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Employment

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Open Source Dev

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Introduction to the Course

Review syllabus and course calendar.

Discuss course technologies & introduce Technology Checklist.

Introduce the Student Information Sheet. Place the completed form in your Turn-In Folder in ICS Course Resources for ENGL 420.

For new Mac Users: Review the Mac Lab Basics handout (PDF format)

Complete Technology Checklist.

Make certain that you have your login and password for accessing PUCC machines and an e-mail address that accommodates attachments. If you have questions about your accounts visit the ITap Customer Service Center in STEW 068.


You also can visit the ITaP Instructional Computing Division web page <http://ics.purdue.edu/index.asp> for information about campus technologies.

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Technology Checklist due in printed form by the end of class.

Place completed Student Information Sheet in your Turn-In Folder

Reading and Writing Email Purposefully (password protected draft); for Wed. reading/discussion.

Introduction of Employment Project

Discuss employment project research & search engines. Introduce "Job Search Resources" at the Professional Writing Website.

Reading and Writing Email Purposefully (password protected draft; password given in class); for Wed. reading/discussion.

Resources:

• The Riley Guide
• Refdesk

Find 3 possible job ads to reply to and bring electronic copies to class for discussion and analysis.

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Discuss and reveiw job ads and work on Step 1 of the Employment Project. See this OWL handout on how to read a job ad carefully.

Discuss: Reading and Writing Email Purposefully

Cover letters (read samples in class; these are not models (!) but show what happens when people try weird rhetorical approaches)

Questions about employment documents/workshop on resumes. See the materials available at Purdue's Online Writing Lab.

Complete the Job Skills Checklist (circle all that apply to you) in class

Resource:Purdue Center for Career Opportunities

Review Purdue's OWL Resource: Cover Letter Workshop. Read through the workshop materials. Please note also the formatting suggestions here.

Step 1 of the Employment Project is due and will be checked in class.

Step 2, draft of cover letter, is due by the middle class on Thursday, May 20, in printed form and ready for peer review.

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Step 1 of the Employment Project (job ad and anaylsis) is due for checking.

Step 2 of the Employment Project (Cover Letters) is due for workshop. Each team member should receive two peer responses to the draft of the cover letter. Teams can decide F2F who will respond to which letters. The response form should be downloaded, opened in Word, completed, printed, signed, and then returned to the writer by the end of class.

Resume Workshop: review the OWL tutorials: Resume Workshop (Powerpoint) and the Online Resume Tutorial

Continue drafting cover letter and resumes.

To prepare, review the OWL tutorials: Resume Workshop (Powerpoint) and the Online Resume Tutorial

Additional Resources for Employment Project:

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Work on cover letters and resumes (on your own).

Continue drafting cover letter and resume. Step 3 of the Employment Project is due on Monday!

Additional Resources for Resume Development

Purdue Center for Career Opportunities Resume Guide (PDF format; contains guidelines/samples)

JobWeb Resume Samples

QuintCareers.com (samples)

If you want to see a Web resume converted into PDF format, you can look at mine here.

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Step 3 of Emplyoment Project is due (Resumes) for peer review and discussion.

Drafts of resumes are due for peer review in class. Complete two peer reviews. Each reviewer should address the questions on the Resume Peer Review sheet by downloading the Word document, responding, then printing or emailing the checklist back to two writers. Be sure that you receive credit for this step by showing me that you've completed your reviews!

Discuss resumes orally in groups of three.

Work on Step 4 of the Employment Project (Project Assessment Document).

Read and discuss Chapter 52, "Arguing and Informing Visually: Designing Effective Printed Documents" from Thomson 21. Pay special attention to pages 11-16 (Quadrant and Column tests for resumes.) Password protected PDF file. Use the password assigned to this class that I provided you.

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Making composite PDF documents.

Work on Step 4 of the Employment Project (Project Assessment Document).

Brief overview of the Open Source Contexts Project.

Employment Project Due (revise and submit all four steps in one PDF file in the Turn-In folder by Wed., May 26)

Open Source Contexts Project introduced (Researching Open Source Contexts). Clarification of the prompt and other details will be discussed on Wednesday, May 26.

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Employment Project Due (revise and submit all four steps in one PDF file in the Turn-In folder by Wed., May 26)

Open Source Contexts Project introduced (Researching Open Source Contexts).

Form Groups and Discuss Guidelines for Group Work and Collaborative Writing.

White Papers/Articles on Open Source

• "The Cathedral and the Bizarre" by Eric S. Raymond
• The Origins and Future of Open Source Software (White Paper)
• Netscape Communicator Open Source Code White Paper
• A Brief Introduction to Open Source by Conor Nelson (PDF)
• A model for open source software development by Wilbur Pan (PDF)
• Uses of OpenOffice for eBusiness by Louis Suárez-Potts (PDF)

Communities

• Drupal and the DrupalEd Development
• SourceForge.Net (Massive listings)
• OSCommerce

Continue work on the Open Source Contexts Project.

Readings for Thursday:

• "The Cathedral and the Bizarre" by Eric S. Raymond
• The Origins and Future of Open Source Software (White Paper)

Sample White Papers for Reference:

• Iraq: Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) (PDF)
• INTEGRATING FINANCIAL EDUCATION INTO SCHOOL CURRICULA (PDF)
• WHITE PAPER ON MANAGEMENT OF DCNR LANDS (PDF)
• China-U.S. Relations (PDF)

Uses of White Papers in Business:

• Effective Marketing Using White Papers (PDF format)
• Creating White Papers That Drive Sales (PDF format)

  Websites

  • SourceForge.Net
  • NewsForge
  • The GNU Project and About the  GNU Project and GNU Licenses
  • Free Software Foundation
  • Free Software Magazine
  • OpenOffice.org
  • What Is Linux?
  • Sample GNU General Public License (Linux); Read also this NY Times article from May 25, 2004 on "R.I.P.: The Counterculture Aura of Linux" (PDF format)
  • RedHat
  • SCO Group (Unix)
  • NetAction
  • Creative Commons
  • The Apache Software Foundation

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Step 1: Topic Development of the Open Source Contexts project is due by the middle of class. Write a one-page memo, addressed to me, stating your topic's focus and your reasons for choosing the topic and your approach. Follow the guidelines for memo writing outlined at Purdue's Owl. Your memo will be read and reviewed during the second half of class. Email an electronic copy in PDF format to me (blakesle@purdue.edu) and each team member.

Plan your team meeting and begin research on the Open Source Contexts Case.

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Meet on your own in teams:

Due: Step 2 of the Open Soure Contexts Project. Create a Resource List containing at least 10 entries, 2 of whiich should be print-based sources.

Email your resource list in Word (.doc) format to me (blakesle@purdue.edu) for comments, suggestions, and compiling. Be sure to copy all team members. Provide full bibliographic information Authorship/Title/Publication Information). Use the Columbia Guide to Online Style (CGOS) format for electronic sources. Use MLA citation style for printed sources. (See Purdue's OWL for more on that style.) Be sure to copy all team members. Electronic draft due by the end of the day on Friday, May 28.

Monday, May 31 is Memorial Day. There is no class.

Continue working on the the Open Source Contexts Project (Steps 2 and 3)

Resource:

Open Source Convention: This is a good site for learning about the "hot topics"--what people seem to care about right now--in the Open Source community.

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Memorial Day. No Class.

Be prepared to work in class on the white paper for the Open Source Contexts Project.

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Open Source Context Project cont.

Open Source Contexts Project drafts of Step 3 (White Paper) due for peer review.

Study:

• Iraq: Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) (PDF)
• INTEGRATING FINANCIAL EDUCATION INTO SCHOOL CURRICULA (PDF)
• WHITE PAPER ON MANAGEMENT OF DCNR LANDS (PDF)
• China-U.S. Relations (PDF)

Uses of White Papers in Business:

• Effective Marketing Using White Papers (PDF format)
• Creating White Papers That Drive Sales (PDF format)

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Open Source Contexts Project drafts of Step 3 (White Paper) due for peer review. For team member names, look here.

Team 1 reviews Team 4
Team 4 reviews Team 2
Team 2 reviews Team 6
Team 3 reviews Team 1
Team 5 reviews Team 3
Team 6 reviews Team 5

Each team member should complete the White Paper Peer Review form (in fill-in Word format), then print and return the form to the authoring team.

Open Source Documentation and Development Project (OSDDP) introduced.

Overview of documents and timeline for the Open Source Documentation and Development Project. See the Planning Calendar.

Team formation.

Open Source Contexts Project due in one team member's turn-in folder by the end of the day on Thursday, June 3.

The Collaborative Project Evaluation Form for the Open Source Contexts Project should be submitted to me via e-mail as an attachment (blakesle@purdue.edu) or in printed form by the end of the day on Thursday, June 3.

OSDDP Teams

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Open Source Contexts Project is due in theTurn-In folder by the end of the day. Individuals must also submit the Collaborative Project Evaluation Form

OSDDP development and discussion

Team briefings

Possible Resources:

Read the chapter draft, "Designing Interactive Oral Presentations to Engage Your Audience" (PDF format; password protected for 420 students)

Desktop Publishing (also a chapter draft from DB's book; PDF format; password protected)

Review these PowerPoint Guides.

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Outside of class or online workshop: team work on OSDDP

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OSDDP development.

Team briefings

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OSDDP development.

Team briefings

Respond to peer review feedback and continue drafting report.

Review OWL's Guide to Reports for ideas on formatting.  Also revew the "Reference Sheet for Formatting."

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No formal in-class meeting. Work in teams: Finish drafting OSDDP components.

OSDDP project components due in turn-in folders by the end of the day on Thursday (by midnight).

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No in-class meeting. OSDDP components are due in your Turn-In folder by the end of the day.

The Collaborative Project Evaluation Form should be submitted to me via e-mail as an attachment (blakesle@purdue.edu) or placed in your turn-in folder by the end of the day.

Class Meeting

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No class. There will be no final exam in English 420. All documents or other revisions must be in the 420 Turn-In folder by noon today.

Have a great summer!

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