Bringing Social Media to the Writing Classroom: Classroom Salon

Journal of Business and Technical Communication Jul 2011

Bringing Social Media to the Writing Classroom: Classroom Salon

David Kaufer ; Ananda Gunawardena Carnegie Mellon University ; Aaron Tan Carnegie Mellon University ; Alexander Cheek Carnegie Mellon University

Abstract

This article introduces a new IText technology called Classroom Salon. The goal of Classroom Salon is to bring some of the benefits of social media—the expression of personal identity and community—to writing classrooms. It provides Facebook-like features to writing classes, where students can form social networks as annotators within the drafts of their peers. The authors discuss how the technology seeks to capture qualities of historical salons, which also built communities around texts. They also discuss the central features of the Classroom Salon system, how the system changes the dynamics of the writing classroom, current efforts to evaluate it, and future directions.

Journal: Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Published: 2011-07-01
DOI: 10.1177/1050651911400703
Open Access: Closed
Topics: social media

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