Due dates are tentative. Identified dates are required face-to-face class sessions. Regular blogging is due every week unless specified otherwise.
CC = Gentle's Conversation and Community
TW = McMurrey's Technical Writing: Online Textbook
Week 1 - Introductions
Read: Instructor emails
Week 2 - Technology Autobiography due (blogged)
Tuesday, 1.11
Read: CC 1-68, TW "About Technical Writing"
Week 3 -
Read: CC 69-100, TW "Technical Reports"
Week 4 - ZGT due (blogged)
Tuesday,
1.25
Read: CC 101-124, TW "Instructions"
Student group:
Week 5 - Group project proposal due (blogged)
Read: CC 125-141, TW "Other Types of Technical Reports"
Week 6 - Twitter evaluation due (blogged)
Tuesday, 2.8
Read: CC 183-198, TW "Proposals"
Student group:
Week 7 - Individual project proposal due (blogged) / Group project progress report due (blogged)
Group project work
Week 8 - Group project due / Group project reflection due (blogged)
Tuesday, 2.22
Read: TW "Audience Analysis" & "Information Infrastructures"
Student group:
Week 9 - SPRING BREAK (no blogging/tweeting due)
Week 10 - Audience analysis due (blogged)
Tuesday, 3.8
Read: TW "Task Analysis"
Student group:
Week 11 - Task analysis due (blogged)
Read: TW "Progress Report" & "Format & Final Production"
Week 12 - Individual project draft (emailed)
Tuesday,
3.22
Project peer review
Week 13 - Project progress report due (blogged)
Individual project work
Week 14 - Individual project revision due (emailed)
Tuesday,
4.5
Project debriefing
Week 15 - ZGT revision due (blogged)
Posterous & Twitter requirements end
Week 16 - Self-reflective essay due (emailed)
Tuesday, 4.19
Closing comments