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last.updated 11.11.09

 

Professional Writing Pedagogy


Purpose

Because of the different articulations of what professional writing is, as well as what it should be, the pedagogy for this discipline has been designed to achieve multiple outcomes–from effective and efficient communication to an understanding of language's ethical implications in workplace contexts. Today we will examine what professional writing is and what we can learn from this discipline's pedagogy to approach other writing instruction pedagogy?


School Alert

Due to inclement weather ODU will be closed during class time. Therefore, students are not required to attend class.

Discussion – Informal Conversation about PW Pedagogy

If you are interested in chatting with Dr. Julia Romberger about her expereinces teaching professional writing, both in the academy and as a consultant for the military, and/or the readings for today, she and I will be logged onto Adobe Acrobat Connect between 4:20 - 5:30. However, if no one shows up by 4:40, we will call class at that time. The instructions to log onto Adobe Acrobat Connect are as follows:

Use the following instruction to log onto Adobe Acrobat Connect...

Click on the link to Adobe Acrobat Connect

Once the program loads...

  • Go to Meeting > Manage My Settings > My Connection Speed
    • Select the type of method you are using to connect. For most of you, it will be DSL/Cable
  • Go to Meeting > Manage My Settings > Audio Setup Wizard
    • Do the five-step Wizard
    • When you get to the fifth and last screen, click Settings... and then check the Echo Suppression box
  • Go to Meetings > Manage My Settings > Select Camera
    • A window will appear with four options; make sure the option with the webcam is chosen. Choose the type of camera you will be using

Now that you have set up the space...

  • Go to the Camera and Video Pod (right side) and click the camera and microphone icon (Start my camera and voice) in the bottom left corner of the pod

Your image should appear in the pod

To create order during the converation, the instructor is encouraging you to virtially raise your hand to speak. To do this...

  • Go to the Attendee List pod (top left). Right above the names, click the My Status drop-down menu > Raise Hand. The instructor will acknowledge you in the order he sees you.

If we cannot get everybody on the video chat function, then we will switch to the textual chat function in Adobe Acrobat Connect.