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ENG 328 4.W: Resumes, Evaluating Templates

Today’s Plan: Share resumes (15 minutes) Resume Revision (10 minutes) Designer Resume Assignment (20-25 minutes) Share Resumes Due to some unclear instructions on my part, there is a chance you have 4 resumes with you today or only 2. Whoops. … Continue reading

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ENG 201 4.W: Working with Our Sheet

Today’s Plan: Job Ad Analysis Report Creating a Graph in Excel For Next Class Job Ad Analysis Report Friday I will lay out the expectations for our first “major” assignment, the job ad analysis report. The purpose of the report … Continue reading

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ENG 201 4.M: Herrick and Rhetoric

Today’s Plan: I enjoy this Herrick reading because I feel he gives a comprehensive introduction to Rhetoric as a discipline. Like Herrick, I am rather suspicious of folks who define rhetoric as persuasion–that definition is forced on rhetoric from a … Continue reading

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ENG 328 4.M: Typography

Today’s Plan: Quick Hit Introduction to Typography ReReMakes Homework Quick Hit Typography matters. Let’s have a quick laugh and cover some basics. Fundamentals of Typography As I think a number of those fails above indicate, typography isn’t just selecting a … Continue reading

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ENG 225 3.F: Academic Writing Crash Course

Today’s Plan: Duck and Shawn (Trolley Problem, Sicart?) Disclaimers Nuts and Bolts Further Exploration Writing Activity Homework Disclaimers Some of my staples: Writing cannot be taught, only learned “Teaching” Writing is not like “teaching” Math (student edition) “Teaching” Writing is … Continue reading

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ENG 201 3.F: Reviewing Miller’s “Humanistic Rationale for Technical Writing”

Today’s Plan: Miller Herrick (nope) What is Rhetoric? (nope) Homework Miller My initial questions: What is positivism? Why is it a problem for technical writing? What does Miller identify as the most problematic dimension of a non-rhetorical approach to scientific … Continue reading

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ENG 328 3.W: Photoshop Crash Course #1

Today’s Plan: Photoshop Crash Course Homework Let’s Download and Unzip this Folder I mean, this folder right here. Photoshop Crash Course There’s a number of topics that I would like to cover today. First, some nuts and bolts stuff, including … Continue reading

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ENG 225 3.W: Choosing a Game / APA “Quiz”

Today’s Plan: Choosing a Game Brief Sketch of APA format APA “Quiz” Choosing a Game As I’ve said a couple of times, we’ve reached a point in the semester where I’d like you to choose a game to play for … Continue reading

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ENG 201 3W: Working with the Google Job Sheet

Today’s Plan: Stop. Collaborate and Listen. Homework Working with the Google Job Sheet First, links to resources: Coding Scheme (with one change) Job Corpus Job Sheet Second, instructions on how to link from the spreadsheet to a specific job ad: … Continue reading

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ENG 328 3.M: Re(Makes)

Today’s Plan: Making Things is Hard Monday Bookmark, Design vs Visual Rhetoric Reading Review: WSINYE, chapter 3 Looking at your Remakes Homework Design vs. Visual Rhetoric I will often use these terms interchangeably. But I want to open today making … Continue reading

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