Work Time

Or presentations?

Working on Presentations

We discuss your paper revisions and presentations.

Draft #2 Due

Have a hard copy of your Letter of Transmittal and Final Report, with Works Cited page.

You will be uploading this into Turnitin, as well.

Formatting Details

Now we make the MLA style look more businesslike.

Homework:

1. Revise your letter and report into Draft #2 due Monday Dec. 11. You will submit Draft #2 in another Turnitin link on Monday.

Draft #1 Due

Have the Letter of Transmittal draft and the draft of your report printed -- one hard copy, please.

Also, you will upload in Turnitin in Moodle.

Homework:

Continue to write and revise.

Citation Review

We look at avoiding plagiarism through clear citation, both in-text and in the Works Cited page.

Homework:

1. Tomorrow bring a hard copy of the letter of transmittal and the draft of your report.

2. Also have access to the e-file of both so that you can post them in Turnitin in Moodle.

CRAAP Test Quiz and Plagiarism

You take a quiz over the CRAAP Test.

We discuss plagiarism and citation.

Questions about the report?

Homework:

Be writing Draft #1 of your report. Be sure to indicate sources both in-text and at the end. Correct formatting is not needed YET-- just be sure to mark for yourself where citations will go, and which facts belong to which source.

Citations?

Here's a footnoted sentence from Bovee and Thill:

 For example, three-dimensional bar chart, cones, and pyramids can look appealing, but the third dimension usually adds no additional information and can be visually deceiving as well. 16

Here's the citation for the source:

16 "Pyramid Perversion -- More Junk Charts," Stubborn Mule blog, 12 March 2010, www.stubbornmule.com.

How would this look in MLA style?

 For example, three-dimensional bar chart, cones, and pyramids can look appealing, but the third dimension usually adds no additional information and can be visually deceiving as well (             ).


I want to quote this in my paper. Which source do I use?

" For example, three-dimensional bar chart, cones, and pyramids can look appealing, but the third dimension usually adds no additional information and can be visually deceiving as well" (            ). 

But which source SHOULD I use?

Taking notes? Be careful about paraphrasing and quoting -- be clear for yourself which you are doing, and which information comes from what source.

Looking for Sources

Follow the directions in Moodle to post a reply with sources you are finding on your report topic.

Putting the CRAAP Test to Work

You read pages 269-279. Choose two footnotes to investigate, using the handout.

If you are not in class, use the forum in Moodle to follow directions and post.

The CRAAP Test

I show you the CRAAP Test Prezi (link in Moodle).

You fill out a worksheet about it.

There will be time in class tomorrow to finish the worksheet as well.

Active/ Passive Practice

We practice active/ passive voice.

Database use?  Work on deciding your topics for the Prewriting forum in Moodle.

Final Report Assignment

I collect your active/passive voice handouts from last week.

We talk about change some more, and I hand out the assignment sheet for the final report.

Homework:

The Changes-- Final Report Prewriting forum in Moodle.

Active vs Passive Voice and Change

We discuss active vs. passive voice in English sentences. See page 89 and top of 90. You do a handout to practice.

Then we watch the video in Moodle about Generational Differences.

You read the blog "Generational Differences at Work" and fill out the study sheet for it.

We discuss. How about robotics? http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2010/10/instead-of-legislating-appreciation-of.html

We look at the "How About Your Job" forum in Moodle. You read the linked article, and spend time with the tool that predicts the prospects of different jobs.

Follow the directions and create a post.

Drafting the Persuasive Email

You work on your persuasive email.

Combine pathos, ethos and logos.

The email is due (sent to kloden@southeast.edu) before class tomorrow.

The Hard Sell

We discuss the hard sell.

You look at getcoleman.com 

Fill out a worksheet. Then post in the ad forum in Moodle.

I hand out the assignment sheet for your persuasive writing assignment.

Homework:

1. Finish posting in the ad forum in Moodle.

2. Start writing your persuasive email.

The Three Appeals

We talk about persuasion.

You work on practicing the difference between logos and pathos -- see the forum in Moodle.

Homework:

1. Finish your forum post in Moodle.

Writing About Yourself

1. Turn every sentence that mentions you in positive terms blue (your values or goals).

2. Turn every sentence that talks about something NOT you, yellow.

3. Turn every sentence that talks about something you have DONE, green.

We look at page 341 in the text.

Start work on creating a similar document for yourself. You are working to make statements about yourself that are true and show possible strengths.

When you are done with that document, create a revised paragraph. Make it a general introduction to yourself -- there is no audience. It is a paragraph explaining who you are, what you value, and what your strengths are. Make sure it includes something that would be colored green -- something you have done that illustrates a strength.

When this is done, post it in a reply to yesterday's post.

Then we'll talk about your homework....using this: http://www.lettersofnote.com/2013/03/the-outsiders.html


Homework:

1. Do the Being Persuasive forum assignment in Moodle.

Social Media Report Due

You turn in a hard copy of your report.

I return the graded letters of recommendation.

Now try to do the same for yourself....in a forum in Moodle.

Homework:

1. Complete your post in the forum.

Social Media Draft Due

You post today's draft in a forum in Moodle.

Then you take the comma quiz.

When you finish the quiz, read pages 114-118, about designing for readability.

Homework:

1. Be revising your draft. The final version is due Wednesday.

From Social Media to Negative Messages

Have you decided on two sites to discuss?

When I searched FB for "hair salons near me," I got this:

Also, how about this?

Look at Ch. 8.

Homework:

1. There will be a quiz on Monday over CD/ CX sentences and commas. It will be like the inattentional blindness exercise.

2. The draft of your social media report is due Monday. Set it up in MLA style, as you did the Ethics Narrative. Do include some screen shots to help your audience understand what you are discussing.

Evaluating Effectiveness

We do some more sentence/ comma practice.

Then on the back of your assignment sheet:

Your thesis answers the question, "What are the traits of  an effective business FB/Twitter/Instagram account?"


Provide evidence for your points, using the two business sites you've chosen. As you do this, you are comparing the effectiveness of these two business's use of the site.

Homework:

1. Begin taking notes about the two sites.

2. Pay attention to what you might use as the traits of an effective site page.

More About Social Media and Business

We practice some sentence combining.

Then we talk more about business use of social media.

You get the next writing assignment.

Homework:

1. Begin looking for possible business sites to write about.

Letters Due

You turn in your letters.

We look at social media.

Draft Letters Due

We look at revision advice from pages 114-115 in Bovee and Thill.

You should have a hard copy of your Nomination Letter.

You'll read two drafts and provide audience feedback.

Homework:

1. Revise your letter. Hard copy due Monday in class.

2. Look at this Prezi: http://prezi.com/kivylhim8stb/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share   It is a review of how conjunctions create both compound and complex sentences. It explains some different nomenclature as well.

3.  Create 10 sentences. Five of them should be compound; five of them should be complex. [You may re-use the same clauses with different conjunctions, like the Prezi does, if you wish.] Bring to class Monday.

Effective Sentences

As you are creating a draft of your nomination letter, we're going to look at ways to revise sentences and paragraphs. See page 111 and pages 93-94.

You'll look up your letter of introduction that is in the forum in moodle.
Analyze your letter for patterns of sentence and paragraph length. We compare.

Next, read about compound and complex sentences.

We look at a Prezi (in our class in Moodle) and here: http://prezi.com/kivylhim8stb/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share 

 Homework:

1. Complete your draft of the nomination letter due tomorrow.

Ethical Narrative Due

You turn in your narratives.

We return to letters.

New assignment?

Homework:

1. Proofread p. 176, Activity 7-23 and hit send to me before class tomorrow.

2. Be working on the draft of your recommendation/nomination letter. The rough draft is due Thursday.

Proofreading?

You correct your apostrophe quizzes.

We go over the quotation mark exercises.

Any questions about your narrative, due tomorrow? Proofread.

Email review?

Now take time and write the Lego Refection email.

Also, work on the brainstorming sheet about professionals you have known.

Homework:

1. The Ethics Narrative is due tomorrow.

2. The Lego Reflection email is due tomorrow by class time in Mrs. Loden's email.

3. Finish the brainstorming sheet as well.

Drafts Due Today

We look at quotation mark rules. You have an assignment using quotation marks.

Storytelling in advertising -- the forum is homework.

We go over what you're looking for as you read these drafts. What's vivid language?

When you are done reading drafts, you take a quiz over apostrophes.

Homework:

1. Read through the feedback on your draft. If you'd like more feedback, attach a copy to an email to Mrs. Loden. Revise. The final version is due Tuesday Oct. 24.

2. Finish the quotation marks exercise, due Monday (print the corrected copy).

3. Post in  the forum in Moodle with an example of narrative/ storytelling in advertising.

Composing Your Narrative

Apostrophe homework.

Analyzing an ethical dilemma is part of this assignment, so we watch a video in the class Moodle shell to help with this.

Composing?  See pages 89-93 in Bovee and Thill.

Apostrophe take-home quiz.

Homework:

1. Finish writing your draft of the Ethical Narrative. Bring a hard copy to class tomorrow.

Apostrophes and Narratives

First of all, we look at how to use apostrophes.

Then you discuss Dyer's article.

Homework:

1. Do the exercise using apostrophes.

2. Begin writing your own ethics narrative.

Narratives in Business

We compare your proofreading corrections for p. 54.

Ethics and stories?

www.jeffreyseglin.com

Handout: Here's a writer telling stories.  https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/jul/01/geoff-dyer-author-fiction-books


Homework:

1. Read the handout and be ready to discuss in class Tuesday.

Ethics in Business Communication

Quiz over pages 15-17 in Bovee and Thill.

We discuss.

New forum assignment in Moodle.

Proofreading practice:  page 54 Level 3 (paragraph titled "Marketing Pro's")

Homework:

1. Finish the Lego project. Revise your directions if you wish (Mrs. Loden is grading them for effectiveness.)

2. Create a post in the 

Ethical Lapses in Business Moodlerooms Forum.

 

 3. Finish page 54 Level 3 Document Critique by re-typing the paragraph. Have a hard copy on Monday.

More Tips

You look at Bovee and Thill on the subject of email.

Homework:

1. Read pages 15-17 in Bovee & Thill. Be ready for a quiz.

2. Be working on Lego emails.

3. Remember to read and reply in the Letters of Introduction forum in Moodle. Due Friday.

More About Email

Your email signature -- what, how, where?

Email tips -- how to be as effective as possible?

Homework:

1. If you need to, finish the classroom email tips project, and have a hard copy ready for class tomorrow.

2. You now have a bag of Lego parts with an email address. You need to request the directions; remember to cc Mrs. Loden.

3. Remember to read 3 Letters of Introduction and reply to each in the forum in our class in Moodle.

Letter of Intro Due, Next Project

Print your final version of the Letter of Introduction.

Then I show you how to post it in a forum in Moodle. You will need to reply to 3 posts in that forum during this week.

We look at just what letterhead is....and where you find templates.

Then the Lego project begins....with planning?

Homework:

1. Send me a picture of your Lego object in email -- kloden@southeast.edu.

2. Create the directions for building your Lego object. Pay special attention to the format -- it's NOT a letter, or an essay.

3. Have a hard copy of the directions ready at the beginning of class tomorrow. Bring your parts ready to pass to a builder tomorrow.

Draft of Letter of Introduction Due

Quiz

You read drafts.

Homework:

1. For Monday create the final, finished version of your Letter of Introduction. Have a hard copy printed at the beginning of class. 

2. Also have an e-copy accessible, so you can post it online in a Moodle forum on Monday. I will show the class how to do this on Monday.

Professionalism

What makes business communication effective?


What is a professional?


Homework:

1. Create a draft of the Letter of Introduction. Follow the directions on the handout.

2. Read pages 60-62 of the book. Pay special attention to the Three-Step Writing Process.

Welcome

Getting to know the course:

I will hand out the course information sheet and calendar. Copies are also available in the Moodle version of this course.

A. On paper, write the answers to these questions about the yellow handout:
1. Copy down my name. (You may call me Mrs. Loden, Ms. Loden, or Ms. Kate. Not a professor.
2.  Read the "Course Objectives" section at the top. Summarize the four goals of this class.
3. Which goal in #2 do you think is the most important for you to practice this quarter?
4. How much is the Formal Report worth to your grade?
5. What's one way to fail this class?
6. Calendar: What's due on August 24?
7. How many days a week will this class meet?
8. Thought question ( you may consult your phone): what's the difference between a professional and an amateur?

Homework:

1. Get textbook for course.
2. Read pages 4-8.
3. After you do the reading, on the card I give you today, write down your name and three different types of people/audience (p. 8) you will be communicating with in your future job. (You can classify them by their job description or role.) This is your ticket to class tomorrow.

Presentations

Remember to send your PowerPoint presentation to my email (or give me a printed copy).

If you want to see your graded report, they will be in my office. They should all be graded by the end of the day Wednesday.

Final Version Hard Copy Due

You hand in your final version hard copy of the final report.


Presentations begin with volunteers.


Homework:


1. Be ready to present tomorrow. If all are done tomorrow, there will be no class on Wednesday.

Draft #2 Due Today

You should post Draft #2 in part 2 of the Turnitin link in Moodle.


Print a hard copy.


You give feedback today on drafts.


Homework:


1. The Final Version of the final report (with letter of transmittal ) is due Monday at the beginning of class.


2. If there are volunteers to present on Monday, we can begin presentations. Otherwise, presentations begin Tuesday and go to Wednesday as needed.

Using Turnitin to Check Source Use

You submit your draft to Turnitin.


Grades are not working correctly in Moodle -- I will be working on that....


Homework:


1. Your Draft #2 is due tomorrow. Have both in-text citations and a works cited page.

Presenting Your Report

Questions?


I give you the requirements for presenting your reports.


We look at pages 315-318 in the text.


Homework:

1. Work on revising your report.

2. Bring an e-copy to class Thursday.

Draft #1 Due

Today you give each other feedback about your drafts.

Homework:

1. Read the feedback and decide what you need to work on  to make this report better.

2. Think about any specific questions/ problems you have with citation, etc., and bring them to class tomorrow.

Writing Your Draft

Today is a work day. Your first draft of your final report is due tomorrow.

Remember, you are to use and cite information from at least three credible sources in this paper using MLA style citation.

Homework:

1. Your draft is due tomorrow. Have a hard copy printed out at the beginning of class.

Imagine

As you think about this paper and the questions you could research, put your imagination to work.

At the time of this change, what was the current situation? What do you need to know about it? Who can you ask? Where can you look?

Here are a couple more tools to play with:

scholar.google.com

patents.google.com

Remember:

1. You are writing this paper to learn about a change that happened in the past.

2. You must cite 3 credible sources.

3. You are writing to show us how this change occurred and the impacts that it had on businesses, customers, and workers.

4. You will provide insights from this situation to help us embrace change in our futures.

Homework:

1. Work on thinking, researching and drafting this report. The first draft is due Tuesday, September 12.

Looking for Answers

You all have come up with some ideas and some questions on those topics.

Today you'll begin looking for answers, but you will track the process and attach the results to a reply in the forum you posted in for today.

Remember to consider the CRAAP test as you look for answers.

Homework:

1. Continue to look for answers to your questions and track the process; then attach to a reply in the Changes in Technology Prewriting Forum in Moodle. If your topic changes, that's okay, just make it clear what you're doing.

Thinking About Change

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_innovation 

Robots?:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Oj5tzLkiWk

Handle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7xvqQeoA8c

Case: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8yChqU4mBE


What are your ideas?
 
Assignment sheet.

Forum.

Homework:

1. Create a post in the "Changes in Technology Prewriting Forum" in Moodle.

Persuasive Report Due

Why sources again? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7LFnbtn4zA

You turn in your report, one copy.

Quiz.

We look at the blog about change: http://www.amanet.org/training/articles/The-Myth-of-Generational-Differences-in-the-Workplace.aspx


 https://www.fastcompany.com/3067279/you-didnt-see-this-coming-10-jobs-that-will-be-replaced-by-robots


https://www.ted.com/talks/david_autor_why_are_there_still_so_many_jobs#t-578865

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_innovation 



Homework:

1. Spend some time thinking about an area of change in the past that you would like to learn more about. I am thinking in terms of technological change, but if you have interests in another area, talk to me. You need to be able to focus in on some aspect of a topic that interests you and that will not be too large for the final report.

2. The purpose of this report is to discover the background and effects of a technological change of the past. You are communicating what you discover in order to show the rest of us how to anticipate and deal with change as it arrives. You are investigating how the change came about, who the winners and losers were, and how workers' lives were impacted.

3. You will be using sources for this report. Consider a topic that you could use co-workers, instructors, or **people you will meet on your tours** for sources. 

3. Be prepared tomorrow to share with me possible ideas for your project.

Working on the Persuasive Report

Today you will work on making sure you have correctly cited sources that you used in your Persuasive Social Media Report.

 https://www.statista.com/statistics/346167/facebook-global-dau/

“Number of Daily Active Facebook Users Worldwide as of 2nd Quarter 2017 (in Millions).” Statista: The Statistics Portal, Statista, Inc., 2017, www.statista.com/aboutus/. 



Homework:

1. Create the final version of your Persuasive Social Media Report. Print one copy to hand in Tuesday.

Sources and Persuasion

We look at the assignment sheet for your persuasive report. Questions?

Now you write a bit...

We look at the databases as a way to find credible sources.

Homework:

1. Find sources to provide some persuasive information for your revised social media report.

2. Create a draft of a persuasive report. You will submit the draft in Moodle before class on Monday.

3. For class tomorrow, we will not meet because of New Student Orientation. You have Moodle assignments in addition to the paper draft.

4. Moodle assignment: There are 3 forums you need to post in before class Monday:

1. The forum to post your draft of the Persuasive Report. Post and attach.
2. A forum about generational differences in the workplace. Create a post.
3. A forum about change. You must create a post AND reply to two other posts.

Testing Sources

We discuss what you found out about Bovee and Thill's sources.

You're going to have an opportunity to put some of these sources to use. I hand out an assignment sheet.

Homework:

1. Read pages 215-219 in the textbook. Consider how a persuasive report will be different from an informative report. Be ready to explain this Thursday.

2. Begin steps 1 and 2 of the assignment.

Practicing the CRAAP Test

Humans: amazing, right?

Decision-making? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_choice_theory

Possible problems:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases

and this:  https://www.fastcompany.com/3045035/5-common-unconscious-biases-that-lead-to-bad-decisions


We look at your CRAAP Test homework, compared to a new worksheet.

Assignment: Fill out a CRAAP Test worksheet for 2 of the sources used by the textbook for Chapter 6. Use the front of the sheet, and then write a paragraph on the back explaining your assessment of the site.

Homework:

1. Finish one worksheet for tomorrow.

Eclipse Day

Class will not meet.

Remember to do the Prezi assignment in Moodle before class tomorrow.

The Hard Sell

First of all, THE ECLIPSE!!!

The facts: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/7/25/15925410/total-solar-eclipse-2017-explained

The reason why I want to be on a hill: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/annie-dillards-total-eclipse/536148/.


We talk about persuasion, and structure for a persuasive message.

Then you all look at getcoleman.com and fill out a worksheet about it.

When you are done, we discuss.

Homework:

1. Class will not meet on Monday, August 21.

2. In our class is moodle is a link to a Prezi about the CRAAP test. You need to go through that prezi and fill out the worksheet that I handed out in class. Be sure to do the front and the back.

More About Pathos, Ethos and Logos

We discuss your forum posts.

Then groups discuss how the three appeals have influenced past decisions.

How does your experience compare with the suggestions on pages 214-215?

Homework:

1. Read pages 215-219.

2. Use the arguments listed in the graphic on p. 217 to create an email addressed to President Jane Deere. You are to combine the arguments that you think are most effective. You must provide the opening, closing and transitions, but you may copy the arguments you choose.

Positive Request Letters Due

First of all, you give each other feedback about your letters.

Next we turn to the topic of persuasion.

http://prezi.com/k1rgl9dv162t/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

Now spend some time looking for examples of advertising that uses one or more of the three appeals.
You'll post in the forum in Moodle before class tomorrow.

Homework:

1. Read pages 212-215.

2. Complete a post in Moodle.

Routine Business Request

You have read Chapter 7 and we discussed the important parts of a routine positive business request letter.

You are going to practice by writing one during class, proofread/ revising for homework, and turning the letter in tomorrow.

Homework:

1. Revise and proofread the letter you wrote during class. Have a hard copy ready to turn in tomorrow at the beginning of class.

Report Due, Nomination Letter Returned

You hand in your Social Media Reports.

We look at Chapter 7, Writing Routine and Positive Messages.

You have an opportunity to make your nomination letter better.

Homework:

1. If you need to, finish the worksheet.

2. Read closely pages 162-168 for class tomorrow.

Works Cited Page

You create a work cited page using EasyBib.com

Homework:

1. Your Social Media Report is due on Monday.

Drafts Due for Social Media Report

You give each other feedback on social media reports.

If you do not have a draft, do exercises 5-10 to 5-21 from pages 121-122 in the textbook on a piece of paper. Hand in at the end of class.

Homework:

1. Use the feedback to make improvements to your report. The final version is due Monday August 15.

2. Bring your draft to class tomorrow.

Social Media Trouble?

First of all, you practice spotting clauses and rearranging complicated sentences.

Then we look for businesses who have made social media mistakes.

Homework:

1. Create the draft of your Social Media report, due tomorrow.

CD CX Review and Social Media

Turn in the nomination  letters again. We look at CD, CX, S , and CD-CX sentences again. You do a worksheet.

We discuss your next assignment. How do businesses use Facebook effectively?

Homework:

1. Have the two sites you will write about chosen and be ready to show me.

Step Three of the Writing Process

Step Three?

First of all, a review of CD and CS sentences, using your returned Ethics Narratives.

Then we look at Ch. 5, and look again at your nomination letters.

Finally, you get the next assignment, the Social Media Report.

Homework:

1. Decide what social media platform you're going to report on, and find two small business accounts you will evaluate.

2. If you wish, revise your nomination letter to hand in Tuesday.

Nomination Letter Due

You fill out a worksheet about your letter, and hand it all in.

Homework:

Have a good weekend.

Thinking About Jargon

You check your active/ passive voice worksheets. Why is it useful, again? See p. 90.

We look at pages 92-93 about cliches, buzzwords, and jargon.

Jargon leads to XKCD -- see Moodle.

Homework:

Do your final revisions and proofreading on the Letter of Recommendation due tomorrow. Have a hard copy printed and signed at the beginning of class.

More About Composing Messages Ch. 4

We work some more on CD and CX sentences.

What about passive voice? http://snarkygrammarguide.blogspot.com/2010/09/active-vs-passive-voices-inside-my-head.html

You do another worksheet.

Homework:

Study for your JD final.

Building Sentences

We look at pages 93-95 and the four types of sentences.


How do we build them? Using conjunctions: http://prezi.com/q2xhxi74tjqg/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy


You look for these in your own writing.


Homework:


1. Read pages 87-93.


2. Revise your letter.

New Assignment

We practice Step 2 of the Three-Step Writing Process.


You get a handout for the next writing assignment, a nomination letter.


Homework:


1. Create a draft of a nomination letter for the  Midwest Professionalism as a Lifestyle Award. Have a hard copy for class Tuesday.

Chapter 3 Quiz

You may use your books for this quiz.

As you are studying for your JD test, have a look at this video. There are many helpful suggestions for how to use your brain as effectively as possible.

Scienctific Tips for Effective Studying 

One thing they didn't mention: during sleep your brain is actually at work thinking over what you were studying before bed. So set some time aside before a decent bedtime to be thinking over the parts of something complicated, and your brain will be working on it while you sleep.

Homework:

None

Three-Step Writing Process- Organizing

Special focus today on direct or indirect messages.

Homework:

Have your final version of the Ethics Narratives printed. Bring all drafts to hand in as well.

Three-Step Writing Process: Planning

We look at Planning.

Homework:

1. Read pages 70-76 in the textbook.

2. Be polishing up your Ethics Narrative, due Friday.

Giving Feedback

Your Ethics Narrative drafts are due.

Homework:

1. Read pages 60-64 in the text.

2. Bring a revised, clean copy of your narrative to class.

The Three-Step Writing Process

We talk about the Three-Step Writing Process (ch. 3 of the text).

You do some work planning your Ethics Narrative.

Homework:

1. The draft of the Ethics Narrative is due Tuesday (tomorrow) at the beginning of class. It may be typed or hand-written. It must be readable!

Narrative in Business

You answer questions about the reading.

We talk about how story-telling is used in business.

Next writing project? Handout.

Homework:

1. Do some brainstorming about your Ethics Narrative. If possible, get started on the draft due Tuesday for class.

2. Post in the Forum in Moodle.

Listening

We go over the proofreading homework, and then look at Ch. 2 on listening.

Homework:

1. Finish the Lego Project. Bring the parts and a final version of your directions to class.

2. Read "My Secret Life of Crime" by Geoff Dyer (handout).

Email Continued

You finish yesterday's project and we discuss.

Homework:

1. Proofreading practice:  p. 54 in the textbook. Re-write or type the  "Marketing Pro's" paragraph with all errors fixed. Have a hard copy to hand in Thursday.

Email Tips

I collect Lego directions. You exchange Lego parts.

We look at the grading rubric I use for documents you write for this class.

Then we look at a blog in Moodle, and you are assigned an activity. You'll create a post in a forum in Moodle that's due tomorrow.

Homework:

1.  Create a post in the forum, as instructed. You should have attached the file you created in class -- it is not yet done.

2. Be communicating by email about building the Lego object.

Email Communication and Directions

We talk a bit about ethics -- dilemmas vs. lapses.

Then details of email and writing directions, so that you can begin the Lego Project.

Homework:

1. Create a set of directions for your Lego object. Email a copy to Mrs. Loden, and have a hard copy to turn in tomorrow.

2. Take a picture of the object and email it to yourself and Mrs. Loden. You will NOT share this picture with the builder of your object.

Letters Due and More of Chapter 1

Turn in your draft and final version of your Letter of Introduction.

The "Mobile Revolution"?

Ethical Communication?

Homework:

1. Post in the "Ethical Lapses in Written Communication Forum" in Moodle. Follow the directions in the forum in Moodle. Due Monday.

Letters of Introduction - Drafts

First, we start with some grammar review.

Then you read each other's drafts to help prepare tomorrow's version.

Homework:

1. Create a post in the forum in this class in Moodle, and attach a copy of your letter introducing yourself to me and the class.

2. Print out a hard copy of the letter to turn in as well.

Business Communication and Troubleshooting

1. First of all, you fill out a survey on professional traits.


2. What about that revised email on page 7?


3. You practice skimming for information....


4. Your first writing assignment is assigned. See the Letter of Introduction forum in Moodle.


Homework:


1. Create a Word document letter of introduction, using the example letter in the forum in Moodle for help. See page 398 of the text for help also. Bring a hard copy draft to class tomorrow.

Professionalism

First of all, we finish with the introductions started yesterday.


We discuss this professional/amateur distinction.


Then we move on to page 6 in the textbook...from individual to group work.


Homework:


1. Read page 7 carefully. Be ready to explain the changes in the email message.

Welcome

Getting to know the course:
I will hand out the course information sheet and calendar. Copies are also available in the Moodle version of this course.
A. On paper, write the answers to these questions about the yellow handout:
1. Copy down my name. (You may call me Mrs. Loden, Ms. Loden, or Ms. Kate. Not a professor.
2.  Read the "Course Objectives" section at the top. Summarize the four goals of this class.
3. Which goal in #2 do you think is the most important for you to practice this quarter?
4. How much is the Formal Report worth to your grade?
5. What's one way to fail this class?
6. Calendar: What's due on August 24?
7. How many days a week will this class meet?

8. Thought question ( you may consult your phone): what's the difference between a professional and an amateur?




Homework:
1. Get textbook for course.
2. Read pages 4-8.
3. After you do the reading, on the card I give you today, write down your name and three different types of people/audience (p. 8) you will be communicating with in your future job. (You can classify them by their job description or role.) This is your ticket to class tomorrow.