This presentation highlights the features and functionality of Google’s Wave platform, with an emphasis on its benefits in the composition classroom. The current and future states of the Wave platform are evaluated in terms of its usefulness and practical application to the classroom environment, both online and in person. I highlight lessons learned from its brief availability and show options for implementing the service despite discontinued support from Google.

1. Lost Fortune: Learning from
the Downfall of Google Wave
Christopher R. Friend
Texts & Technology PhD student
University of Central Florida
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2. Fortune Regained: Online
Collaborative Writing Tools
Christopher R. Friend
Texts & Technology PhD student
University of Central Florida
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3. Composition Classes
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4. Composition Classes
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students
do stuff.
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5. Image: AMagill on Flickr, Creative Commons
Our Pedagogical Focus
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6. Image: courtesy Microsoft, Public Domain
Traditional Comp. Research
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7. Image: courtesy Microsoft, Public Domain
Traditional Writers
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8. Image: courtesy Microsoft, Public Domain
Modern Writers
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9. The Classic Writing Process
(Clark)
Prewriting
Writing
Revising
Publishing
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10. 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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11. 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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12. One Solution
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13. The Sales Pitch
See inside the “black box”
Watch the process happen
Allow Cyber-Interactivity
Focus on the Student
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14. 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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15. New Possibilities
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16. Christopher R. Friend
Thank you. University of Central Florida
chrisfriend@knights.ucf.edu
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