Section 0101
Heavilon 227
T/Th 10:30-11:45

Dr. David Blakesley
Office Hrs: T/Th 1-3
Office: Heavilon 302c
Ph: 765.494.3772
Fax: 765.494.3780
blakesle@purdue.edu

Note: All class meetings, both f2f and electronic, will be held during our regular class time. You are responsible for attending all meetings; missing or arriving late to meetings can negatively effect your course grade. Please consult the course syllabus for additional information about attendance policies.

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Class Mailing List
WWWThreads
Dr. B's Homepage
Pronoun MOO
Purdue's OWL
Project 1
Project 2
Project 3
English Department
Professional Writing Home
PW Documentation
PW Resources
 

Week 1
 

Date

Class Meeting

For Next Meeting

T, Jan. 9

 Introduction to the Course
Technology Checklist
Professional Writing Profile		 Professional Writing Profile due.
Technology Checklist cont.
Introduction of Project 1: Collaborative Review of Website/Journal

TH, Jan. 11

 Introduction of Project 1: Collaborative Review of Website/Journal
Professional Writing Profile due in class.
 Be sure that you've purchased the course texts before the next class meeting on T 1/16.
Technology Checklists due on 1/16

Week 2

Date

Class Meeting

For Next Meeting

T, Jan. 16

Technology Checklist due.
Discuss/Review Group Work and Collaborative Writing
Further discussion of websites and journals
Project 1 Teams Set

Team 1- CCC
Dave Albin
Alicia Cray
Melissa Johnson
Sarah Woolf
Team 2- Kairos
Steve Allman
Marilyn Glick
Miriam Olver
Rachel Rice
Team 3- Pre/Text
Yvette Brown
Susan Hazel
Jason O'Quinn 		Team 4- ebr
Maggie Dempsey
Brad Engels
Steve Horton
Carmen Morrissey
Team 5- Romantic Circles
Steven Lopes
Allison Porch
Craig Stalbaum
Erica Watkins 		Team 6- AHR
Sarah Johnson
Dennis Lischer
Lauren Scharnak
Katie Shimer

 

Reading: Web Style Guide, "Philosophy" (or in the printed version, the comparable part is Chapter 1, "Process")

Networked Journals/Digital Communities

Romantic Circles
Kairos
The History Cooperative (American Historical Review)
Pre://Text Publishing WebWork
The Journal of Electronic Publishing
electronic book review (ebr)

TH, Jan 18

 Reading: Web Style Guide, "Philosophy"(Class Discussion; see Notes from Web Style Guide (online), Chapter 1, "Philosophy" in Word 2000 format or PDF format)
Choose Oral Presentation Times/Days
Production Assignment Offered: Preparing and Disseminating a TWI News Release (up to 10 points; 3-4 people)		 Reading: Web Style Guide, "Interface Design"

Week 3

Date

Class Meeting

For Next Meeting

T, Jan. 23

 Reading: Web Style Guide, "Interface Design" (Class Discussion; see Notes from Web Style Guide (Online), Chapter 2, "Interface Design" in Word 2000 format or PDF format)
Introduction to Pronoun/MOO
Review the MOO Documentation and User's Guide
 Reading: Web Style Guide, "Site Design"
Meet with your team members in the MOO to plan your Oral Presentation.
Review the "Guidelines for Oral Presentations" in Word 2000 format or PDF format)

TH, Jan. 25

Reading: Web Style Guide, "Site Design" (Class Discussion; see Notes from Web Style Guide (Online), Chapter 3, "Site Design" in Word 2000 format or PDF format)
Introduction to Zaplets <www.zaplets.com>
Introduce Archival Project Proposal and Recommendation Report (Large Group Collaborative Project): Word 2000 format or PDF format

Oral Presentations begin on Tues.,1/30

Review the beta-version of "A User's Guide to Zaplets" and be prepared to receive and use a discussion Zaplet!

Week 4

Date

Class Meeting

For Next Meeting

T, Jan. 30

 Oral presentations, Project 1
Team 2 (Kairos)
Team 5 (Romantic Circles)
 Oral Presentations continue; provide feedback individually by Zaplet to the two presentations.
Reading: Snap to Grid (Foreword, Introduction and Chapter 1, pp. 2-11)

TH, Feb. 1

 Oral presentations continued.
Team 1 (CCC)
Team 4 (electronic book review)
Production Activities Announced: Usability Study and User Documentation for Zaplets and WWWThreads.
 Provide feedback individually by Zaplet to the two presentations.
Read the Sample Weekly Response to Snap to Grid in Word or PDF format.

Week 5

Date

Class Meeting

For Next Meeting

T, Feb. 6

Oral presentations, Project 1
Team 6 (History Cooperative/AHR)
Team 3 (Pre/Text)

Provide feedback individually by Zaplet to the two presentations ASAP!

In addition to writing your weekly response, you should sign-up and respond to or post discussion of Snap to Grid at the WWWThreadsforum.

Provide feedback individually by Zaplet to the two presentations ASAP!
Reading: Snap to Grid (Chapter 2, pp.12-26);
Project 1: Collaborative Review of Website/Journal due on Th, 2/8. Submit the review in printed form at the start of class.
Project 2: Techniques of Copyediting introduced

TH, Feb. 8

 Project 1: Collaborative Review of Website/Journal due in printed form at the start of class.
Project 2: Techniques of Copyediting introduced. See the Copyediting and Proofreading handout in Word or PDF format for useful reference material.
Complete Collaborative Project Evaluation Form today and submit it electronically as an attachment to blakesle@purdue.edu
C-FEST Meeting at Lingua MOO: 7 p.m. CST, today, http://lingua.utdallas.edu:7000/

C-FEST Meeting at Lingua MOO: 7 p.m. CST on Monday, 2/12, http://lingua.utdallas.edu:7000/

Review Fall/Winter 2000 issue of WPA: Writing Program Administration

Week 6

Date

Class Meeting

For Next Meeting

T, Feb. 13

Preparation of WPA style sheet (in-class)

Reading: Snap to Grid (Chapter 3, pp.27-41)
WWWThreads

Prepare for proofreading test on Th, 2/15!

TH, Feb. 15

Proofreading test (40 minutes)

Discuss articles to be copyedited:

Author A (PDF format) (Last names Albin-Johnson)
Author B (PDF format) (Last names Lischer-Woolf)

Reading: Web Style Guide, Chapter 4, "Page Design" (pp. 53-78)

Download and review the WPA Style Sheet in Word or PDF format.

Week 7

Date

Class Meeting

For Next Meeting

T, Feb. 20

C-FEST Meeting at Lingua MOO: 8p.m. CST, today, http://lingua.utdallas.edu:7000/ (optional visit)

In-class discussion of "Page Design" (Web Style Guide, pp. 53-78); read the notes in Word or PDF format.

 Reading: Snap to Grid (Chapter 4, pp.44-54)
WWWThreads
Weekly individual responses to Snap to Grid should be ready to submit electronically to blakesle@purdue.edu

TH, Feb. 22

Demo of WWWThreads
Discussion of Proofreading Quiz

Individual responses to Snap to Grid from Weeks 4-7 (Chapters 1-4) should be submitted electronically to blakesle@purdue.edu no later than Friday, 2/23, for credit.

 Proofread article (Project 2: Techniques of Copyediting) is due on Th, 3/1. (Note date change; you have two more days!)

Week 8

Date

Class Meeting

For Next Meeting

T, Feb. 27

"Teaching, Learning, & Technology: A Learning Odyssey" is a two-day technology fair beginning today. TWI will give a "demo or die" poster session beginning at 10:30 a.m., so class will take place "on site" (Stewart 214).

Reading: Snap to Grid (Chapter 5, pp.55-69)
WWWThreads
C-FEST Meeting at Lingua MOO: 7 p.m., CST, Wed., 2/28 http://lingua.utdallas.edu:7000/
Proofread article (Project 2: Techniques of Copyediting) is due on Th, 3/1.

TH, Mar. 1

Proofread article due (Project 2: Techniques of Copyediting).

In-Class Usability Study of an archived journal. Download <usabilityJAC.doc>, the form for conducting this study, which will be completed in teams of 3). E-mail the completed form to me today for 2 points of production-related credit. The target site is http://jac.gsu.edu/archive.htm

  

Week 9

Date

Class Meeting

For Next Meeting

T, Mar. 6

Discuss TWI site design (Cascading Style Sheets, Templates, etc.)
Exploration of topics for A Guide to Electronic Publication (major project #3)
Work on Individual Projects

 Reading: Snap to Grid (Chapter 6, pp.70-84)
WWWThreads

TH, Mar. 8

 TWI goes online . . . soon
Work on Individual Projects.
  

Week 10

Date

Class Meeting

For Next Meeting

T, Mar. 13

 Spring Vacation  

TH, Mar. 15

 Spring Vacation  

Week 11

Date

Class Meeting

For Next Meeting

T, Mar. 20

Introduction of Project 3, The Elements of Electronic Publication.

Useful WWW Resources
Journal of Electronic Publishing
Electronic Publishing ("Field Guide"; pre-1998)
Electronic Citation (Add'l Links)
Steven Harnad E-Prints on Interactive Publication

Reading: Snap to Grid (Chapter 7, pp.85-97)
WWWThreads
Topic proposals for Project 3 are due via e-mail (blakesle@purdue.edu) by the beginning of class on Thursday, 3/22.

TH, Mar. 22

Topic proposals for Project 3 are due via e-mail (blakesle@purdue.edu) by the beginning of class.

In-class work on Project 3. Begin preparing Resource List.

 Project 3: A working list of your 10 resources, with brief (1-2 sentence) annotations is due to me electronically by the end of class on Tuesday, March 29.

Week 12

Date

Class Meeting

For Next Meeting

T, Mar. 27

 Project 3: A working list of your 10 resources, with brief (1-2 sentence) annotations is due to me electronically (blakesle@purdue.edu) by the end of class today.

Reading: Snap to Grid (Chapter 8, pp.98-112)
WWWThreads
Weekly individual responses to Snap to Grid should be ready to submit electronically to blakesle@purdue.edu

TH, Mar. 29

 Individual responses to Snap to Grid from Weeks 8-12 (Chapters 5-8)should be submitted electronically to blakesle@purdue.edu  

Week 13

Date

Class Meeting

For Next Meeting

T, April 3

 Individual and Team Conferences with Dr. B. in Heavilon 302. Reading: Snap to Grid (Chapter 9, pp. 116-34)
WWWThreads

TH, April 5

 Individual and Team Conferences with Dr. B. in Heavilon 302. A first full draft, consisting of your section of the book and a one-page synopsis/fact sheet, is due on Tuesday, April 10, in printed format, for in-class, peer review.

Week 14

Date

Class Meeting

For Next Meeting

T, April 10

A first full draft, consisting of your section of the book and a one-page synopsis/fact sheet, is due today for in-class, peer review. Writers and teams should exchange drafts and complete the peer review sheet, allowing some time for oral discussion of the comments (after they have been written and sent to both the authors and Dr. B, blakesle@purdue.edu). You can find the e-mail address of students in your English 515 Course Resources in your PUCC account).

Download the review sheet: peer_responseProject3.doc

 Reading: Snap to Grid (Chapter 10, pp. 135-46)
WWWThreads

TH, April 12

Discussion of copyedited articles.

Continue working on drafts.

 Use the comments from peer reviewers and researchers to improve your drafts!

Week 15

Date

Class Meeting

For Next Meeting

T, April 17

 Continue working on drafts. Focus on concision, style, readability. Reading: Snap to Grid (Chapter 11, pp. 147-56)
WWWThreads
A second full draft of Project 3 is due Thursday, April 19, in both electronic (Word) and printed format. The draft should include polished versions of your section, plus a one-page synopsis/fact sheet.

TH, April 19

 A second full draft of Project 3 is due today, in both electronic and printed format. The draft should include polished versions of your section, plus a one-page synopsis/fact sheet.  

Week 16

Date

Class Meeting

For Next Meeting

T, April 24

 Continue working on drafts.
Evaluations		 Reading: Snap to Grid (Chapter 12, pp. 157-70)
WWWThreads
Weekly individual responses to Snap to Grid should be ready to submit electronically to blakesle@purdue.edu

TH April 26

 Individual responses to Snap to Grid from Weeks 13-16 (Chapters 9-12) should be submitted electronically to blakesle@purdue.edu  

April 30 - May 5

 Final Examination Week
The final draft of Project 3 is due in both printed and electronic format. Send the Word file to blakesle@purdue.edu. Bring the printed document to my office, Heavilon 302, before 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 3.		  
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