Week 15

Sat, 12/15/2007 - 13:19 — admin

Tuesday, December 2

Teaching Technical Writing (English 421)--Nathaniel and Mark

Resources

ENGL 421 Approved Textbooks

  • Professional Writing Online, 3rd edition , by Johndan Johnson-Eilola, Patricia Sullivan, and James Porter. © 2008. ISBN: 978-0205652129. Longman. List: $51.40. Discounted: $46.68. Publisher’s site: $55.40. Online textbook: http://wps.ablongman.com/long_porter_pwo_3 (Students should be told to purchase unopened copies because used password codes are not transferable.)
  • Technical Communication Today. 2nd edition, by Richard Johnson-Sheehan. © 2007. ISBN: 0321457587. Longman. List: $90.20. Discounted: $79.77
  • Technical Communication in the 21st Century. 1st edition, by Sidney Dobrin, Christian R. Weisser, and Christopher J. Keller. © 2007. ISBN: 978-0131172883 (softcover; list $86.67; Amazon $86.67).
  • Technical Communication: A Reader-Centered Approach. 6th Edition, by Paul V. Anderson. Wadsworth, © 2007. ISBN: 978-1-4130-1770-0. List Price: $113.95; discounted price: $102.56).


421 Supplemental Textbooks

  • The Thomson Handbook*, Comprehensive edition, by David Blakesley and Jeffrey L. Hoogeveen. Thomson/Wadsworth. © 2008. ISBN 978-0838460788 (hardcover; list: $67.95; discounted: $58.13) or ISBN 978-1428205031 (softcover; list $61.05; discounted: $52.03). *May be used as the sole course text with supplementary readings provided by instructor or PW.
  • Handbook of Technical Writing. 8th edition, by Gerald J. Alred, Charles T. Brusaw, and Walter E. Oliu. Bedford/St. Martin’s, © 2003. ISBN: 978-0312309237 . List: $39.95. Discounted: $26.37.

Thursday, December 4

  • Workshop on developing and archiving course and other teaching materials for a professional portfolio.
  • Group work on the White Paper project. Please try to have a draft ready for review as soon as possible, but no later than Tuesday, December 9. It would be helpful to post the draft as a Google Doc and then share it with all members of the group and then Dave (david.blakesley@gmail.com) and Mark (check with him about which address to use).