Advice to the Linelorn:
Crossing State Borders and the Politics of Cyberspace
by Jennifer Jordan-Henley
and Barry Maid
The Cyberspace Project served these authors well in that it was both a classroom success and a perfect introduction to online teaching and the politics of such an endeavor. They share a condensed version of their conclusions here.

Paradigm
Online Writing Assistant
developed by Chuck Guilford
Paradigm is an interactive, menu-driven, online writer's guide and handbook written in HTML and distributed freely over the WWW. It works on frames-capable browsers, using hypertext structure to create a web of links and text windows that you can navigate quickly and easily by clicking your desired choice.

Conference Wraps

• Official C&W Website
  The 14th Computers and Writing conference focuses on the distances transcended by the internet-oriented writing classroom.

• Kairos 3.2
  Next issue of Kairos to feature "Best of Computers & Writing" proceedings.

• Best Webtext Award
  Winner of second annual award will come from three finalists selected by the Kairos staff and board.

Ed. Note: All RIP links are external to the Kairos shell.

• Into the New Trenches
  Greg Siering's dissertation examines the way in which Computer-Aided Writing Instruction initiatives are supported and ways in which training is provided for them.

• Literary Websites: A Survey of Perceptions of Educational Effectiveness
  Serena Roberts' dissertation explores ways in which literature classes are taught via the World Wide Web. She invites you to complete her survey.

• Jake Shewmake's master's thesis looks closely at how online courses are actually conducted, especially including course content, and he invites you to complete his survey.