Peer Collaboration Evaluation Forms: submit AFTER completing final revisions

Tue, 04/28/2009 - 11:48 — TracyC

As mentioned within the project pages for the White Paper and Technical Marketing projects, each individual group member will complete a peer collaborative evaluation form for each of the two group projects.  Within these forms, you will provide complete, and candid, assessments of the work you contributed for each project, as well as the work that each of your fellow group members did.  I will take these evaulations into consideration when assigning individual grades to group projects -- so please comment not only on those students wh

Technical Marketing Project: peer review guidelines

Thu, 04/23/2009 - 14:53 — TracyC

During our peer review session, each individual group member will post his or her feedback as a comment to the writers' story post (on the front page of the course website).  Please address the following, as they present -- or don't present -- themselves within the writers' technical marketing document draft.

Writing

White Paper Project: peer review assignments and directions

Tue, 03/10/2009 - 11:26 — TracyC

For today's peer review session, I would each individual group member to post your feedback as a comment on your assigned group's story post.  To find the writers' story post, you may need to click on the page numbers at the bottom of the screen on the course website home page.

Here are the peer review group assignments:

Tracy's Blog 6: incorporating visuals into your white paper

Tue, 03/03/2009 - 10:52 — TracyC

As mentioned in the email I sent this morning, I am ill and won't be able to come to class today.  I would still like to cover today's scheduled activities, hence this Instructor's blog.

Tracy's blog 5: Draft 1 guidelines

Thu, 02/26/2009 - 06:51 — TracyC

Remember, the first draft of your white paper is due tonight at midnight.  As I've mentioned before, I won't grade these drafts -- but I will provide feedback.  With this in mind, here are some guidelines/suggestions to keep in mind as you're putting together your drafts today:
Major details

Tracy's blog 4: a bit more about source types

Wed, 02/25/2009 - 22:35 — TracyC

I had mentioned in class yesterday that I would blog on those items I didn't have a chance to cover.  So here's where I'll go into a bit more detail regarding those sources you may not have otherwise considered for your white papers.

Tracy's blog 3: More about the White Paper Project

Mon, 02/16/2009 - 10:05 — TracyC

This past week's readings explore the open source movement, its origins, and how it relates those proprietary options more recognizable to us. Here are some issues/questions we will likely consider at some point during the course of the White Paper Project:

Tracy's blog 2: another job research site

Tue, 01/27/2009 - 11:53 — TracyC

In doing some research on job resource sites, I've found a site called WetFeet.com...a good play on that cliched statement "getting your feet wet".

This site has several things going for it:

Tracy's blog 1: concepts, genres, and technologies of business writing

Thu, 01/15/2009 - 20:36 — TracyC

My family emergency, it turned out, was a false alarm. 

Just before our class had started, I suddenly realized that I might have forgotten to let my dog back in the house in this morning before going to campus...and with the temperature/wind chill being as cold as they are, I didn't want to wait another hour before going home to check on her.  Turns out I had let her in after all, and all is well.

I had intended to cover concepts, genres, and technologies associated with business writing.  Here are the items that we likely would have placed on our lists:

Introductions: please post your introduction as a comment on this post!

Thu, 01/15/2009 - 16:26 — TracyC

As mentioned in the course calendar for Thursday, January 15, I would put up an introduction blog post. So here it is....

I'm a continuing lecturer in the Professional Writing Program, for which I've taught technical and business writing courses since Fall 2001. This is the second time I've taught online during the
summer.