Course Syllabus 2005

Course meets each Thursday, 6:00 - 8:50, from Jan 13, 2005 - April 28, 2005 except

• week of March 14, 2005: Spring Break
• April 14, 2005: GPACW Conference - Mankato

structuring the wiki

Use this syllabus page for notes and to develop your evening's plan. Create a new page - a new workspace - for topics that warrant it, and for assignments. Cross link. Create new pages.

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Week 1: Introductory

Jan 13: Writing as a technology: how technology changes how and what we know.

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Week 2: Writing Technologies

Jan 20. In class

• We'll look at your writing technologies and notes on them, which will lead us to a discussion on technology, literacy, teaching and learning
• Discuss introductory readings in Takayoshi and Huot.
• Refine /revise the syllabus. Volunteers for week 4's workshop.

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Week 3: BlogsAsWritingMedium

AyleenLindahl and AspenEasterling | Jan 27

How to Get a blog going and how to understand it

• [Rebecca Blood's ''The Weblog Handbook'']
• [Blogger - the site with simple directions on making the blog]
  • Just typing in "free blogs" in your websearch will bring up many free services

Other business

• SubscribeToTechRhet (will provide a reading on discourse communities)
  • brief discussion on netiquette and local customs
• Distribute readings
• Distribute pdfs
• Update syllabus
  • Justin and Sean (do asynch week 7?)
  • find a week for wikis: week 5? (Morgan)
  • Laura and Rachel: need topic? Asynch? Web for research? Other?
  • Berne, Jamie, Hans: Tighten up the topic: Personal blogging? Academic blogging? Do some preliminary reading to determine the topic

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Week 4: ReadingTheWeb

LauraBjerk and AmberLuck | Feb 3

Other business

• Berne, Jamie, Hans: Tighten up the topic: Settled on Academic blogging? Do some preliminary reading to determine the topic. Meet Monday, Feb 7. 1:00

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Week 5: WritingWithWikis

Morgan | Feb 10

for Feb 10 WritingWithWikis

Sunday, 6 Feb: I've recently tightened up the WritingWithWikis page. You might want to print out the new version. Visit the wiki at least twice between Feb 4 and Feb 10.

In Class: WritingWithWikis/DiscussionFeb102005

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Week 6: AcademicBlogging

Berne, Hans, Jamie L | Feb 17

Meet with Berne, Hans, Jamie, 5:30, Feb 10 to finalize.

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Week 7: AsynchronousDiscussion

Asynchronous discussion and its use in teaching writing JustinLillich | SeanFroyd | Feb 24

Tues, Feb 22: Meet with Adam and Jessie to plan readings and assignments for week 8.

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Week 8: OpeningSpaces

Adam and Jessie | Mar 3

Tues, Mar 1: Meet with Vinny and Jonathan to plan readings and assignments for week 9.

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Week 9: SynchronousDiscussion

Synchronous discussion and its use in teaching writing Vinny and Jonathan | Mar 10

Laura and Rachel plan week 10. Post materials by Thus, Mar 10.

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spring break

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Week 10: WebForResearch

Laura and Rachel | Mar 24

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Week 11: Desire2Learn Instructional Management System

Mar 31

Julie Adams, Ph. D. Instructional Designer/Technologist??, from BSU Online Services

You can get an overview of how BSU is using D2L by reviewing the BSU support sites and the newsletter Dr. Adams edits.

• http://distance.bemidjistate.edu/index.html
• http://onlinelearning.bemidjistate.edu/index.html
• [D2L Newsletter, Dec 2004]
• [D2L Newsletter, Feb-Mar 2005]

Update

The d2l accounts we used on Thursday evening are still active. You can take the time to explore d2l more closely: see how the discussion list works for workshopping papers, consider how to attach surveys to drafts or readings... And if you figure something out, let us know. The accounts were bsuenglish1 - 9, and the appropriate pws.

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Week 12: PowerPoint: Writing by Template

Morgan | April 7

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Week 13: [No meeting: GPACW Writing Conference at MSU Mankato]

April 14

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Week 14: PreparingForFinalPresentations

April 21 | The final 2 weeks of the course will be set aside to prepare final presentations, and present on 28 April.

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Week 15: FinalPresentations

Debrief / | April 28

6 - 7 groups present: 7 - 10 minutes each.

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