Lost Fortune: Learning from
the Downfall of Google Wave
Christopher R. Friend
Texts & Technology PhD student
University of Central Florida
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Fortune Regained: Online
Collaborative Writing Tools
Christopher R. Friend
Texts & Technology PhD student
University of Central Florida
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Composition Classes
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Composition Classes
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Our
students
do stuff.
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Image: AMagill on Flickr, Creative Commons
Our Pedagogical Focus
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Image: courtesy Microsoft, Public Domain
Traditional Comp. Research
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Image: courtesy Microsoft, Public Domain
Traditional Writers
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Image: courtesy Microsoft, Public Domain
Modern Writers
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The Classic Writing Process
(Clark)
Prewriting
Writing
Revising
Publishing
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Cyber-Interactivity
(McMillan)
Direction of Communication
One-Way Two-Way
Feedback Mutual Discourse
High S R P P
Level of (student presentations) (collaborative learning)
Receiver
Control Monologue Responsive Dialogue
Low S R S R
(lectures) (conversation)
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Student-Centered Design
(Adapted from Johnson)
Interface Interface
Text
Artifact/ User(s)ʼ Educational
User (or other Student
System Situation Program
artifact)
Designer(s)ʼ/
Artisan(s)ʼ Creator(s)ʼ
Image Image
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One Solution
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The Sales Pitch
See inside the “black box”
Watch the process happen
Allow Cyber-Interactivity
Focus on the Student
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The Catch
Spring 2009: GW is here
Summer 2010: GW is dying
Fall 2010: Gone this year. 2010
D ec
November 2010: Just
kidding. Stay tuned.
December 2010: Will be
open-source as Apache
Wave.
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New Possibilities
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Christopher R. Friend
Thank you. University of Central Florida
chrisfriend@knights.ucf.edu
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