Projects
Papers
Instructing the Ethic of Expediency: Technical Communication, Rhetoric, and Ethics
This piece, currently under publication consideration by Technical Communication journal, looks at Steven J. Katz' 1992 article, “The Ethic of Expediency: Classical Rhetoric, Technology, and the Holocaust,” as an important concept to impart to technical communication students and existing worplace communicators. It discusses the importance of the theory and how it could be applied to new or existing classroom or workplace curricula.The Return of Oral Communication
This paper looks at the Theory of Transformative Technologies and its concept of orality present in modern communication. Looking back to traditional forms and uses of oral communication, I show how there are many examples of such orality present in current communication that suggest a return to these earlier forms. Additionally, I consider what the future of oral communication may be.Repurposing Information for Electronic Publication
This paper discusses the practice of repurposing textual, audio, and video documents for electronic publications. Using examples, such as sampling, colorization of black & white films, and interactive fiction, it considers the controversies that can arise from these practices. Additionally, it looks at issues of collaboration that produce and that are produced by the repurposing of these documents.
Web Sites
Structuring Media with Ancient Tools: Podcasting and the Rhetorical Canon of Delivery
This webtext, currently under consideration for publication with Kairos Journal, looks at the canons of ancient rhetoric–invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery–as relevant and valid in contemporary culture, particularly for new media forms, such as podcasting. Beginning with a brief discussion of the first four canons of rhetoric and their relevance to podcasting, I proceed to address the canon of delivery’s importance, ethos in podcast delivery, elements that influence delivery, and suggest how to apply this canon to podcast presentation.Web Based Training
This site is a tutorial on basic HTML coding. As it is designed to be one section of a larger instruction project, it merely addresses working with text. More in-depth topics, such as working with images and forms, would be addressed in additional modules. While I used a linear approach, the user can move to any of the other sections of the site. I did not include any type of assessment, as the relevant assignment (to hand-code a Web site) reflects the student's learning.Podcasting
This site addresses Podcasting and the Application of Handheld Devices in Technical Communication. At the time of writing this paper, I had completed little research on this topic, so the site is somewhat thin and promises of larger content to come.Instructional Design Portfolio
This site is the portfolio that I am building for the Instructional Design (ENGL 5377) course that I am currently completing. This site presents the work I will be producing for this class, including milestones leading up to a final training project.