Student Center

Welcome to the Student Center in the Commons at the WWWriters' PLACE. Here in the Student Center you may participate in a discussion forum with your classmates, you will find notices posted on your class bulletin board, you will find strategies and guidelines for working together in writing groups, and you will find links to your campus writing lab.

Class Discussion Forum

Bulletin Board

Writing Groups

Throughout the Writers' PLACE you will experience thinking collaboratively and reading collaboratively. Pariticpating in a writing group is crucial to the success of every writer. Even those published writers who insist they always work alone, in truth work with an editor at least. Moreover, the goal of every writer is to interact with readers.

View the PowerPoint presentation "Writing Collaboratively" to explore why writers collaborate, what makes collaboration difficult sometimes, and how to collaborate successfully.

View another PowerPoint Presentation "Writers' Groups: Giving and Receiving Readers' Responses" for tips on how to write more effectively with feedback from readers.

Go to Projects to find assignments that focus on writing groups.

Go to Readings to find out more about others' experiences with collaboration.

On-line Writing Labs

Anoka Ramsey Community College is building an on-line writing lab. For information about this as well as on-campus services go to the ARCC Academic Support Center.

Purdue University was one of the first to construct an on-line writing lab (OWL).

MacMillan Press also maintains an on-line writing lab for college students at Researchpaper.com.