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week one Return to Top
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t 01.9	Introductions. Review Syllabus & Calendar. Introduce Student Information Sheet. Download Technology Checklist.	Read all of the Project 1 materials. Before our next class meeting, complete and email me an attachment of your Student Information Sheet from a PUCC computer. Work on Technology Checklist.
r 01.11	Introduce Project 1: Career Paths Project. Focus on Unit 1: Resume and Job Ad Analysis.	Create list of possible clients and begin contacting clients from your list. Remember you will need a firm commitment from a client by Tuesday, January 23rd. Continue working on your Technology Checklist due at the beginning of class on Tuesday, January 23rd. Review the URL's about scannable resumes. Begin a draft of a scannable resume.
week two Return to Top
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t 1.16	Guest Lecturer Adam Oldaker, "The Five Principle Resources of the Job Search & Job Advertisement Exploration" Workshop Time for job ad search and scannable resume development.	Using job search strategies, continue draft of scannable resume. Continue contacting potential clients--remember you need a client by Tuesday, January 23rd. Continue working on your Technology Checklist due at the beginning of class on Tuesday, January 23rd.
r 1.18	No formal class meeting--locate three job advertisements and complete scannable resume. Continue making client contacts--remember you need a client by Tuesday, January 23rd.	Bring a completed copy of your scannable resume and three job advertisements for jobs that are appealing to you. Review downloadable "Resume and Job Advertisement Analysis" form. Get a firm commitment from a client and email me this information: name of organization, contact person, address, phone number, email address (if available), URL (if available), hours of operation, type of organization, and clientele served by the organization. rationale for why this client fits the project goals. Complete the Technology Checklist before our next class meeting.
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t 1.23	At the beginning of class, turn-in your Completed Technology Checklist. At the beginning of class, turn-in your client contact information. Workshop Day: Use the downloadable "Resume and Job Advertisement Analysis" form to analyze resume and job ads. Use checklist to polish up your scannable resume and job ads.	Before our next class meeting email me attachments of 1) your scannable resume, 2) a Word document containing cut and pasted copies of your three job ads, and 3) your completed "Resume and Job Advertisement Analysis" form. Review Unit 2: Professional Writing Inventory and Client Proposal. Schedule interview or observation with client for some time between T, 1.30 and M, 2.5.
r 1.25	Introduce Unit 2: Professional Writing Inventory and Client Proposal. Discuss Field Research--interviews and observations.	Review the Proposal guidelines. Begin working on "Professional Writing Inventory". Schedule interview and/or observation with client for some time between T, 1.30 and M, 2.5.
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t 1.30	Discuss Proposal development. Workshop Day: Develop interview questions and/or observation expectations and work on "Professional Writing Inventory" sheet.	Conduct interview and/or observation in preparation for Proposal. Continue working on "Professional Writing Inventory" sheet.
r 2.1	No class--Field Research Day & Time to complete your "Professional Writing Inventory" sheet.	Bring your completed "Professional Writing Inventory" sheet to class. Transcribe your interview and/or observation and bring those documents to class. Use these URLs to read proposal information: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Projects/Proposal/ http://www.learnerassociates.net/proposal/links.htm http://www.research.umich.edu/research/proposals/ proposal_dev/pwg/PWGCONTENTS.HTML http://fdncenter.org/onlib/shortcourse/prop1.html
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t 2.6	Discuss "Professional Writing Inventory" sheets. Workshop Day: Translating "Professional Writing Inventory" sheet and Interview into proposal using the Proposal Guide.	Continue analyzing data (PWI and interview and/or observation). Based upon your work with the Proposal Guide, begin drafting your client proposal. Be certain to consult the letter of transmittal template for your proposal.
r 2.8	Workshop Day: Drafting Workshop for Client Proposals.	Complete 1st draft of Client Proposal. Read Project 2: Professional Writing Resources Archive.
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t 2.13	Peer Review of Client Proposals. Peer Review Sheet for Proposals. Peer Review Sheet for Progress Report. Discuss Project 2: Professional Writing Resources Archive.	Revise Proposal based upon peer feedback. Brainstorm a list of at least 3 possible search categories for professional writing resources. Using your list, locate an example resource for each of your 3 categories.
r 2.15	No class meeting--optional conferences for client proposals.	Brainstorm a list of at least 3 possible search categories for professional writing resources. Using your list, locate an example resource for each of your 3 categories. Complete draft of client proposal and provide it to client by Tuesday, February 20th, and ask to meet in one week to discuss approval for the project. *Before* our next class meeting email me attachments of 1) your completed professional writing inventory, 2) your interview transcript or field notes for observation, and 3) your client proposal.
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t 2.20	Discuss evaluating resources and drafting annotations. Workshop Day: Team meetings to share resources and determine category for resources.	Email me your team's rank your top 3 choices of categories for resources. Be certain to provide a rationale for your #1 choice since I may have to "award" a particular category to a single team. Continue web and library searches for pw resources for Project 2. Read Project 3 Materials. Maintain your schedule for producing deliverable(s) for Project 1.
r 2.22	Introduce Project 3: Professional Writing Archive Website Design. Assign Team Categories for Project 2. Workshop Day: Begin creating storyboard ideas.	Email me your team's plan for Project 2. Each team member continues to evaluate and annotate web and library resources under their defined category. Each team member should have two completed and polished annotations for resources to share with other project teams. Maintain your schedule for producing deliverable(s) for Project 1. *EXTENSION DEADLINE REMINDER:* For students who accepted an extension on Unit 2, complete draft of client proposal and provide it to client by Tuesday, February 27th, and ask to meet in one week to discuss approval for the project. For students who accepted an extension on Unit 2, before our next class meeting email me attachments of 1) your completed professional writing inventory, 2) your interview transcript or field notes for observation, and 3) your client proposal.
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t 2.27	Presentation about Rhetoric of Web Design. Peer Review of two annotations from each project team member. After completing your reviews, email your responses to your peer and me.	If unable to complete review of peer's annotations in class, finish peer review and email your completed reviews to me and your peer. Maintain your schedule for producing deliverable(s) for Project 1. Continue working of Project 2.
r 3.1	Web Workshop Day: Introduction to HTML and Dreamweaver.	Maintain your schedule for producing deliverable(s) for Project 1. Bring hard copies (one for me and one for another exchange team) of all 20 of your team's annotation to next class meeting for peer review. Continue working on storyboard and templates for Project 3.
week nine Return to Top
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t 3.6	Peer Review Day for all 20 of your Team's Resource Annotations. Team One give your annotations to Team Two Team Two give your annotations to Team Three Team Three give your annotations to Team Four Team Four give your annotations to Team Five Team Five give your annotations to Team One	Revise Resource Annotations based upon peer feedback--due on Tuesday, March 13th. Email your responses to the following update questions about Project 1: What research work have you accomplished in terms of developing your deliverable(s)? What drafting have you accomplished in terms of producing your deliverable(s)? How often have you been updating your client? What is your plan to complete the remaining work on your deliverable(s)? What questions do you have about completing the deliverable(s)? Maintain your schedule for producing deliverable(s) for Project 1. Continue working on storyboard and templates for Project 3.
r 3.8	Workshop Day: Creating Storyboard, Templates, handout, and PowerPoint Slides for Oral Presentation.	Maintain your schedule for producing deliverable(s) for Project 1. Continue revising all 20 of your Team's Resource Annotations based upon peer feedback--due on Tuesday, March 13th. Continue working on storyboard, templates, handout, and PowerPoint slides for Project 3. *Before class on Tuesday, March 13th*, email me attachment of your Team's Resource Annotations for evaluation.
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t 3.13	Spring Break--No class meeting.	Continue working on deliverable(s) for Project 1 & storyboard, templates, handout, and PowerPoint slides for Project 3.
r 3.15	Spring Break--No class meeting.	Continue working on deliverable(s) for Project 1 & storyboard, templates, handout, and PowerPoint slides for Project 3. Complete, polished draft of Project 1 deliverable(s) and make arrangements for peer and/or instructor review. (I will be available for review of the documents. Please email or call me for an appointment.)
week eleven Return to Top
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t 3.20	Coordinate Peer and/or Instructor Review of Project 1 deliverable(s). Team's sign-up for presentations of possible design options for Project 3.	Using peer and/or instructor feedback, continue revising and working on Project 1 deliverable(s). Continue working on storyboard, templates, handout, and PowerPoint slides for Project 3.
r 3.22	Workshop Day: Completing Project 3 web design and presentation.	Complete storyboard, templates, handout, and PowerPoint slides for Project 3. Email your responses to the following update questions about Project 1: What remaining tasks do you have related to the completion of your deliverable(s)? How often have you been updating your client? What is your plan to complete the remaining work on your deliverable(s)? What questions do you have about completing the deliverable(s)? Maintain your schedule for producing deliverable(s) for Project 1.
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t 3.27	Presentation Day for Possible Design Options for Project 3.	Maintain your schedule for producing deliverable(s) for Project 1.
r 3.29	Presentation Day for Possible Design Options for Project 3.	Each team begins coding Project 3 web materials based upon approved design. Maintain your schedule for producing deliverable(s) for Project 1.
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t 4.3	Introduce Unit 4 of Project 1, Reflective Report. Workshop Day: Code Project 3 revisions and extra credit.	Each team revises 8 annotations in partnerships and brings 3 hard copies of those revisions to class for extra credit. Maintain your schedule for producing deliverable(s) for Project 1. Begin drafting Project 1 Reflective Report.
r 4.5	Copy editing session. Workshop Day: Code Project 3 revisions and web page.	Each team continues coding Project 3 web materials based upon approved design. Maintain your schedule for producing deliverable(s) for Project 1. Email a compiled hard copy of your team's annotation revisions.
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t 4.10	Workshop Day: Code Project 3 web page.	Each team continues coding Project 3 web materials based upon approved design and locates one volunteer for user-testing of web page. Continue drafting Unit 4 Reflective Report. For our next class meeting, bring me a hard copy of your deliverable(s) for Project 1. If you haven't already done so, provide a hard copy of your deliverable(s) for Project 1 to your client. Request feedback in one week so that you can revise it before the end of the semester.
r 4.12	Workshop Day: Code Project 3 web page. Introduce User-testing for Project 3.	Each team continues coding Project 3 web materials based upon approved design. Have web page for Project 3 completed and available for user-testing.
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t 4.17	The Usability Team (Designers and Implementors) needs to have a user-test set up for the Usability Team (Users and Credits Page Developers) to participate in. The Web Development Team will help with the testing and clean up code. On that day the Copyediting Team will work with the text of the nodes.	The Usability Team (Users and Credits Page Developers) will have an operational design of credit page�must be completed by the 23rd. The Usability Team (Designers and Implementors) and the Web Development Team will coordinate on revisions to the design and code of the page. The Copyediting Team will work on revisions to the text of the nodes. If granted the extension, bring final hard copy of your client deliverable to next class meeting. Also, deliver it to your client for requested revisions.
r 4.19	Teams work on Archive and Continue Testing Pages.	By Monday, April 23rd, by 7pm, revisions to the nodes and the credit node will be email to me, and I will ftp the site again. Continue revising Project 3 Web Page.
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t 4.24	Workshop Day: Last Minute Revisions to Project 3 Web Page. We will review the entire site design and layout again and discuss the reflective essay. Complete peer group evaluations.	Before next class meeting, email me an attachments of Unit 4 Reflective Report and your Project 3 Web Page.
r 4.26	Complete course evaluations. Discuss professionalization. Unit 4 Reflective Report Due. Project 3 Web Page Due.	Thanks for a great semester!

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