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Week
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Date
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Class
Topic & Reading Assignment
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Deadline/Links
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1
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Introduction:
Naming the Field, Choosing Terms, and Mapping Territory
Read Alred in class
Read Longo Spurious Coin,
Johnson-Eilola & Selber Part 1: “Histories”
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2
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Sep 1
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History
of Technical & Professional Writing: Multiple Pasts, Possible Futures
Read Kaufer & Butler Rhetoric and
the Arts of Design,
Johnson-Eilola & Selber Part 2: “Rhetorical Perspectives”
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3
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Sep 8
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Rhetoric
as Design: World Making
Read DeCerteau The Practice of Everyday Life,
Johnson-Eilola & Selber Part 3: “Philosophies & Theories”
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4
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Sep 15
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Critical
Practice of a Working Life
Read Johnson User-Centered
Technology,
Johnson-Eilola & Selber Part 4: “Ethical and Power Issues”
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5
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Sep 22
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Readers
as Users: Awareness, Advocacy, Participation
Read Sullivan and Porter Opening
Spaces,
Johnson-Eilola & Selber Part 5: “Research Methods”
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Position Paper Draft
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6
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Sep 29
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Research
in Professional and Technical Communication
Read class and conference position
papers.
http://cptsc.org/
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Position
Papers
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7
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Oct 6
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Professional
Connections: Preparing for CPTSC
Read Review Text and prepare review
draft.
Read Online Review links.
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CPTSC Oct 7-9
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8
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Oct 13
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Users
and Audience: Awareness, Advocacy, Participation
Read Henry Writing Workplace
Cultures, Book Review Workshop
Johnson-Eilola & Selber Part 6: “Workplace Studies”
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Review Draft
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9
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Oct 20
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Researching
Work: Rhetoric of the Mundane and Practical
Read Feenberg, Transforming Technology
Johnson-Eilola & Selber Part 7: “Online Environments”
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Review
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10
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Oct 27
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Working
Online: Rearticulating Digital Technology
Read Sauer, Rhetoric of Risk
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11
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Nov 3
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Avoiding
Danger Rearticulating Expertise
Read Lyotard & Thebaud, Just Gaming
Johnson-Eilola & Selber Part 8: “Pedagogical Directions”
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306
Mentoring Progress Report
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12
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Nov 10
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Ethical
Games: Protecting Language
Read Faber, Community Action and Organizational Change
Read Grabill & Simmons, Staggers
& Zoetewey (online)
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Annotated
Bib
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13
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Nov 17
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Teaching
Professional Writing: Preparing Citizens for Work
Read Latour,
Aramis
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Pedagogy Project Drafts
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Nov 24
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Thanksgiving break. No class scheduled.
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14
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Dec 1
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Technologies
as Tangible Discourse: The Case of Aramis
Read Barabasi,
Linked and Luhmann,
Social Systems
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15
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Dec 8
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Networks of Discourse: Rhetoric and/of Professional
Writing
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Class Conference
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Dec 10
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Last day to deliver assignments. Pedagogy Project and Seminar Paper due.
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Pedagogy Project
Seminar Paper
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