Featuring instructor presentations on a variety of pedagogical approaches, along with an electronic- and print-poster session on teaching professional writing with technology. This year’s showcase will also include student work and community-service learning projects from current Purdue University professional writing students.

Hosted by Professional Writing and the Department of English

Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Stewart Center 202 & 206
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Schedule of Events

Pedagogy Presentations

Session One: Focused and Tailored Pedagogy (11:00-12:00)

• 11:00 a.m.: English 420E: Business Writing for Entrepreneurs, John Spartz (jspartz@purdue.edu)
• 11:30 a.m.: English 420I: Engaging the Cultural in Business Writing for International Students, Jo Doran (cdoran@purdue.edu)

Lunch Break (12:00-1:00)

Session Two: Approaches to Service Learning (1:00-2:00)

• 1:00 p.m.: Taking it On(line): Using Drupal to Facilitate 420Y (Distance Ed), Jeremy Tirrell and Ryan Weber (jtirrell@purdue.edu, rpweber@purdue.edu)
• 1:30 p.m.: A Pedagogical Approach to Connect White Papers to Service Learning Projects, Jaclyn Wells (wellsj@purdue.edu)

Session Three: Student Engagement (2:00-3:00)

• 2:00 p.m.: Student Activism in the Professional Writing Classroom, Katherine Tanski (katherine.tanski@gmail.com)
• 2:30 p.m.: Institutional Critique as Professional Writing Pedagogy, Nathaniel Rivers (nrivers@purdue.edu)

Teacher Displays/Visual Presentations

• Station 1: Visual Analysis Project: Corporate “Start Your Career” Videos - Gretchen Pratt and Casey Pratt (gsteele@purdue.edu, cpratt@purdue.edu)
• Station 2: Changing the Margins: Understanding Conventions in Business Writing - Mark Hannah and Christina Saidy (mhannah@purdue.edu, christinasaidy@purdue.edu)
• Station 3: Using the Google Toolbox: Organizing Collaborative Projects - Mary Godwin (mgodwin@purdue.edu)
• Station 9: How the OWL Can Work for You: Resources for Business Writing, Dana Driscoll and Lars Söderlund (driscodl@purdue.edu, lsoderlu@purdue.edu)
• Station 10: Discussion Catalysts for Professional Writing Classrooms - Melody Gee (mgee@purdue.edu)
• Station 13: Generous Texts: Defining Writing in the Multi(ple)media Classroom - Cat Shuler (cshuler@purdue.edu)

Student Displays/Visual Presentations

• Station 4: English 420 Service Learning Projects (Nancy Quinn, Instructor)
• Station 5: English 420 Service Learning Projects (Nancy Quinn, Instructor)
• Station 6: English 420 Service Learning Projects (Nancy Quinn, Instructor)
• Station 7: English 420 Service Learning Projects (Nancy Quinn, Instructor)

English 419 (Multimedia Writing) Documentaries

• Station 11: Foam Swords and a Healthy Imagination: A Beginners Guide to LARP - Dognaux, Dupree, Macalusp, Johnson and Kempf (Cat Shuler, Instructor)
• Station 12: I Get Around (Purdue) - Bishop, Hui, Warden, Zancanaro, Christopher (Cat Shuler, Instructor)
• Station 14: Daring Filesharing - Harnish, Keller, Weilenman, Habayeb (Cat Shuler, Instructor)
• Station 15: Gaming Addition - Dearing, Schuetter, Coolidge, Rusk (Cat Shuler, Instructor)

Publisher Tables

• Bedford/St Martins
  
• Cengage Learning (formerly Thomson)
• Parlor Press
  
• Pearson-Longman
• Purdue University Press