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Week
1
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Date
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Monday
August 19
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Introduction to the Course
Review syllabus, course calendar, and Professional
Writing Online.
Introduce the Student Information Sheet.
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Make certain that you have your login and password for accessing
ICS machines (a Career Account) and an email address that accommodates
attachments. If you have questions about your accounts, visit
ENAD 426 from 9-3 during the first two weeks of the semester.
You also can visit the PUCC Instructional
Computing Services web page for information about campus technologies.
Purchase Professional
Writing Online (PWO) at Follett's or University Bookstore.
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Wed.
August 21
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Discuss course technologies & introduce
Technology Checklist.
Send completed Student Information
Sheet to me as an attachment.
Notes for class
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Read
Writing Professional
E-Mail Messages (PWO)
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Friday
August 23
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Discuss writing Professional
E-Mail Messages (PWO)
Class notes
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Complete Technology Checklist.
Explore Employment
Project in PWO.
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Week
2
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Date
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Monday
August 26
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Technology Checklist due in printed form by the end
of class.
Introduction of Employment Project.
Discuss employment project research and search engines. Introduce
"Resources
for Job Seekers" and Job
banks (scroll down) in PWO.
Purdue job resources
Hicks Undergraduate Library
Sample disciplinary sites
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In PWO, read the following sections in the Overview
Chapter:
- Rhetoric: Starting with Purpose and Audience
- Understanding Purpose
- Understanding Readers
- The Complex Nature of Writing
- Evaluating Writing
- Technology and Writing/Work in the 21st Century
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Wed.
August 28
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Discuss analyzing job ads using self assessment worksheet.
Understanding the rhetorical dynamics of the employment situation.
Introduce the self-assessment worksheet
and research more jobs.
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Conduct research and bring in two job ads to share with others.
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Friday
August 30
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Workshop on job ads using self-assessment
workshop.
Analyze more sample job ads.
Look at sample self-assessment.
Using one of the job ads that you brought to class, work on self-assessment
worksheet.
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Read the discussion of resumes
in PWO and explore resources at Purdue's
Online Writing Lab.
Work on self-assessment worksheet;
bring draft to next class.
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Week
3
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Date
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Monday
Sept. 2
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Labor Day (No classes)
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Wed.
Sept.
4
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Share self-assessment drafts with peers. Have at least 2 members
of your group read your draft and fill out the following peer
review sheet. Fill out the sheet and attach the peer review
sheet to an email to the writer.
Discuss resumes and resume resources:
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Step 1 of the employment
project due next class. Print out peer review sheets from
Wednesday and turn in with Step 1.
Bring draft of current print or electronic resume
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Friday
Sept.
6
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Step
1 of employment project
(including peer review sheets) due for instructor review.
Overview on resumes:
Samples:
- Nice example
of tables and of specific work experiences
- Example
with too much space and not enough content
- Good example
of well aligned information
- Bad example
of columns
Examine and revise some sample objective
statements. |
Read
rhetoric of the cover letter (including form and content sections)
in PWO. |
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Week
4
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Date
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Monday
Sept. 9
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Discuss PWO's resources on application letters:
Look at these two examples:
"Kairos
and the Cover Letter"
"From
Whence Comes This Advice"
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Continue
drafting resume; bring draft of resume and cover letter to work
on during next class. |
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Wed.
Sept.
11
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Action
words to describe skills in resumes and resume templates in
MS Word.
What's wrong with these two letters? How might we revise them?
Work on resumes and cover letters in class. |
Draft
of resume and cover letter due by the beginning of the next class
meeting for peer review. |
Friday
Sept.
13
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Drafts of resumes and
cover letters are due for peer review in class. Each reviewer should
address the questions on the Resume
workshop sheet and the Application
letter workshop sheet by downloading the Word document, responding,
then printing or emailing the checklist back to the writer. |
Finish providing
feedback for peer review; use suggestions from peer review to
revise resume and cover letter.
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Week
5
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Date
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Monday
Sept. 16
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Introduction to rhetoric of the memo
Discuss sample
memos
Discuss Project Assessment Memo (Step 4 of the Employment
Project)
More on tailoring cover letters
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Work on project assessment memo
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Wed.
Sept.
18
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Employment
Project assessment
Editing and Proofreading strategies--
Format for turning
in project
Work on Employment Project deliverables. |
Bring draft of project assessment memo for peer review.
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Friday
Sept.
20
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Peer review for Project Assessment
memo.
Employment checklist--some
little things you may have forgotten.
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Final drafts of all steps of the Employment Project documents
are due in printed form by the beginning of class on Monday, September
23.
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Week
6
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Date
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Monday
Sept. 23
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Employment Project
Due
Introduce E-Commerce Project
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Read
in PWO Social
and Cultural Issues:
- Ethics and Professional Communication
- Principles of Ethics
- Exercise: How Professional Documents Can Go Wrong
- Ethical Guidelines for Teamwork and Project Management
- Copyright, Plagiarism, and Fair Use of Others' Writing
- Representing others: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexual Orientation
- Ethics Editing Checklist
- International Communication
Form groups; research e-commerce issues |
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Wed.
Sept.
25
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No
Class (Instructor at Professional Seminar) |
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Friday
Sept.
27
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Discuss ethics and
look at how professional documents can
go wrong.
Ethics and the Challenger
Disaster |
Professional
email proposal to class list that outlines e-commerce project.
Read from PWO:
Resources:
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Week
7
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Date
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Monday
Sept. 30
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E-mail
proposal due.
Discuss research strategies and evaluating sources. |
Read
in PWO:
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Wed.
October 2
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Finish discussing segments from last class.
Sample white paper sites:
What do you notice about these sites? How do these sites present
white papers?
Researching and determining credibility
Using ISIS to inspect texts
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Read
in PWO:
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Friday
October 4
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No class! Work
on research for E-Commerce project. |
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Week
8
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Date
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Monday
October 7
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October Break (No Classes)
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Wed.
October 9
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Evaluating
and Discerning Arguments
ISIS analysis on sample documents
Professional
Look and Feel |
Read in PWO:
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Friday
October
11
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Citing Research
Sources using APA:
Citing
sources accurately and effectively
Discuss Corporate Web project |
Read in PWO:
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Week
9
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Date
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Monday
October 14
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Annotated
Bibliography due to me for review.
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Read
in PWO:
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Wed.
October 16
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Structuring your report
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Think about possible corporate web clients |
Friday
October
18
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Potential
corporate web clients. Do
these meet the client criteria?
Another possible source for nonprofit groups:
Organize into teams of no more than
4 students and develop plan for contacting clients.
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Review
sections in PWO:
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Week
10
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Date
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Monday
October 21
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Document design and using visuals
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Read
in PWO:
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Wed.
October 23
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Review e-commerce format
Review visuals guide
On your own, review editing principles from the readings.
Work on e-commerce project.
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Friday
October
25
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Draft of E-Commerce
report due to peers for review. Share
your draft with members of your corporate web group. Print out one
copy for me to review. I will return to you with comments on Monday. |
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Week
11
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Date
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Monday
October
28
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Finish
draft workshop for e-commerce white paper.
Work on revising e-commerce paper.
Go over e-commerce evaluation sheet. |
Start planning times to meet with
Read in PWO:
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Wed.
October 30
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Gathering research for corporate web
Interviewing clients--developing a list of questions
Planning the project--see planning
calendar
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Finalize e-commerce report. Turn in finished report to me; place
finished copy on top, along with your email, annotated bib (both
with my comments), peer reviews, etc.
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Friday
Nov. 1
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E-commerce
project due
Review sample corporate
web recommendation report
Discuss the rhetorical situation of the website
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Read
in PWO:
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Week
12
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Date
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Monday
Nov. 4
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Preparing for your oral progress reports
Corporate Web Research Tips
Client description assignment due by the end of class.
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Wed.
Nov. 6
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Designing
information and knowing the rhetorical situation.
Look at four different examples of information architecture at
www.eyearchitect.com
In groups, discuss each visualization of information on the site.
What are the strengths and weaknesses of each? Describe the rhetorical
contexts under which you think each of these examples might be
appropriate.
Review web design resources:
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Friday
Nov.
8
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Oral progress reports (10 minutes each)
By this date you should have interviewed and gathered
all sample documents from the client.
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Week
13
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Date
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Monday
Nov. 11
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Finish oral progress reports
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Review
Usability Reference Guide |
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Wed.
Nov. 13
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Performing usability tests
Download the usability form
and perform a test on the following websites:
Work on reports |
Review
Evaluating
a Website's Credibility |
Friday
Nov.
15
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Discuss
results of study, Evaluating
a Website's Credibility
Work on reports
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Week
14
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Date
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Monday
Nov. 18
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Work
on recommendation reports |
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Wed.
Nov. 20
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Discuss peer commentary form for oral
recommendation reports and discuss persuasive strategies.
Work on recommendation reports
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Friday
Nov. 22
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Oral
recommendation reports (2 groups report from 3:30pm class)
Discuss written reports.
Work on recommendation reports.
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Week
15
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Date
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Monday
Nov. 25
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Finish
oral recommendation reports (3 groups report from 3:30pm class;
3 groups report from 4:30pm class)
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Wed.
Nov. 27
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Thanksgiving
Break (No Classes) |
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Friday
Nov.
29
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Thanksgiving
Break (No Classes) |
Work on recommendation
reports--email draft of report to
the class listserv by Sunday evening/Monday morning for peer
review during class on Monday. |
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Week
16
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Date
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Monday
Dec. 2
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Peer
review of reports during class.
- Team 1 will respond to Team 2
- Team 2 will respond to Team 3
- Team 3 will repond to Team 4
- Team 4 will respond to Team 5
- Team 5 will repond to Team 1
Work on recommendation reports |
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Wed.
Dec. 4
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Fill
out collaborative project
evaluation form and class evaluations
Work on recommendation reports |
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Friday
Dec.
6
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Last day
of class. Recommendation reports due by 6 p.m.
Bring two copies to me in our classroom (233 ENAD)--one for me and
one for your client. Also remember to bring the name of your client
and the mailing address of the agency so that we can mail your final
reports. Electronic copies should be mailed to all group members
and myself by this time as well. My email is jbay@purdue.edu. |
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