Summer Credit Workshops, 2012:
English 5400/6470Preparing Posters, Brochures, and Newsletters
Instructor: Ron Shook
Dates TBA
English 6890/7890 (Online) - The Theory and Practice of Informative Photography
Prof. Ron Shook
English 6890/7890 (Online)
Summer, 2012 (June 4 – July 18)
Prof. Ron Shook
English 6890/7890 (Online)
Summer, 2012 (June 4 – July 18)
This course has two purposes:
· To discuss and practice taking photographs that inform
· To discuss and practice using photographs in various specialized documents
Generally, we’ll discuss a topic, then analyze specific examples, then produce them. You will be required to give input into blackboard in a number of ways. Since this is a highly visual class, you’ll need to take lots of photos. You will need a digital camera, a way to download information to a computer, and some basic photo manipulation software. We’ll be doing only basic stuff – cropping and adjusting exposure. The emphasis will be on the getting the photo right the first time.
ENGL 4360/6630; HIST 6630 - Film Technique, Genre, and History
Instructor: Brian McCuskey
Credits: 3
Room: ENGR 203
Days: May 7-11
Times: 8:00 - 5:00 pm
In this workshop, we will study particular film techniques: mise en scene, cinematography, editing, and sound and learn how each contributes to a film's meaning. The workshop will begin in the late nineteenth century to observe the birth of cinema, and then move forward into the twentieth century, to study the rise of genre films. We will emphasize the Western, "the original genre film" but our survey of film history will also include film noir, romantic comedy, science fiction, and Alfred Hitchcock. Our discussion will thus be both microscopic and macroscopic: we will zoom in on films to examine closely their techniques, but we will also zoom out to consider broadly their historical and cultural contexts. The workshop includes group discussion and presentations, an exam on the textbook and lecture material, an essay due the following week, and various in-class assignments.
Instructor: Brian McCuskey
Credits: 3
Room: ENGR 203
Days: May 7-11
Times: 8:00 - 5:00 pm
In this workshop, we will study particular film techniques: mise en scene, cinematography, editing, and sound and learn how each contributes to a film's meaning. The workshop will begin in the late nineteenth century to observe the birth of cinema, and then move forward into the twentieth century, to study the rise of genre films. We will emphasize the Western, "the original genre film" but our survey of film history will also include film noir, romantic comedy, science fiction, and Alfred Hitchcock. Our discussion will thus be both microscopic and macroscopic: we will zoom in on films to examine closely their techniques, but we will also zoom out to consider broadly their historical and cultural contexts. The workshop includes group discussion and presentations, an exam on the textbook and lecture material, an essay due the following week, and various in-class assignments.
ENGL 4750/6750; HIST 4750/6750 - Fife Folklore Workshop: Fairytales and Film
Instructor: Lynne McNeill
Credits: 3
Room: BUS 215
Days: May 21-25
Times: 8:00 - 5:00 pm
Participants in the 2010 Fife Folklore Workshop will gain a thorough understanding of folk- and fairy tales as a unique cultural form. During class students will read traditional tales, watch film versions of the same stories, and will consider the way in which the tales are altered, improved upon, diminished, repurposed, or reinterpreted by filmmakers. As folklorist Jack Zipes has noted, "folk and fairy tales pervade our lives constantly through television soap operas and commercials, in comic books and cartoons, in school plays and storytelling performances, in our superstitions and prayers for miracles, and in our dreams and daydreams. The artistic re-creations of fairy-tale plots and characters in film mirror possibilities of estranging ourselves from designated roles, along with the conventional patterns of the classical tales". This workshop will touch on topics such as feminist approaches to folktales, the contemporary reimaging of traditional subjects, the visualizing of a textual form, and the appropriation of cross-cultural materials.
ENGL 5400/6470 - Preparing Resumes and Electronic Portfolios
Instructor: Rebecca Walton
Credits: 3
Room: RBW 101/102
Days: May 14-18
Times: 8:00 - 5:30 pm
This workshop will teach you how to represent yourself professionally through resumes, portfolios, and social media. You will learn what hiring managers look for in electronic portfolios, how research on recruiters? skimming processes can help you optimize your resume, and how to apply best practices in resume and portfolio design. In this workshop, you will develop a well-designed, attractive, and easy-to-skim resume for print and online use. You will also develop or update your professional online presence through social media and a portfolio website. You will leave the workshop with tangible products (including a resume and an online portfolio, as well as a better understanding of how to use social media and visual design strategies to represent yourself professionally. No prior knowledge of web design is required for this class. People with a wide range of technology skills (including beginner level) will benefit.
Instructor: Rebecca Walton
Credits: 3
Room: RBW 101/102
Days: May 14-18
Times: 8:00 - 5:30 pm
This workshop will teach you how to represent yourself professionally through resumes, portfolios, and social media. You will learn what hiring managers look for in electronic portfolios, how research on recruiters? skimming processes can help you optimize your resume, and how to apply best practices in resume and portfolio design. In this workshop, you will develop a well-designed, attractive, and easy-to-skim resume for print and online use. You will also develop or update your professional online presence through social media and a portfolio website. You will leave the workshop with tangible products (including a resume and an online portfolio, as well as a better understanding of how to use social media and visual design strategies to represent yourself professionally. No prior knowledge of web design is required for this class. People with a wide range of technology skills (including beginner level) will benefit.
ENGL 5400/ENGL 6470 - Proposal and Grant Writing for Science, Business, and Fundraising
Instructor: John McLaughlin
Credits: 3
Room: RBW 214
Days: May 21-25
Times: 8:00 - 5:00 pm
Proposal and grant writing is an integral part of every business or nonprofit's life. Knowing how to plan and prepare these documents is a fundamentally simple, but practically difficult process. This course will prepare you for the task of customer analysis, competitive assessment, and rhetorical presentation which, when done properly, can make the difference between a successful proposal and an unsuccessful one. Through practical application and job-based instruction you will learn how to use these tools most successfully.
Instructor: John McLaughlin
Credits: 3
Room: RBW 214
Days: May 21-25
Times: 8:00 - 5:00 pm
Proposal and grant writing is an integral part of every business or nonprofit's life. Knowing how to plan and prepare these documents is a fundamentally simple, but practically difficult process. This course will prepare you for the task of customer analysis, competitive assessment, and rhetorical presentation which, when done properly, can make the difference between a successful proposal and an unsuccessful one. Through practical application and job-based instruction you will learn how to use these tools most successfully.
ENGL 5400/6460 - Preparing Posters, Brochures, and Newsletters
Instructor: Ron Shook
Credits: 3
Room: RBW 101
Days: July 23-27
Times: 8:00 - 4:30 pm
In this workshop we will study how to communicate information using the full range of tools available in modern word processing. The class will use format, page design, color, illustrations, and graphics to inform readers. It will begin with a poster design, which forces the communicator to be effective in all aspects of design. Then, it will move on to brochures, and finally newsletters. There will be a minimum of lecture and a maximum of hands-on. The class will feature both individual and group projects. The class will use MS Word as its basic design tool, and some familiarity with MS Word would be helpful.
ENGL 6460/5400 - Photography for Writers
Instructor: Ron Shook
Credits: 3
Room: RBW 101
Days: May 7-11
Times: 8:00 - 4:30 pm
This workshop is for writers who are (at present) not photographers, but who work with pictures as part of their document production. The class will cover
· Planning documents that are designed with photographs in mind
· Preparing documents built around photos
· Taking and downloading pictures for use on a computer
· Basic manipulations of photos on a computer
We will create a number of project documents based around photographs. Very little background in either photography or computer use is required. The emphasis in this class is not on artistic expression but on communicating effectively. Class members will need to have access to a digital camera (a point-and-shoot or a good quality camera phone will do) and the means to download pictures to a PC. The class will include very little advanced picture manipulation. We will concentrate on taking good photos in the first place, then adjusting exposure in the computer and cropping for effective presentation.ENGL 6800/4340 - Appreciating Fantasy Fiction
Instructor: Ron Shook
Credits: 3
Room: RBW 306
Days: May 21-25
Time: 8:00-4:30
This workshop is designed to foster a deeper understanding of the genre known as fantasy. The workshop will trace the genre from its beginnings (some of the earliest novels were fantasy) to its world-wide popularity today.
Class members will
· Read and discuss a representative sample of contemporary fantasy fiction in the form of short stories and one novel.
· Study the development of fantasy as a creative form.
· Learn the ways of creating plot, character, and setting that are generally found in fantasy fiction.
· Share their preferences in fantasy fiction with other members of the class.
· Write a series of short “explorations” on fantasy as a genre.
· Read and report on one major fantasy novel as an out-of-class project.
English 6920 - Bennion
English 6920 - Bennion
Profs Jennifer Sinor and Michael Sowder are co-teaching the Bennion this summer. The dates are July 30
August 3 from 9AM -5PM. Students would register for a specific section of English 6920. Space is limited and preference is begin given to secondary teachers in the field and those who will teach in the future. There are a few spaces for those interested in the subject in general. Students would register through the Mountain West Center.
English 6470: Specialized Documents: Proposal Writing
Professor Ryan "rylish" Moeller
June 25 - August 10, 2012
This course will introduce you to genre of the proposal. Johnson-Sheehan (2008), the author of one of our textbooks, defines a proposal as a "tool for managing change" (p.1). Mikelonis, Betsinger, and Rampf (2004) define proposals as solutions to particular problems: "a proposal is a persuasive document that defines a problem or need, proposes a solution to that problem, and requests funding or other resources to implement the solution" (p.474). However you define the genre, it is clear that technical and professional writers are key players in the proposal genre, acting as proposal writers, development team members, and as consultants.
We will investigate the genre of proposal writing using genre field analysis as our primary methodology. Genre field analysis allows researchers and proposal writers the ability to map the systems in which genres operate by identify the various agents, transformative locales, and play scenarios available at any given time. As a student of this course, you will either identify a particular problem in your workplace or in the field of technical communication and suggest a solution (or solutions) by applying genre field analysis and writing an effective proposal, OR you will conduct research on proposal writing and write up your results for an appropriate publication in your field.
By the end of the course, you should be able to course description and objectives:The Open Space of Democracy: How Place Writing Transforms
Classrooms, Communities, and the World
This workshop will ask participants to consider how democracy is not simply an idea, but a place. By
looking to the land around us, we can better understand how democracy is always interdependent,
situated, circular, and associative. Through close observation and study, we can write ourselves into our
own landscapes, demonstrating our connections with place, the past, and each other.
English 6470: Specialized Documents: Proposal Writing
Professor Ryan "rylish" Moeller
June 25 - August 10, 2012
This course will introduce you to genre of the proposal. Johnson-Sheehan (2008), the author of one of our textbooks, defines a proposal as a "tool for managing change" (p.1). Mikelonis, Betsinger, and Rampf (2004) define proposals as solutions to particular problems: "a proposal is a persuasive document that defines a problem or need, proposes a solution to that problem, and requests funding or other resources to implement the solution" (p.474). However you define the genre, it is clear that technical and professional writers are key players in the proposal genre, acting as proposal writers, development team members, and as consultants.
We will investigate the genre of proposal writing using genre field analysis as our primary methodology. Genre field analysis allows researchers and proposal writers the ability to map the systems in which genres operate by identify the various agents, transformative locales, and play scenarios available at any given time. As a student of this course, you will either identify a particular problem in your workplace or in the field of technical communication and suggest a solution (or solutions) by applying genre field analysis and writing an effective proposal, OR you will conduct research on proposal writing and write up your results for an appropriate publication in your field.
By the end of the course, you should be able to course description and objectives:The Open Space of Democracy: How Place Writing Transforms
Classrooms, Communities, and the World
This workshop will ask participants to consider how democracy is not simply an idea, but a place. By
looking to the land around us, we can better understand how democracy is always interdependent,
situated, circular, and associative. Through close observation and study, we can write ourselves into our
own landscapes, demonstrating our connections with place, the past, and each other.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the proposal as a generic construct central to the field of technical communication (IDEA Objective I.1).
- Identify, explain, and illustrate the implications of a particular problem in your field(s), the solution to which requires funding or resources beyond the scope of your current employment to implement, and propose a well-researched solution to the problem you identify, using the generic conventions of the proposal to create an effective argument.(IDEA Objective II.4).
- Create an effectively designed, persuasive document that proposes a solution to the problem you have identified and requests the necessary resources for implementing that solution OR create a publishable article in an appropriate venue of your choice that documents graduate-level research on proposal writing in the field of technical and professional communication (IDEA Objective V.9).
Required TextsJohnson-Sheehan, R. (2008). Writing proposals. 2nd ed. New York: Pearson/Longman. ISBN-13: 0-205-58314-0
Mikelonis, V.M., Betsinger, S.T., and Kampf, C. (2004). Grant Seeking in an Electronic Age. New York: Pearson Longman. ISBN: 0-321-16007-X
AssignmentsWeekly discussion forum posts
Short position papers
Problem Statement/Proposal
Proposal or article
ENGL 6800; Theory & Practice of Online Education in Writing
Instructor: Keith Gibson
Credits: 3
Dates: May 7 - June 22
Dates: May 7 - June 22
Online
This course examines online writing instruction (OWI), and we will cover the following topics:
This course examines online writing instruction (OWI), and we will cover the following topics:
1. What are the best practices for OWI, and what pedagogical theories will help us learn them?
2. How is effective OWI designed and developed?
3. How do we best get students involved in online instruction?
4. How should writing instructors assess students online?
5. What technology choices do we have for OWI? What are their strengths and weaknesses?
Students will demonstrate their mastery of these topics by building a course website for an online writing class and writing a rhetorical analysis of their site.
Objectives
By the end of this course, you’ll be expected to demonstrate these competencies:
• To understand the historical development of OWI
• To describe and apply theories of online education to OWI
• To describe the changing roles of students and instructors in online learning environments
• To design an online writing course ready for instruction
• To determine the effectiveness of various online teaching tools and environments
• To assess students and quality in online courses
• To describe and apply theories of online education to OWI
• To describe the changing roles of students and instructors in online learning environments
• To design an online writing course ready for instruction
• To determine the effectiveness of various online teaching tools and environments
• To assess students and quality in online courses
Course Requirements: In order to promote on-going conversation about the required readings and issues raised by the class, you are required to participate weekly in a variety of ways. Each week you will be asked to read from the textbooks and online articles and to respond to these readings in our discussion forums. In addition, you will post weekly course development projects, review your peers’ course development materials, and discuss issues related to course development. The final assignment requires you to plan and build an online course ready for instruction. In addition to creating the online course, you will write a rhetorical analysis that theoretically situates your course within the current theory and practice of online writing instruction.
In this workshop we will study how to communicate information using the full range of tools available in modern word processing. The class will use format, page design, color, illustrations, and graphics to inform readers. It will begin with a poster design, which forces the communicator to be effective in all aspects of design. Then, it will move on to brochures, and finally newsletters. There will be a minimum of lecture and a maximum of hands-on. The class will feature both individual and group projects. The class will use MSWord as its basic design tool, and some familiarity with MSWord would be helpful.
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