Technical Communication Quarterly Jul 2002

Critical Engagement with Technology in the Computer Classroom

Michael J. Salvo

Abstract

This article proposes a model for critically engaging technology in technical communication graduate curricula. While computers and writing studies concentrates on academic writing, the development of the field provides a model for engaging technological issues in professional and classroom contexts. Technical communicators have an ethical as well as intellectual responsibility to engage the interface between technology and culture. This article describes one example, a graduate class in information architecture, as a model for engaging the nexus of literacy, technology, and culture.

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Technical Communication Quarterly
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2002-07-01
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10.1207/s15427625tcq1103_5
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