Why Are Partnerships Necessary for Computer Classroom Administration?

Sean D. Williams

doi:10.1207/s15427625tcq1103_6

Technical Communication Quarterly Jul 2002

Why Are Partnerships Necessary for Computer Classroom Administration?

Sean D. Williams

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Abstract Computer classrooms (CCs) have been an important part of writing instruction since the mid 1980s, yet little scholarship concerns the roles that directors of computer classrooms play in maintaining these facilities. Based on a review of scholarship of CC administration and an informal survey of CC administrators, this article argues that CC directors walk a tightrope between the role of teacher and manager and that we need to focus on building partnerships to maintain our facilities, because we simply cannot do by ourselves everything that this complex role requires of us.

Journal: Technical Communication Quarterly
Published: 2002-07-01
DOI: 10.1207/s15427625tcq1103_6
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