If you are in Christopher Dean's Online Writing 50 class, for Summer Session A, then you are at a "home" you have in cyberspace.

This page has important links to your syllabus, materials we will be using in class, and websites that will be part of your work inside and outside of class. If you miss a class, contact a classmate, look at this page, and email me as needed. Also, remember to check our Moodle site (http://moodle.id.ucsb.edu) for all materials from class.

Again, welcome, and if you need to contact me, then email me at cdean@writing.ucsb.edu. I look forward to working with you this quarter--both face-to-face and in cyberspace.

• The Writing 50 Reader: Click on the link to the left to get your readings for the class.
• Google Scholar: For tooling around the web and finding useful, reliable information.
• The Writing Program Page at UCSB: For information about our Writing Program at UCSB.
• CLAS Webpage: For information about tutoring and help in all your classes at UCSB.
• The Capital Community College Grammar Website: For information about grammar problems and getting grammar help.
• The Purdue Online Writing Lab Index of Writing Handouts: For help and handouts on everything you could think of dealing with writing.
• The Washington State Online Writing Lab: A place to get feedback on your writing.
• For Help with MLA and APA Bibliographies: Go to Noodletools.com, and click on the link labeled "NoodleBib Express." This will give you an APA or MLA option, and then you can fill in a form to get your citation for your "Works Cited" (MLA) or "References" (APA). Check it out at http://www.noodletools.com/. This link is brought to you courtesy of Casey Bartlett--thanks Casey.

Your Syllabus and Schedule:

• Microsoft Word Format
• Adobe PDF Format

Assignments:

• Interview and Survey Assignment: Word, PDF
• Interview and Survey Assignment Rubric: Word, PDF
• Researched Essay Assignment: Word, PDF
• Researched Essay Assignment Rubric: Word, PDF
• Research Proposal Assignment: Word, PDF
• Research Proposal Assignment Rubric: Word, PDF
• Resume Assignment: Word, PDF
• Resume Assignment Rubric: Word, PDF

Handouts and Materials for Class

Week One

• Day One Lesson Plans: Word
• Annotating Work: Word, PDF
• Anticipation Guide for Reich: Word, PDF
• Brainstorming for Research: Word, PDF
• Discussion of Reich: Word, PDF
• CAT for Day One: Word, PDF
• First Day Inventory Sheet: Word, PDF
• Getting to Know You Sheet: Word, PDF
• Goal Setting Work: Word, PDF
• Scavenger Hunt Sheet: Word, PDF
• Writing Sample for Day One: Word, PDF
• Links:
  • Our Moodle site: http://moodle.id.ucsb.edu/

• Day Two Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
• Cover Letter Hints: Word, PDF
• Job and Internship Resources: Word, PDF
• Professional Résumés On the Web: Word, PDF
• Résumé Review Questions, Part One: Word, PDF
• Résumé Review Questions, Part Two: Word, PDF
• Résumé Starter Overhead: Word, PDF
• Sample Cover Letter and Resume: Word, PDF
• Sample Student Résumé: Word, PDF
• Student Sample Résumé Number Two: Word, PDF
• Internship and Job Links:
  • For local internships: Gaucholink: https://ucsb-csm.symplicity.com/students/index.php?au=&ck=
  • For national internships: http://www.internshipprograms.com/SearchInternships.asp
  • For local jobs: http://www.santabarbarajobs.net
  • For national jobs: http://www.monster.com
• Other Links:
  • Some Not So Good Résumés
    • http://www.nelsonjobs.com/CareerCenter/ResumeBad.aspx
    • http://www.careers.unsw.edu.au/careerEd/jobApplications/resumes/badResume.aspx
  • Good Résumé Advice from the Purdue OWL: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResumeW

Week Two

• Week Two Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
• A Sample Research Proposal: Word, PDF
• Next Steps for Resume and Cover Letter: Word, PDF
• Sample Cover Letter and Resume: Word, PDF
• Sample Student Résumé: Word, PDF
• Student Sample Résumé Number Two: Word, PDF
• Links:
  • Library Homepage: http://www.library.ucsb.edu
  • Our Moodle page: http://moodle.id.ucsb.edu
  • Thomas Friedman lecture: http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/266/
  • Internship and Job Links:
    • For local internships: Gaucholink: https://ucsb-csm.symplicity.com/students/index.php?au=&ck=
    • For national internships: http://www.internshipprograms.com/SearchInternships.asp
    • For local jobs: http://www.santabarbarajobs.net
    • For national jobs: http://www.monster.com
  • Other Links:
    • Some Not So Good Résumés
      • http://www.nelsonjobs.com/CareerCenter/ResumeBad.aspx
      • http://www.careers.unsw.edu.au/careerEd/jobApplications/resumes/badResume.aspx
    • Good Résumé Advice from the Purdue OWL: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResumeW

Week Three

• Week Three Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
• Interview and Survey Assignment: Word, PDF
• Interview and Survey Assignment Rubric: Word, PDF
• Interviewing Hints: PPT
• Links:
  • Citation Game: http://depts.washington.edu/etriouw/gameindex.htm
  • Creating Good Interview and Survey Questions: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/559/06/
  • Finding Search Terms with WorldCat: http://www.writing.ucsb.edu/faculty/dean/Upload-wr50-S06/FindingSearchTerms.doc
  • How to Find an Expert Via The Web: http://lib.newpaltz.edu/databases/handouts/find_an_expert.html
  • Library Databases: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/eresources/databases/data-frames.html
  • Library Help for our class: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/classes/writingprog.html
  • Library Resources by Subject Areas: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subjects/index.html
  • Our Moodle site: http://moodle.id.ucsb.edu/
  • Noodle Bib Express: http://www.noodletools.com
  • Short Sample Survey Monkey Survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=D_2b_2biPqfLQjnLT_2f1FFecx7Q_3d_3d
  • Survey Monkey Website: http://www.surveymonkey.com
  • What is a "Researchable Research Question?": http://www.esc.edu/esconline/across_esc/writerscomplex.nsf/0/f87fd7182f0ff21c852569c2005a47b7
  • Grammar Websites:
    • Purdue Link: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
    • Our Handbook, Grammar, Etc. by Schiffhorst & Pharr: Available at http://freeloadpress.com/booklist.aspx--listed under the title, Grammar Etc.

Week Four