Mark Baurlein, who has a regular column in The Chronicle of Higher Education, slams writing technology in this piece.

http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2008/10/turned-on-plugged-in-online-dumb-student-failure-despite-the-techno-revolution/

This news release touts “WriteCycle,” new academic instructional aid, as a pedagogical advance.  What does it not say?

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/turnitin-moves-beyond-plagiarism-protection-with-writecycle-digital-workflow-solution,549089.shtml

This is an interesting blog piece at ReadWriteWeb, asking a “can” question (with some “how” information) instead of the too-often asked “if” question.  The piece points to some useful resources, too.