Professional Writing Orientation (Fall 2009)

Wednesday and Thursday, August 19 and 20, 2009 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Heavilon 227.

All new instructors should plan on attending these two full days of PW Orientation. Continuing instructors are invited to attend any and all sessions.

Professional Writing Website's Teacher Resources. This node on the website offers content about the program, approved course goals and guidelines, templates, course technologies, grading and assessment, examples from previous semesters, and more. Please take a look before orientation starts to see what's there. Explore the Technologies and Documentation nodes also.

URL for Support Team: http://www.digitalparlor.org/support

Materials and Information to Bring

• PW Online Access Code (get yours from Cathy Archer in Heav 302)
• Career Account username and password (the first part of your Purdue email account and your password, if you have them already)
• USB flash drive or recordable CD so that you can save files in the event you don’t yet have a Career Account.
• Drafts or materials developed for previous classes

Orientation and Support Team

• David Blakesley, Director of PW and Professor of English
• Mark Hannah, Assistant Director of PW
• Karen Kaiser Lee
• Patricia Sullivan, Professor of 505 and Professor of English
• Cathy Archer, Secretary for PW/ ICaP

Wednesday, August 19, 2009 (9 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Heavilon 227)

9:00-10:15 Getting Acquainted, Introduction to the Professional Writing Program (Program Goals and Courses, Student Demographics)and Resources on the Program Website (Student Information Sheet etc.)
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:45 Overview of ENGL 420 (syllabus, course goals, major projects, and PWOnline) in relation to the Professional Writing Program
Lunch (on your own)
1:00-2:30 Drupal Workshop for new and continuing instructors.
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:30 The Employment Project. See the sample project and calendar sequence.
3:30-4:00 Using Drupal Effectively: Developing Course Materials and Creating a Course Information Flow Plan

Thursday, August 20, 2009 (9 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Heavilon 227)

9:00-10:00 Develop Course Materials for Weeks 1 and 2 (include a review of course materials available online)
10:00-10:45 Apply to Course Drupal Website
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Preview of 505 course
12:00-1:00 Lunch (on your own)
1:00-2:30 Developing Course Materials and Projects in Drupal
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-4:00 Discussion of instructor goals and Q & A