Professional Writing Orientation—Fall 2006

Wednesday, August 16, and Thursday, August 17, 9-4 p.m., Heavilon 227

All new instructors should plan on attending for both days of PW Orientation. Continuing instructors are particularly invited for Thursday, but are welcome to attend any and all sessions.

Professional Writing Website: http://pw.english.purdue.edu [ Note: While this website is not entirely new, it is still in development, and offers content about the program and resources for students and instructors. Please take a look before orientation starts to see what's there! If anything seems to be missing, please let us know.]

URL for Teacher Resources: http://pw.english.purdue.edu/resources [Resources, including the approved course goals and guidelines, templates, and other useful documents will be placed on this page as they become available, so keep checking!]

URL for Support Team: http://pw.english.purdue.edu/support

 Materials and Information to Bring

• PW Online Access Code
• Career Account username and password (the first part of your Purdue email account and your password, if you have them already)
• Pen drive or recordable CD so that you can save files in the event you don’t yet have a Career Account.
• Drafts or materials developed for previous classes

Orientation and Support Team

• Michael Salvo, Interim Director of PW
• Pat Sullivan, 505M Prof
• Jingfang Ren, Assistant Director of PW
• Karl Stolley, PW Technology Coordinator
• Jeremy Tirrell, Technology Mentor for PW/ICaP
• Jill Jordan, Administrative Professional for PW/ Introductory Writing Programs
• David Blakesley, Director of PW (on sabbatical Fall '06)

Wednesday, August 16 (9 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Heavilon 227)

9:00-10:15: Getting Acquainted, Introduction to the PW Program and ENGL 420/421, Program Goals [Ren, Salvo]
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Rhetorical Approaches/Pedagogies in 420/421 [Ren, Salvo]
12:00-1:15 Lunch (on your own)
1:15-1:30 Professional Writing Support Team introductions [Stolley, Tirrell, Jordan]
1:30-2:00 Introduction to PW Online [Ren, Salvo]
2:00-4:00 Using Drupal to support rhetorical instruction [Tirrell, Stolley]

Thursday, August 17 (9 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Heavilon 227)

9:00-10:00: Employment Project [Ren, Salvo]
10:00-10:45: Survey of Course Projects [Ren]
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Options for other 420/421 projects [Ren, Salvo]
12:00-1:00 Lunch (on your own)
1:00-2:30 Developing Course Materials and integrating Drupal [Stolley, Tirrell]
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:45 Discussion of instructor goals [Salvo, Tirrell]
3:45-4:00 Preview of English 505M