Welcome to Technical Communication! Happy New Year!
1. Introductions: Name. Who are you? Where do you come from? Why did you choose USFSP? What’s something most people wouldn’t guess about you? Two truths and a lie.
email addresses
contacts—get the phone number and email address of two others in the class
my contact information: office, phone, email
2. Create blogs: blogger.com
Writing #1
Write a brief response to the following questions: What does the word technical mean? What does the word communication mean? What is technical communication? How does this concept and/or this class relate to your education and your life?
3. Introduce course
Syllabus
Overview
Discussion of books.
You’re going to work hard
We’re going to learn a lot
Hint: Stay up with your work and the class.
Preparation regarding workload, timeline, attentiveness, deadlines, requirements, readings, responses, posting electronically and/or bringing hard copies
Log into Blackboard
Syllabus Permission Form
Syllabus Response Assignment
igoogle account
gmail account through USFSP
Introduction to Google docs
Class Discussion:
1. Rhetorical Analysis of Technical Communications—begin introducing concepts of purpose, audience, design, etc. using Burger King CIW post card. (Coalition of Immokalee Workers)
2. What is technical communication? What types of documents could be categorized as technical communication?
Small Group Activities:
Non-profit organization research
1. Answer the following questions in a word document. Be sure to include a title, all of your group members’ names, and the date in the document.
What is this organization?
What do they do?
Who are their primary audiences?
What is their mission?
Financial budget?
Who are the people who work in this organization?
What do they do?
What are some organizations affiliated with
How do these organizations relate to
What types of projects could you imagine working on with/for this organization?
2. Prepare a memo in google docs directed to myself and your classmates outlining who/what this organization is and how you believe our class could contribute to their work.
Additional Announcements:
Homework for Monday, January 12 at the beginning of class: