The Community College Mission and the Electronic Writing Center (1998)

Keywords

community colleges, computer labs, grammar checkers, literacy, software, technology, training

First Paragraph

In 1984, when my supervisor invited me into his office to “talk about” purchasing computers for the Johnson County Community College (JCCC) Writing Center (the Center), my only prior knowledge about computer technology came from a month’s stint of working for Lee’s Temporaries one summer between teaching terms. That computer was the size of a small closet and ate data cards that I fed it for two long weeks. I didn’t know what the cards were for and I didn’t want to know what the machine did with them. I just prayed I wouldn’t create a melt down or some other catastrophe. So, my first reaction to my supervisor’s proposal was apprehensive excitement. Since then, I have webbed, netted, and surfed, not to mention sundry tasks without metaphors, only euphemisms.

Citation Information

Type of Source: Book Article

Author: Ellen Mohr

Year of Publication: 1998

Title:The Community College Mission and the Electronic Writing Center

Publication: Wiring the Writing Center (available online)

Page Range: 151-162