Mentors: Amy C. Kimme Hea & Melinda Turnley 
Office: Heavilon 303E (Amy & Melinda)
Office Phone: 496-1643 (Amy & Melinda)
Home Phone: 477-0504 (Amy) & 423-2229 (Melinda) 
Office Hours: Amy, T 2:00-3:00 & Melinda, T 6:00-7:00.
E-mail: kimmehea@purdue.edu
mturnley@purdue.edu
URL: http://laf.cioe.com/~kimmehea/home/index.htm
http://laf.cioe.com/~mturnley/home/index.htm

Course Objectives
 

To prepare instructors to teach online versions of English 420, Business Writing, and English 421, Technical Writing, at Purdue University by introducing relevant theories and teaching strategies through readings, class discussion, and hands-on workshops. The main objective of this practicum is to encourage your pedagogical, technical, and professional development.
 
 

Materials
 

Collected Readings on Professional Writing available in Heavilon 303E.

Professional Writing Online <http://cw.abacon.com/bookbind/pubbooks/pwonline_ab/index.html>
 
 

Course Requirements
 

Attendance
Regular attendance is necessary to receive a passing grade for the course. Please contact us if you are unable to attend a meeting. Missing more than 15% of the contact hours for the practicum may result in a lowering of your course grade.

Web Materials
As part of your participation in the mentoring, you will develop and maintain web materials for your 420/421 courses. Templates for your course syllabus, schedule, projects, and student pages will be provided. You will be responsible for contextualizing these templates in relationship to your individual teaching.

Participation
Your participation in the mentoring will include reading assigned materials, developing and sharing teaching materials, presenting resources to the group, participating in the Professional Writing Showcase at the end of the semester, and discussing issues on the mentoring listserv. Another requirement of the mentoring is your participation in peer and mentor teaching observations. 
 
 

Resources 
 

Email & List Addresses
David Blakesley, Director of Professional Writing

blakesle@purdue.edu
 

Julie Canaan, Secretary for Professional Writing

jcanaan@purdue.edu
 

Liane Strigin, PUCC Liason to the Department of English

engl-mgr@cc.purdue.edu
 

PW-help list

pw-help@linnell.english.purdue.edu
 

PW-announce list

pw-announce@linnell.english.purdue.edu
 

PW-mentor list

pw-mentor@linnell.english.purdue.edu
 

PW-staff list

pw-staff@linnell.english.purdue.edu
 

Web Sites
 
Professional Writing web site

http://flansburgh.english.purdue.edu/pw
 

PW documentation web site 

http://flansburgh.english.purdue.edu/newpw/doc/newindex.html
 

ProNoun: program MOO space

WWW access: http://linnell.english.purdue.edu:7000
Telnet access: telnet://linnell.english.purdue.edu:7777
 

PUCC information

http://labinfo.cc.purdue.edu/ 
 

Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab) 

http://owl.english.purdue.edu
 

Computers & Composition documentation web site

http://flansburgh.english.purdue.edu/candc/compdoc.htm
 
 
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