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Week One

Submitted by admin on Fri, 08/22/2008 - 16:21

Tuesday, August 26th

  • Introduction to course and website.
  • Preview of Course Projects

For Next Time:

  • Read Course Description, Calendar, Course Philosophy, and Project pages on website.
  • Read Chapter One (pp. 3-14) in Technical Communication Today
  • Read What is Rhetoric? and Perspectives on the Study of Rhetoric by Foss, Foss, and Trapp.
  • Complete Blog Prompt: What is the role of writing and persuasion for the technical writer? How does that relate to what you hope to get from the course? (tag this entry role of writing)
  • Comment on another student's blog post.

Thursday, August 28th

For Next Time:

  • Read selection from Thomson Handbook
  • Complete Job Search activity and post to your blog (tag this entry - job search activity)
  • Complete Job Ad Analysis and post to your blog along with a copy of (or link to) your ad. (tag this entry - job ad analysis)