English 680V: Visual Rhetoric in a Technological Age (Purdue)

Tuesday, April 3

• Finish watching the film.
• Read the Foreword to Before and After: Page Design. In class, we will discuss additional sections to read in preparation for an in-class design project.
• Read selections from Writing the Visual: A Practical Guide for Teachers of Composition and Communication, edited by Carol David & Anne R. Richards (Parlor Press, 2007).
  
  "Fields of Vision: A Background Study of References for Teachers" by Carole David and Anne R. Richards (see attachment below)
  
  "Seeing Rhetoric" by Nancy Allen (see attachment below)
• Resources for the Exploration Project (Step 4). Choose one approach and run with it:
  
  Exploring a Topic from Multiple Perspectives (answer 10 more questions with expansion paragraphs)
  
  Developing Content and Elaborating Ambiguity: From Open Essay to Hypertext (step by step process of writing an open essay)
  
  Montaigne's "Of Coaches" (Read it and then write an essay that does something like it).

Thursday, April 5

• Read two additional sections from Before and After: Page Design. Work in class on a design project. (Business Documents gives some good advice on resume and portfolio development!)
• Group Project: Oral Progress Report (1 or 2 groups can volunteer to present today).