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1) Using Technology to Support Writing in the Disciplines Mike Palmquist, Colorado State University This workshop will (1) provide an overview of key instructional concepts in writing in the disciplines, (2) provide an overview of the key technologies available to support writing in the disciplines, including network communication tools, document production tools, course management systems, and database-driven instructional Web sites; (3) introduce participants to key Web-based resources available to support writing in the disciplines, including the WAC Clearinghouse (http://wac.colostate.edu); and (4) introduce participants to a database-driven, multimedia instructional Web site for writing in agriculture: the Writing in Agriculture Room in Colorado State University’s Writing Studio (http://writing.colostate.edu/studio). Workshop participants will be able to create password protected accounts on the Writing Studio Web site and explore the multimedia guides available to support student writing. Participants will also be given the opportunity to contribute ideas about the design and content to the site, a collaboratively-authored Web site that is freely available to all writers and teachers. Working individually or in groups, workshop participants will produce lesson plans or related instructional materials that can be used to support the use of writing assignments in their courses. 2) Reflective and Creative Writing Workshop There's a time and a place for the traditional writing assignments – research papers, lab reports, article critiques – but sometimes what's really needed isn't that kind of writing (or the formal grading process that inevitably accompanies those assignments). Maybe your students would benefit from a more informal sort of writing, something that would motivate them to think seriously about what was covered in class or recent reading assignments. Or maybe there's some way to structure the next assignment to make it more engaging, so that they work harder on their own learning and writing. But can those kinds of assignments work in a discipline that's rooted in business, technology, and science? Can they be successful with students outside of the most humanistic fields? In this workshop, we will begin by considering assignment design as one key element of course planning. As Richard Light found in his research on student learning, the vast majority of learning happens outside the classroom. So we'll think about ways that your assignments can help you leverage more learning while still being well-suited to the course content, your goals for the course, and your own strengths as a teacher. We'll focus especially on three kinds of writing projects: (1) reflective writing, (2) collaborative projects, and (3) recurrent writing, like journals and logs. Finally, we'll consider a variety of ways to make these assignments "count" without exhausting you with additional grading. This will be a highly decentralized workshop, structured around the courses and concerns of participants. You can expect to leave with rough drafts of Materials applicable to your own courses, as well as handouts and sample materials. 3) Professional and Workplace Writing Communication skills, including writing, are consistently ranked as one of the top skills needed in workplace and professional settings. Although much of workplace communication may seem mundane--such as writing a typical memo or email message--organizational cultures are created, sustained and challenged by the accumulation of these seemingly routine messages. And, on occasion, writing plays a role in difficult persuasive situations in which an important project, a great deal of money, or perhaps even a person's career is at stake. This workshop addresses strategies for handling a range of writing situations. Participants will learn or enhance strategies for effective written communication--these are skills participants can pass on to students and use themselves in professional settings. The workshop will focus on topics such as analyzing communication situations, building goodwill, adapting messages to audiences, making your writing easier to read, dealing with difficult persuasive situations, and writing effective informative messages such as memos, letters, and emails. 4) Case Studies and other Simulations Management decision simulators are tools that may be used to
train/educate individuals in the skills of management. Participants in
this workshop will learn to use an agribusiness management simulation
[dynamic case] that is Web-enabled and may be used in an asynchronous
distance education mode in teaching agribusiness management
courses/topics. The ProStar+ simulation creates an effective medium for
learning more about the complexity of managing a business such as a
retail farm supply dealership. In |
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