Final Presentation- Content GroupTom Ciampoli, Alex Evers, Courtney Morrison, Aislinn Murphy

What we did…

• Sifted through group’s articles and chose most relevant• Determined article organization• Created Table of Contents• Along with Editing:• Wrote introductions to sections of the text

How did it fit into the project• Managed and organized content• Wrote half of the introductions• Created the basis and mission statement for the project at

large• Helped to narrow down the scope of the entire project/e-book

SLIDE OF TABLE OF CONTENTS• Unit 1: Theory

• Chapter 1: Research/Basic Research Skills• Writes of Passage, Lynn White

• Chapter 2: Technical Writing for StudentsUnderstanding Visual Rhetoric in Digital Writing Environments, Mary Hocks

• From the Workplace to Academia• Experience in Technical Writing Pedagogy

• Chapter 3: Technical Writing for the Workplace• Technical Writing and Professional Status• Workplace Writing Skills- Developing Clarity and Accuracy, Christine Polk

• Chapter 4: Writing Rhetorically• Hypertext Theory, Susan Lang• Outlining Purposes, Stating the Nature• Rhetorical Approach to Technical Communication

• Chapter 5: Ethics• -Nazi Technical Memorandum- Dombrowski• -Ethics in Technical Communication- Martin

• Unit 2: Application• - Chapter 1: Writing for Digital and Online Platforms• -The Rise of the Multimedia Authoring Platform • -Examining Author’s Craft- Hicks• - Chapter 2: Copyright/Proper Citation• -Copyright Basics • -Creative Commons • - Chapter 3: Resumes • -What People Need to Know About Writing in Order to Write At Their Jobs • - Chapter 4: Creating Portfolios• -Creating Professional Portfolios• -Creating Professional ePortfolios in Technical Writing• - Chapter 5: Design and Formatting• -Beyond Black on White

As individual students• Found articles regarding theory and application• Wrote brief abstracts for individual articles found• Wrote intros on various sections• Created table of contents, and laid out sections and subject

areas which the book would cover• Decided which articles would go in which sections

Group Learning Process• Finding Meeting time• Emailed• Weekly meetings

• COMMUNICATION• Cohesive presentations• Knowing what other group members are saying and in what

manner and order

Significant Group Learning Experience• Going through articles and realized how much of an

undertaking it was• Learning to divide and conquer

• Seeing the amount of reading and then understanding how to work through it and get the work done

• Indicated how much goes into the publication process

Advice for others…• Get organized as quickly as possible• Get firm deadlines• Group management –firm and direct leader• Meetings with professor• Take it one step at a time

Problem Solving Skills Learned• Getting all 4 people on the same page• In class meeting• Email/texting

• Content and initial organization• Importance of interdependency• Within the group and with other groups

• Organization of materials• Steady flow of Communication• Group Management

How does this fit into the minor• Research theory and application principles of professional

writing• Differentiate between aspects of both

• Developed understanding of what professional writing is• Learning/ going through process of publishing ePud as group

project• Handling and development of content (!!!)• Using Linda as a valuable resource

Significant Individual Learning Moments• Tom: Trying to tackle the amount and volume of articles which

we read to determine which ones would make it into the e-book was initially an extremely daunting task. Working through the first introductions and abstracts was a learning experience, but also fostered a definite sense of accomplishment when finished, while setting forth a blueprint for how to approach the rest of this undertaking.

Individual Accomplishments- Tom• Set up the Table of Contents, and determined which articles

would go where along with the rest of the group• Wrote introductions for sections 1 and 3 of the e-book• Decided which articles from the Theory Binder after reading

them, along with Aislinn• Created PowerPoints and summaries for the articles we chose

for the textbook• Helped to construct initial PowerPoint presentation