WRT 427: Introduction

Emerging Tech & Distributed Work

Wednesday, January 16, 13

This is a class in


but in very specific ways.


Really, this is a class about this:


team collaboration


and this


working with people you can’t see


as well as writing in digital environments.


Our collaborators are everywhere.


The net explodes the possibilities.


Business is global.


The economy is changing.


How can you work remotely?


How can you work effectively in a team?


txtchatetc


We’ll use social media


to work here and at home


to plan big projects


to revise and build a growing website.


wiki


What’s it for?


for helping figure out where the good stuff is.


need basedvs

asset based


• locally owned businesses

• community resources

• local histories

• geographic attractions


goal: enhance local pride, local spending, and community participation.


65 students4 classes


2 classes this semester


WRT 303:Research, History & You


Us, obviously


You guys will decide what we build.


We will write


public texts


professional texts


multimodal texts


Documents