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F 07    N. Cotter

Syllabus

 

Wk#

Date

Lecture Topic/Assignments (I = Instructor, O = Oral Instructor, W = Writing Instructor)

1

H

23

Aug

Course Intro, procedures, (I) Resume and cover letter writing (W)

 

 

 

 

                                                     Assigned: Resume & Cover letter

 

 

 

 

                                                                                Assigned: Propose ECE current topic for PPT talk

2

H

30

 

Summary speeches (W)

 

 

 

 

In Class: Teams assigned for oral summary of technology and video tutorial

 

 

 

 

Due: Resume & cover letter (1st draft)       Assigned: 1 minute Oral Summary of technology

3

H

6

Sep

Web site design (O), Web site access control (I)

 

 

 

 

In Class: Survey 2ÑPowerPoint features students want to learn about

 

 

 

 

Due: Proposed ECE current topic for PPT talk         Assigned: Web student home page

4

H

13

 

PowerPoint presentations (O)

 

 

 

 

Present: 1 minute Oral summary, technology (1 team in mock meeting in front of class)

 

 

 

 

Due: Resume & cover letter (final draft)     Assigned: PowerPoint, ECE current topic

5

H

20

 

Critical listening and feedback (O)

 

 

 

 

In Class: Critically evaluateÑexample of technical PowerPoint presentation

 

 

 

 

Due: Web student home page

6

H

27

 

Instructions for presentations (I, O, W)

 

 

 

 

Present: PowerPoint ECE current topic (students 8 talks/room, CLEAR+peer fdback)

 

 

 

 

 

7

H

4

Oct

Feedback on presentations (I, O, W)

 

 

 

 

Present: PowerPoint ECE current topic (students 8 talks/room, CLEAR+peer fdback)
In Class: Critically evaluateÑstudents' PowerPoint presentations

 

 

 

 

                                                          

8

H

11

 

FALL BREAK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

H

18

 

Meeting management and Teaming (O)

 

 

 

 

Present: 1 minute Oral summary of technology (teams in mock meetings in front of class)

 

 

 

 

Due: Web, PowerPoint ECE current topic     Assigned: Team agreements

10

H

25

 

Writing an e-mail proposal (W), Tailoring a tutorial to a technical audience (W)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due: Team agreements                      Assigned: e-mail proposal for Video tech tutorial

11

H

1

Nov

Conflict management (O), Making videos (O)

 

 

 

 

In Class: Role play, Teams sign up with CLEAR to schedule review of video

 

 

 

 

Due: e-mail proposal for Video tech tutorial Assigned: Video technical tutorial

12

H

8

 

Interviewing (presented by Career Center)

 

 

 

 

In Class: Interviewing exercise

 

 

 

 

 

13

H

15

 

Videos: help session (O)

 

 

 

 

Present: 1 minute Oral summary, technology (teams in mock meetings in front of class)

 

 

 

 

Due: Video technical tutorial (prelim)                 Assigned: Web, html summary of tech tutorial

14

H

22

 

THANKSGIVING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

H

29

 

Videos: help session (O)

 

 

 

 

Present: 1 minute Oral summary, technology (teams in mock meetings in front of class)

 

 

 

 

 

16

H

6

Dec

 

 

 

 

 

In Class: Critically evaluateÑstudents' videos

 

 

 

 

Due: Web Video technical tutorial (final)
Due: Web, html summary of technical tutorial