Homework assigned on December 13

Your group's brochure is due by 4:30pm on Thursday.  Bring one print copy to give to me at the beginning of the period.

The only other thing we will do on Thursday is complete the second peer evaluation. To prepare, think about the effectiveness of your peers as a member of the group, including how they have improved since the first evaluation.

(Josh and Joe: your case studies are also due by 4:30pm on Thursday.  Submit it, as an attached file, to masutton@kean.edu)

I will be on campus a good portion of Wednesday and Thursday, and I would be glad to meet with you.  Just contact me to make an appointment.

Homework assigned on December 8

The oral presentations will be given on Tuesday.  Please try to get to class as on time as possible.  Depending on how much time is left, we may have one last in-class workday for the brochures.

You have all been working hard all semester, and we're almost at the endpoint.  Keep up the good work, and please feel free to contact me if I can be of any help.

Homework assigned on December 6

On Thursday, we will workshop the brochures.  Bring in as complete a mock up as possible to share with the other group.

In addition, submit any remaining revisions by 4:30pm on Thursday.

Please call or email me if you have any questions about this assignment.

Homework assigned on December 1

We will start Tuesday's class by discussing one final theoretical article about collaborative writing: "Building a Taxonomy and Nomenclature of Collabortive Writing to Improve Interdisciplinary Research and Practice" by Paul Benjamin Lowry, Aaron Curtis, and Michelle Rene Lowry.  A copy is available on the course site under "Reserve Readings."

To help guide your reading, consider this question: The writers say the goal of their work is "to enhance. . .research [on this subject], improve its application in academia and industry, and help produce technologies that better support collaborative writing" (66).  How close do they come to meeting this goal?

Once we finish discussing the article, you will have time to work on the brochure.  Bring in whatever materials you need to do so.

Please call or email me if you have any questions about this assignment.

Homework assigned on November 29

For next class, you need to:

• Complete the group assessment email assignment.  I distributed the assignment sheet in class, and a copy is available on the course website.
• Prepare a rough outline of your group's presentation.  This is an individual assignment; you'll have time on Thursday to merge them.
• Come in ready to work on the oral presentation or brochure.

Please call or email me if you have any questions about this assignment.

Homework assigned on November 22

The deadline draft of your persuasive memo is due by 4:30pm on November 29.  One member of your group should submit it, as an attached file, to masutton@kean.edu, cc'ing the other members of the group.

On Tuesday, we will talk about giving oral presentations.  To prepare, you should read p. 393-402 in Alred.

I hope everyone has a good Thanskgiving.

Homework assigned on November 17

We will workshop the persuasive letter on Tuesday.  To prepare, your group needs to bring in a draft, providing enough copies for the other group.

ENG 5091 students: the abstract for your case study is due by 4:30pm on November 22.  Submit it, as an attached file, to masutton@kean.edu.