January 12, 2009

Announcements:

• Description of blogs--what to include
• Finding/ordering books?
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*Questions regarding syllabus

Take up Syllabus responses

Take up permission forms

*Electronic portfolio and permissions

*Learning styles--what is your learning style? Why did I ask this question?

*Introduce Course Wiki--Do Not upgrade to Wiki 2.0

Settings

Creating Pages

Creating Links

History

Recent Changes

Navigate through the wiki

Pages

Questions?

*Add your  name and information to the Course Roster page

Include a link to your blog or move your blog entries to your page

*Technical Communication as Problem Solving

•  Shift Happens

   

• Blog Response

• Tools/Technologies/Audience/Purpose/Values/Implications

   

• Process of Discovery/Problem Solving—Google Docs, Web Site, Groups

   

• Hierarchy—owner/collaborator

   

  • web site—presentational—more hierarchical

     

  • docs—invention—less hierarchical

     

• Solutions?

 *Class Discussion of Readings

• Annotations of Rhetorical Analysis and Service Learning

• Questions

  What is Service-Learning?

  Models of Service-Learning?

  What is the Stanford Model? Why is it called this?

  What are the attributes of a Service-Learning project?

  What is praxis?

  So what? Who benefits? What kind of learning is this?

   

  Rhetorical Analysis

  Key Terms?

  Define

  Rhetorical Analysis?

   

  Questions, critiques, comments regarding chapters

   

   

  *Class Discussion of Memos

  View list of Mount Zion Human Services Technical Writing needs

  Discuss

  Other Potential Collaborations?

  Discuss

   

   

   Homework for January 19 (even though we do not have class)

  • Attend the Civic Engagement Fair on January 14; 10am - 2pm; Gather information that is interesting to you;
  • Blog about your experience of the Civic Engagement Fair;
  • Read Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 from Service Learning
  • Blog a response to both chapters, including what you believe is the most important point, what you find confusing, and how you think this will be related to our course projects
  • Find 1-2 Technical Communication online reference sites and add them to our ENC 2210 Readings and Resources page.

     

  • Locate a job advertisement for a job, internship, etc. for which you wish to apply and are qualified for. Post this advertisement to your wiki page
  • Draft a resume and cover letter responding to this particular job advertisement

   

  Homework for January 26