M Feb 6: Establishing authority and electronic writing

Reading Due: Research Paper assignment; review Parker and additional PowerPoint readings that you did for last Wednesday's class; read through the Group B posts about PowerPoint from last week on the eRhetBlog

T Feb 7: NO CLASS

Writing Due: Group C post on eRhetBlog by 8pm today

W Feb 8: Organization of information - the structure of argument

Reading Due:

• Sample research papers: David Craig, "Instant Messaging: The Language of Youth Literacy" (Boothe Prize Honorable Mention, 2003); Ali Batouli, "The Free Internet: An Instrument of Control" (Boothe Prize Winner, 2004) - examine these as models for successful research papers, specifically in relation to style & structure
• Steve Jobs, 2005 Stanford Commencement address -- optional additional text: video of Steve Jobs's address, available through Stanford i-Tunes - look in particular at the structure of his argument and how he effectively implements rhetorical strategies

Writing Due: Comment on one of the Group C posts about hypertext in the eRhetBlog by 9am today