile devices.
The contributors share their perspectives on the impact of these
technological shifts and situate their experiences in relationship to
rhetoric and composition as a field. Authors in this collection argue
for complex articulations of histories, deployments, integrations, and
social factors affected by and affecting mobile and wireless
technologies.



BROAD SECTIONS



REFIGURING WRITING, TEACHING, & LEARNING THROUGH WIRELESS & MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES



EXAMINING TEACHER & STUDENT SUBJECTIVITIES IN THE AGE OF WIRELESS &
MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES



CUTTING THE CORD: STORIES ON WIRELESS TEACHING & LEARNING IN THE
COMPOSITION CLASSROOM



TEACHING & LEARNING IN MOTION: MOBILITY & PEDAGOGIES OF SPACE



TEACHING & RESEARCH IN MY POCKET: MOBILE GADGETS & PORTABLE PRACTICES



Appendix: Terms for Going Wireless: An Account of Wireless and Mobile
Technology for Teachers / David Menchaca



About the Authors / Author Index / Subject Index



Links To Full Table Of Contents And Publisher Site Available At



[ http://tinyurl.com/yj9drp6 ]



EnjoY!



/Gerry



Gerry McKiernan

Associate Professor

Science and Technology Librarian

Iowa State University Library

Ames IA 50011



gerrymck at iastate.edu



There Is No Answer, Only Solutions / Olde Irish Saying



The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed

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