.
Date |
Reading |
Writing |
Discussing |
| January 10 | Negroponte, Gearhart, Winner | Introductions | |
| January 12 | Matt Monte, Monte Consulting | Rhetorical issues in the workplace | |
| January 17 | Winner, Whale, 3-40; |
What is autonomous technology? How did it get started? Why should we care? | |
| January 19 | |||
| January 24 | Aristotle, NE, VI Miller, CW, 47 Sullivan, CW, 211 |
How do we rethink Technical Communication? | |
| January 26 | Dobrin, CW, 107; |
How do we redefine it? | |
| January 31 | Rutter, CW, 20 |
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| February 2 | Johnson, User-Centered Parts I & II, pp 3-111 come with questions |
How do we reconstitute it? | |
| February 7 | Casey: critical response
to Durak, CW, 35; |
Casey's paper due | What's gender got to do with it? |
| February 9 | Winter Carnival | No class | No class |
| February 14 | Rhetorical analysis of The Golden Record | Representation: Inclusion, exclusion, privileging, marginalizing |
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| February 16 | Moe: critical response to
Katz, CW, 195; powerpoint Williams, Retooling, Ch 1 |
Moe’s paper due |
Ethical considerations in Technology Studies |
| February 21 | Selfe & Selfe, CW, 428; Penny Dallas, MTU PhD candidate. Assistant Professor at SVSU |
Meet at the EERC—B11 at 9:30am for the videoconference with Fenobia Dallas | The erasure of race and ethnicity Foregrounding race |
| February 23 | Diane: critical response to Barton & Barton, CW, 232 | Diane’s paper due | Ethical considerations in Technology Studies |
Saturday
nite February 25 |
Potluck
at Ann's! |
634 W. Water St. Hancock 482-3346 5 pm |
Be
there! ; - ] |
| February 28 | Joanna: critical response to “Farmers Deskilled,” | Joanna's paper due | Ethical considerations in Technology Studies |
| March 2 | Laurence: critical response to “Learning Intercultural Communication Competence,” Linda Beamer, Teaching Technical Communication | Laurence's paper due | Intersections |
| March 7 | Spring
Break |
No
Class |
No
Class |
| March 9 | Spring
Break |
No
Class |
No
Class |
| March 14 | Yang: critical response to “Teaching Business and Technical Writing in China,” Jennie Dautermann | Yang's paper due | Intersections |
| March 16 | Lori: critical response to “CrossCultural Collaboration,” Deborah S. Bosley, Central Works | Lori's paper due | Intersections |
| March 21 | Nathan: critical response
to "Marxism, Ideology, Power and Scientific &Technical Writing," by David Ding |
Nate's paper due | |
| March 23 | Alexa: critical response
to "Writing & Database Technology" Barbara Mirel, Central Works |
Alexa's paper due | |
| March 28 | Sari: critical response to More Work for Mother, Ch 2 Ruth Schwartz Cohen, 1983 |
Sari's paper due | |
| March 30 | Roxane: critical response
to "Politics of the Interface" Selfe & Selfe, Central Works |
Roxane's paper due | |
| April 4 |
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| April 6 | Moe: Kairos Casey: Technical Communication Quarterly Diane & Sari: Written Communication |
Summaries due | 25-minute Journal Mapping presentations |
| April 11 | Laurence: Rhetoric Review Joanna & Yang: Journal of Business and Technical Communication Nate: Technology and Culture
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Summaries due | 25-minute Journal Mapping presentations |
| April 13 | Passover |
Passover |
Passover |
April
13 — 17 Private
Conferences with Ann schedule
April 13 — 17 |
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| April 18 | Alexa: Business Communication Lori & Roxane: IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication |
Summaries due | 25-minute Journal Mapping presentations |
| April 20 | Alison Crockett Presentation | Abstract of Presentation | |
| April 28 | Seminar papers | due |
5:00 pm |
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