Kairos Meet The Author

(KMTA)

KMTA pulls three vital components of Kairos; authors, readers, and staff, together for the space of an hour to discuss issues relating to particular Kairos articles and webbed writing concerns in general. KMTA has been held from November to April on nonconsecutive Monday nights in LinguaMOO. A total of seven KMTAs have been held, including a two part mini-series, co-host authors, and one session with seven authors from the same article. The sessions have all be logged, edited and can be read.

The seven KMTA sessions are:

•  The two part mini-series with Daniel Anderson and Joi Lynne Chevalier authors of "Collaborative Spaces and Education"
• Part one, with author Daniel Anderson, covers non-student participation in webbed class, research on the web, and the differences found when teaching with the internet
• Part two, with author Joi Lynne Chevalier includes such issues as: computer audiences and MUSHes and MOOs in the classroom- from teaching a class that way to student experiences
• Featured author Lawrence J. Clark of:  "Staying Human in the Digital Age: A Guided, Annotated Tour of OnePerson's  Adventures Teaching and Writing in Cyberspace"
• The seven authors of "Hypertext Reflections"
• The co-host authors Matt Kirschenbaum- author and Professor of the Classroom Spotlight "Literary Narrative in an Information Age" and Doug Brent- author of "Rhetorics of the Web: Implications for Teachers of Literacy"
• Lee Libby the author of "Passing Theory in Action: The Discourse Between Hypertext and Paralogic Hermeneutics" and her reflections on the experience
• And Michelle Sidler the author of  "Hyped-Up for Friends- Cultural Studies and  Web Research in Composition" delves into such issues as the blurring line of advertising on the internet, natural forms of writing, and how different aspects of the internet effect students.