Teacher       COMP 321, Spring 2006

Technical Communication in Computer Science



News of the day:  Slides from the class talks are now available.

Contributions are invited to the Bumper Sticker Education page.  Send quotes to Steve Weiss

 
Instructors:
        Fred Brooks
EMail: brooks@cs.unc.edu
Office:  214 Sitterson Hall
          Phone: 919-962-1931
 
        Stephen Weiss
EMail: weiss@cs.unc.edu
Office: 159 Sitterson Hall
Phone: 919-962-1888
Class Location: Fridays 9:30-10:50 in Sitterson 115

Grading

          Based on assignments, class teaching performance, and participation.  Broad curve.
          Two free late assignments if turned in next class; other lates are half credit.



Text Book
McKeachie, Wilbert J., Teaching Tips, Twelfth edition, Houghton Mifflin, 2006

          Other readings will be handed out in class or available on the web.
Miscellaneous

Name and date on everything you give us.  Also, keep a copy for yourself.


Course links

          
  Course Objectives
            Course Plan         
            Schedule of 25-minute talks
            Slides from talks
            Center for Teaching and Learning
           
Instrument of Student Judicial Governance
            Computer Science addendum to the Honor Code
            Registrar's memo number 8
            Registrar's memo number 24
            Bumber sticker education


            Assignment 1
            Felder paper
            Assignment 2
            Assignment 3
            Assignment 4
            Assignment 5
            Assignment 6
            Assignment 7
            Assignment 8
            Assignment 9
            Assignment 10
            Assignment 11


 
          

Name and date on everything you give us.  Also, keep a copy for yourself.


Interesting books

         
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
         
The Elements of Style

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