Wednesday,
August 2
Introduction to the workshop
How to test your computers and network and K:/ Drive accessibility
Introduction to the K:/ Drive
Introduction to the Drew Composition Program
Resources:
Composition
at Drew main page
Composition
and the liberal arts
Philosophy
of the Program
Methodology
Courses
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F.Y.I.: The
Writing Requirement: FAQs
and
exemption
process
Goals:
Discussion of the goals of the program and ways to achieve those goals.
Discussion of the role of reading material: .
..
Textbooks
...
The Longman Writer's Companion and On-Line Guide
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On-line writer's resources (Drew
University Resources for Writers)
. .
On-line readings (Media
Sources, the Inter-Collegiate
Electronic Democracy Project, etc.)
Writing in The World:
The role of technology in the program.
Making Writing relevant to the students
"First do no harm..."
General Discussion
Philosophy, Pedagogy, and Composition at Drew
What is the relationship between pedagogy and ideology?
. How does
technology fit that? Authority? Institutional responsibility?
Discussion of what you want your course to achieve (goals and philosophy).
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| Thursday
August 3
Introduction to on-line syllabi and course pages
The role of the syllabus in the course
. .
The syllabus as contract
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Clarity and Learning Disabled students (handout on working
with LD students)
Things
to include in your syllabus
. .
Library
Component of English 1
. .
Multicultural Awareness week (Sept. 25-29--& link to website
when available)
. .
Portfolio due dates (& link to description of mid-term
and final
portfolios)
. .
Plagiarism policy
(& link to on-line document on avoiding
plagiarism) [See Faculty
Regulations]
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Your office hours (at least two a week)
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Your telephone extension, office location, and email address
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Policies (unexcused absences, late papers, rewrites, etc.)
. .
Information about and link to Drew
Writing Center
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Course description and goals (you can use the generic description, see
Engl
1 & Engl
1-A)
. .
Description of how you will grade papers (provide percentage breakdowns
if possible)
. .
Link to portfolio grading
rubric (optional--but a good idea)
. .
Link to department grade rubric (optional--but a good idea)
. .
Link to Composition Program
main page (optional)
. .
Link to Writer's
Resources (optional)
. .
Link to on-line
citation guidelines
. .
Link to Longman's companion
website (optional)
. .
Day-by-day course outline including due dates and homework.
Really Practical stuff you need to know
Resources that might help you:
Drew
University Writing Instructor Guidelines.
Resources
for composition teachers
Some other Drew
sites you might find useful
Academic Calendar
Student Activities Calendar
of events
On-line text
book order form
The Faculty
Lab
Useful
phone numbers
Things you need to know about:
Registration related:
Add/drop,
signing people in and out of your class, etc.
Your class
list
Academic
Warning notices
Contacting a student's academic advisor (how First
Year Seminar's work)
Final grades
. .
Due
dates
. .
Range
of grades
. .
Handing grades in on-line
Department Related:
Writing Instructor's meetings
Who needs a copy of your syllabus?
Who needs to know your office hours?
Evaluation of teaching
. .
Classroom visits and write up
. .
Learning from each other
. .
Student evaluation of teaching
Your very own English department webpage (composition
instructor pages)
Drew Related:
Ferpa (if you
don't know what this is--check it out!)
Business Office, Human resources, your parking sticker, getting paid!!etc.
Drew Faculty
Regulations
Drew Technology
The Drew LAN
and the computer
initiative (+ this
year's model)
Drew's Intranet
Drew's Campus Web (turn in grades,
check class lists, etc)
The K:/
Drive
Courses
listed on the K:/ Drive
Academic Technology Documentation
(or, how to do everything!)
Advanced computer skills--and how to learn them (training,
or the Faculty
Lab)
Practical day to day stuff
The Drew voice
mail system (and how it works in SWB 115)
. .
What to do if your phone doesn't work
. .
Getting your password
. .
Setting up your mailbox
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Commands
. .
Creating distribution
messages
The computer in SWBowne 115
. .
What to do if the computer doesn't work
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Printing
. .
Getting onto the Internet
. .
Contacting someone
at Academic Technology
Drew email
. .
Forwarding
email to an off campus address
..
Sending an email
message to your whole class
. .
Checking email from
off campus
Day to Day life in the dept.
. .
Keys (SWB, SWB 115, SWB 108, Mailroom, Embury 205)
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Mail (the mailroom, sending mail, etc.)
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Duplicating
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Supplies (Dept. and additional supplies)
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Secretarial support
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| Friday
August 4
Introduction to the technology workshop
Introduction to Embury 205
The projection system
. .
Setting up the projector
. .
Things to remember (switch to standby, store computer in the office, how
to toggle)
The joys of the K:/
Drive
. .
HELP!!
(or call x3205, or Suzanne Updegrove at x3160)
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Setting up courses
on the K:/ Drive
. .
Adding people to your class (providing
or denying access)
. .
Setting up workshop groups (giving
students access to folders and documents)
. .
Help documents (K:/
Drive)
. .
Spotting for each other
The delights of Word
Perfect 9
. .
Group editing using Word Perfect (HELP
documents)
.
Commenting
on papers using Wordperfect
I
Hands on session I: on-line workshops
(using
Wordperfect 8/9)
.
Write a draft of your course goals
.
Save
draft to the k:drive folder "goals document" (use your name as a title)
. .
Edit each other's goals documents using WP's
edit function.
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Introduction to web design
Discussion of what you want your course page and syllabus to look like
and what you
want it to achieve.
Discuss
the extent to which you feel comfortable integrating the internet into
your class.
Hands on session II: Making an on-line syllabus
Mapping out a web site (story boarding).
Making the course page.
Making the syllabus.
Making assignment pages.
Linking to other relevant pages.
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syllabus design page--MWF
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syllabus design page--TTh
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