ENG107Fall11

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Welcome to Technical Writing Peters Fall 2011 Check here if you miss class or require documents. Please use the printer judiciously. Thx. Agenda: 8/25/2011 --Introductions and one minute presentations --Wikispaces membershipz --syllabus review --professional vs. academic writing --letters package introduction []
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Follow this to watch Technocalyps. I recommend using the putlocker or sockshare links since that makes the quality of the video better. It's a very sociological and philosophical video that you can only enjoy if you like conundrums. []

Your task: Prewrite your positive and negative scenarios. Bring your prewrite AND a contact address for each letter.



Agenda: 8/31/2011 -- Notes: email etiquette --professional vs. academic writing --letters rubric review --article reading and response --discussion protocol

Discussion Article Read and Respond: http://projects.nytimes.com/corner-office

Skills and Technique Listening! Julian Treasure []

Agenda: 1-- My Five Lives 2-- Search for a Job 3--Mission Statements 4-- SWOT Analysis/Personal Statement 5--LinkedIn 6-- Article Review: []



If you are feeling befuddled (isn't that a great word?!) by the personal statement, here are some questions to guide you.

ALSO, OWL has a beautiful explanation and examples: []







9/22 Agenda 1-- Mission Statement/Tailoring 2-- Presenting Oneself at the Interview 3-- Interview questions

HARD SCIENCE GROUPS QUESTIONS FOLLOW:

Article for discussion: [] Indusry/Trades: .

9/29 Agenda 1-- Interviews

Prepare, please, for next week: 1-- At least one contact for field work. You will need to interview one person currently working in the industry that you are working with. We'll discuss this assignment in greater detail next week. 2-- Your feedback for each person in the class.

I'll be posting a reading for online discussion board, so please check back over the weekend!

10/06 1-- Finish interviews 2-- Discussion and feedback 3-- Field work guidelines 4-- Article discussion:

[|RIP, STEVE JOBS. Thanks for all the pizza.]



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10/13 1-- Discuss inquiry question 2-- Fieldwork/Informational interview

Actions: for next week, bring 1-- Contact information for your informational interview 2-- 20 questions for your informational interview (see article above and search independently) 3-- THREE (three pronged) thesis statements that stem from your inquiry questions (which stem from your career choice)

10/20 1-- Discuss Thesis statement 2-- Discuss proposal writing



http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/specials/weblines/462.html []

Agenda 10/27/2011 1-- Research Proposal 2-- Mapping the Annotated Bibliography 3-- Secondary Sources

New Museum http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/26/arts/design/carsten-holler-exhibition-at-the-new-museum.html

Sample APA Paper: Professional Publication

Reading Graphics: Fun for November class []

Please provide evidence to support this thesis*

11/4 Agenda 1-- Rework Thesis/Research Proposal 2-- Discuss article 3-- Evaluating Secondary Sources 4--Annotated Bib assignment 5--Primary Source commitment assignment

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11/10 Agenda 1-- Collect Proposals and Annotated Bibliographies 2-- One Minute Research Presentations 3-- Concise Writing exercise 4-- APA introduction

THE VERDICT: Final version of the research paper is: 12/1 Research presentations begin: 12/1 Candidates: 1. Matthew

Research presentations: 12/8 Candidates: 1. Kristin 2. Lisa

11/17 Agenda 1-- Roundtable discussion: informational interviews 2-- Review of Annotated Bibliography and Research proposal as PREREQUISITES to the paper 3-- Avoiding Plagiarism 4-- Presentation template 5-- Workshop of papers

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/930/08/

http://www.grammarly.com/?q=plagiarism&gclid=CM_c3JuqvKwCFUKo4AodbgIGqQ

TED talk: presentation Make some notes on the mechanics of presentation. What attracts or detracts your attention from this presenter? http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/richard_st_john_success_is_acontinuous_journey.html





http://www.ted.com/talks/john_bohannon_dance_vs_powerpoint_a_modest_proposal.html

PLEASE take time tonight to review your course experience: []