ENC 1101 Section 1342
Classroom: RLFS 114
Times: Monday - Wednesday - Friday, Period 1 (7:25-8:15)
Office: Anderson 203 A.
Office Hours: Wednesday, Period 2 (8:30-9:20) and byappointment.
Phone: English Department (leave message): 392-0777.
REQUIRED TEXTS
- M. Conlon & A. Rue: The Network Writing Environment at TheIBM WritingProject. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida, 1995(available at "University Book andSupply and Xerographic Copy Center" on 13th Street).
- Fulwiler and Hayakawa: The Blair Handbook. A BlairPress Book (available at"Goerings' Book Center").
- Marlys Mayfield: Thinking for Yourself (ThirdEdition). Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1994 (available at"Goerings' Book Center").
- Any college level dictionary.
- Supplemental material (the essays and the short stories thatwill be used in addition to theabove texts will be indicated during the semester and will beavailable at the reserve desk).
GOALS OF THE COURSE
Communication is exchange of texts. When we speak, when wewrite, when we watch amovie, when we play a piece of music, we create texts and/or wetry to understand the meaningsof the texts somebody else has created for us. Then, the analysisof the concept of text is centralto this course. What is a text? How many different texts can wehave? What are the elements ofa text? What is a multimedial text? What is an electronic text?How do we read and interprettexts in an electronic culture? How do we write texts? How canwe improve our skills so asto be able to give shape to our ideas and beliefs, to organizeour thoughts, to express and defendour opinions, to find out our own critical voice?
1101 is taught in the IBM computer lab. The IBM Writing Projectintegrates use of computers,hypermedia, in-class electronic conferencing, cooperative writeand revise, Internet tools andlibrary resources in the writing process. Therefore, we will tryto find some answers to the abovequestions by working with computers and with(in) the (electronic)Network Writing Environment.
ASSIGNMENTS
ENC 1101 is a writing course; therefore, there is the Gordon Ruleto satisfy: each of you has towrite at least 6,000 words. You will fulfil this requirement bykeeping journals, by respondingto the writing of your classmates, by writing 1 in-class and 3out-of-class essays developedthrough a series of drafts and revisions, and by creating a"multimedial paper" for Netscape.
- Journals: The informal (or rather, semi-formal) writing of the journalshould help you to easily and quicklymaterialize your thoughts and questions, to critically respond tothe assigned readings anddiscussions and to keep track of your progresses. Journal entrieswill only occasionally besubmitted to me; nevertheless, these entries will be used as astarting point for the classdiscussion, and you should regularly use them as exercise todevelop and test your own abilityto respond in a written form to oral and written texts.
- Papers:By working on the in- and out-of-class essays andby writing drafts and revisions you will try to understand the processes allowing you totransform a simple and often unshapedidea into a well-written, organized, coherent and imaginativeessay expressing your thoughts, youremotions, your creativity.
The dates for the submission of the in-class and out-of-classessays will be indicated during thesemester. The in- and out-of-class essays, together with theirdrafts, must be written with theword processor Word Perfect (one of the tools of the NetworkWriting Environment) and printedout on a 8"x11-1/2" paper, double-spaced. - Panels:You are required to participate on 1 panel during the semester. Apanel consists of 2 to 4 studentswho are responsible for a class. The purpose of the panel is toexercise the oral skillcommunication and to encourage collaborative learning. Each panelis responsible for the materialassigned for a topic: readings, class discussion, e-mail, etc.
- Final project: Since during the semester we will learn how to use the NetworkWriting Environment, the finalproject -- the design of a "multimedial paper" for Netscape --should reflect yourabilities to navigate in cyberspace and to create your own spacefor electronic writing.
ATTENDANCE AND CLASS PARTICIPATION
Only through a lively and informed participation of all ofyou in class meetings, can I helpyou to develop the basic skills for reading and writing and fornavigating in cyberspace.Therefore, attendance is required. Punctuality is also required.Tardiness will be excused only ifthe reasons are reasonable to me. After three unexcused absencesthe grade will be dropped.Absences due to illness, family crisis, athletic orextracurricular activities will be excused ifdocumented, and if not prolonged. Students excused from anabsence are not excused from thework assigned, and they must make up any work missed.
GRADING POLICY
- In-class essay + Journals 10%
- Out-of-class essays +Drafts 30%
- Class discussion + Panel 20%
- Final project 40%
Scale:
- A=100-90
- B+/B= 89-80
- C+/C= 79-70
- D+/D= 69-60
- E=59-0
STATEMENT OF ACADEMIC HONESTY
Unless otherwise indicated in connection with group work, allwork must be individual.Evidence of collusion (working with another student) orplagiarism (use of another's ideas, data,and statements without acknowledgment and/or extensive use ofanother's ideas, data, andstatements with only minimal acknowledgment) will lead to theprocedures set by the universityfor academic dishonesty.
COMPLAINTS
Complaints about separate assignments should be discussed withme. Complaints about finalgrade should be discussed with me in a lest a conference soonafter the next term begins. If theconference on the final grade does not resolve the problem youcan submit the proper form(available in the English Office, 4008 Turlington Hall) to theDirector of Freshman English. Theform must be accompanied with copies of every assignment and mydirections. The reviewcommittee will decide if the grade should be raised, lowered, ormaintained. Their decision isfinal.