Discuss Employment Project Stage 2 (Cover Letters)
Sample Cover Letters (Dave)
Cover Letter Peer Response (Word Format)

Discuss Project 2: Open Source Contexts and Making PDF Documents

Resources: RefDesk (#1 Starting Point for Conducting Internet Research) and The Riley Guide (Comprehensive guide to researching jobs, preparing employment documents, and more)

Discuss Resumes and Resume Response Handout (Word).

Discuss Project 3: Open Source Development and Documentation Project.

Technology Workshop: Making Word and PDF forms (Dave)

Discussion of Project 2: OSDDP

Supporting Documents
Project Assignment Template
Writing White Papers from The Thomson Handbook (PDF; 134 KB)
Sample Student White Paper on Open Source (PDF; 176 KB)
Audience Analysis Worksheet (Word format)

Useful Guide: Stelzner Consulting: "How to Write a White Paper – A White Paper on White Papers"

Other Sample White Papers:

• 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)

Discuss Employment Project, Step 4 (Project Assesment Document; PDF format)

Resources: Web Style Guide and PW's Document Design Resources

Responding to the Employment Project. View this sample response (PDF format).

Technology Workshop: Making Word and PDF forms (Dave)

Forum: Issues in Professional Writing Theory, Teaching, and Administration
Topic: Service Learning and Community Engagement
Reading: 1) "Writing Program Design in the Metropolitan University: Toward Constructing Community Partnerships" by Jeffrey Grabill and Lynee Lewis Gaillet (PDF format) (Leader: Dave) View the Resource Page for this forum. For future reference in preparing these resource pages, see the prototype HTML version.

OSDDP Project 3 Development

October 8: Pedagogy and Technology Showcase

Fall Break; no class

Forum: Issues in Professional Writing Theory, Teaching, and Administration
Topic: The Role of the Professor in Service Learning Projects

You can find the reading (ServiceLearning.pdf) here:

http://pw.english.purdue.edu/resources/forum/ServiceLearning.pdf

Please review the Resource Page for this forum before the meeting

Discuss classroom observations and revise fill-in observation form (Word doc).

Forum 2: Issues in Professional Writing Theory, Teaching, and Administration
Download the article by Diana George (PDF format)
Resource Node

Technology Workshop: Conducting Usability Studies

Usability Testing

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Final Exam Week