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Fall 1998 MWF 7:30 - 8:20 Kuykendall 411 MWF 8:30 - 9:20 Kuykendall 411 |
John Zuern Office: Kuykendall 219 Office Phone: 956-3019 zuern@hawaii.edu Office Hours: TR 11 - 12 and by appointment |
The introduction of new communication technologies has consistently produced major shifts in social organization and conduct. The computer has provided us with modes of communication that threaten the stability of our traditional conceptions of writing and speaking. We are now able to hold real-time written conversations with people thousands of miles away, write documents that contain pictures, sound clips and video as well as words, and create text-based spaces in which we can interact with other people in fictional settings. The job of students and instructors of English 325 (WI) will be to explore the ways people are already using these tools to communicate and to discover ways to employ them effectively for their own purposes.
In addition to regular writing assignments for the course, students will be asked to take an active role in the "Going to Class, Getting On-Line and Giving Back: University of Hawaii Students Building Community Learning and Information Networks" Project. In this project, teams of students will share their technological expertise with members of the University and the larger Oahu community who have thus far been left out of the technological revolution.
Evaluation of Student Work
There will be four major assignments, including two traditional essays, one electronic document, and one group report for theService Learning Projects.
Since one of the primary objectives of this course is to expand a traditional understanding of writing and composition, informal writing assignments will make up a significant portion of each student’s grade. Some of these assignments will be in conjunction with the major writing assignments and their grade for the project will depend partly upon a number of intermediate documents, such as notes, drafts, journals, plans, etc. These documents must be completed and turned in by the dates specified in the syllabus or in Class Assignment files in order for the major assignment to be considered complete.
The major writing assignments account for 80% of each student’s grade
The informal writing assignments will account for 20% of each student’s grade.
Reading Schedule