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Monday [April 8]: Intro course/talk syllabus
Tuesday [April 9]: Workshop: Laying out some instructions
| Wednesday [April 10]: Read (before class): Kate Scheidner “Why You Should Consider a Career in Technical Writing” and “The Rhetorical Nature of Technical Writing” and the introductory elements of The Programming Historian and PierceHacker | Workshop: Set up research logs on GitHub (use lesson “Hello World GitHub Guide”) |
| Thursday [April 11]: Workshop: Set up research logs on GitHub (cont) | Learn to format your Research Log in Markdown – read/take this lesson from The Programming Historian. |
| Friday [April 12]: (start of class) Research logs DUE | Weekly assessments and self-evaluations |
| Monday [April 15]: Set-up week | Read (before class): Karen Dale Welsh’s “Poetry, Visual Design and the How-To Manual: Creativity in the Teaching of Technical Writing” (2010) |
Tuesday [April 16]: Workshop: Lego Instruction Sets
Wednesday [April 17]: Workshop: Lego Instruction Sets (cont)
| Thursday [April 18]: Read (before class): Multiple Tutorials on writing with Markdown | Workshop/Mini-Project 2: What makes a good tutorial/instruction set? |
| Friday [April 19]: (start of class) Research logs DUE | Weekly assessments and self-evaluations (in class) |
Monday [April 22]: Intro PierceHacker Project
| Tuesday [April 23]: (before class) Read: What Makes a Good Survey? and Whatis information comperency? | Consider: How does Pierce define IC? | Workshop (in class): PierceHacker Project (Phase 1): Surveying Students Tech Use and Needs |
Wednesday [April 24]: Workshop (in class): Survey (cont.). Finalize survey by end of class.
| Thursday [April 25]: Workshop (in class): What is an analytical report? | Distribute Surveys |
| Friday [April 26]: NO CLASS (I’ll be Yakima for a meeting): Research logs DUE | Weekly assessments and self-evaluations DUE | Distribute Surveys (cont.) |
Monday [April 29]: Workshop: Finalize/distribute Survey
Tuesday [April 30]: Workshop: Finalize/distribute Survey
Wednesday [May 1]: Intro Analytic Reports
Thursday [May 2]: Workshop: Drafting report
| Friday [May 3]: NO CLASS (Faculty/Staff In-Service) | Research logs and Weekly assessments/self-evaluations DUE |
Monday [May 6]: Workshop: Report Drafting
Tuesday [May 7]: Workshop: Report Drafting
Wednesday [May 8]: Workshop: Report Drafting
| Thursday [May 9]: In-progress Drafts of PierceHacker Analytical Report DUE | Form PierceHacker Writer/Editor Teams |
Friday [May 10]: Research logs and Weekly assessments/self-evaluations DUE
Monday [May 13]: Revised/Finalized Reports DUE
Tuesday [May 14]: Workshop: Taking Action on Reports
Wednesday [May 15]: Workshop: Taking Action on Reports
Thursday [May 16]: Workshop: Taking Action on Reports
Friday [May 17]: Workshop: Taking Action on Reports
Monday [May 20]: Workshop: Taking Action on Reports
Tuesday [May 21]: Workshop: Taking Action on Reports
Wednesday [May 22]: Drafts of PierceHacker Tutorials/Resources due
Thursday [May 23]: Feedback on PierceHacker Materials
| Friday [May 24]: Feedback on PierceHacker Materials | Research logs and Weekly assessments/self-evaluations DUE |
Monday [May 27] – NO CLASS (Memorial Day)
Tuesday [May 28]: Set-Up Final Project
Wednesday [May 29] – TBD Jason away at conference
Thursday [May 30] – TBD Jason away at conference
| Friday [May 31] – TBD Jason away at conference | Research logs and Weekly assessments/self-evaluations DUE |
Monday [June 3]: Final Project Work
Tuesday [June 4]: Final Project Work
Wednesday [June 5]: Final Project Work
Thursday [June 6]: Final Project Work
| Friday [June 7]: Final Project Work | Assessment Declarations |
Monday [June 10]: Final Project Work
Tuesday [June 11]: Final Project Work
Wednesday [June 12]: Final Project Work
Thursday [June 13]: Final Project Work
Friday [June 14]: Final Project Contributions DUE
| Monday [June 17]: No Class Meeting | Conferences (TBD) |
| Tuesday [June 18]: No Class Meeting | Conferences (TBD) | Final Self-Evaluations DUE |