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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">Hello Mark,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">Speaking
from a workflow management angle we have been using Trello on occasion
to keep groups and projects together. Trello allows the labor and
writing to be spread out and directed. My students have started to
compose some of their notes, field notes, reports, meeting minutes, and
communications in there directly on the Trello cards. Later they
assemble the phone/pad generated data in a sandbox (Google docs, Canvas
LMS, Slack, etc.) sometimes linked through Trello. These sandbox
assemblages serve as working documents and then they finalize them in
the traditional formats for shipping.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">This
works exceptionally well for field work as all sorts of media can be
gathered and deposited in addition to the text that they generate (e.g.
Worksite plans, progress/observation photos, sound recordings, GPS data,
live verbal survey responses). <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">So, no not on the back end in the way of finished documents . . . BUT there are vast unexplored avenues on the front end:</div><ul><li><font size="2">legwork</font></li><li><font size="2">data gathering</font></li><li><font size="2"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">background data storage</span></font></li><li><font size="2"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">logistics <br></span></font></li><li><font size="2"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">request for assistance</span><br></font></li><li><font size="2"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">workflow management</span><br></font></li><li><font size="2"> progress annotation</font></li></ul><div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default"> Conjecture:
I see this as integrated writing and research which may be necessary
for my students who chose to work for smaller companies or freelance. It
may even be the future for financially driven companies to seek writers
who can do more.<br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default">The cellphone isn't quite a Star Trek tricorder yet but it is getting closer. <br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default">(If you don't believe me check this app out: <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lpellis.sensorlab&hl=en_US" target="_blank">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lpellis.sensorlab&hl=en_US</a> )</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default"><br></div></div><div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default">I hope this is useful in some way.</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default">Best,</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default">Joseph W. Robertshaw<br></div></div>
</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Brush Script MT""><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1WGKSza1-3ECFta4Iz6jy00wiuPhGolIZ&revid=0B1osq0Aln_akK2hFdTM5aFRRUmJUbVJyYXJYWlF3VHB1clZzPQ" width="200" height="37"><br></span></font><span style="font-size:16pt"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 9:35 AM Joseph Robertshaw <<a href="mailto:jwr0015@uah.edu">jwr0015@uah.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">Hi Mark,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"> I haven't ever posted on the list yet but I enjoy reading the thing through my email.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"> If you think it might be useful I wouldn't be opposed to it.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">Best,<br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Brush Script MT""><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1WGKSza1-3ECFta4Iz6jy00wiuPhGolIZ&revid=0B1osq0Aln_akK2hFdTM5aFRRUmJUbVJyYXJYWlF3VHB1clZzPQ" width="200" height="37"><br></span></font><span style="font-size:16pt"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 9:13 AM Mark Crane <<a href="mailto:craniac@gmail.com" target="_blank">craniac@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">This is amazing and I am so on board. I'm prepping for my rhetorical theory class at this moment but want to revisit this. Did you mean to send this to the list as well? </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 7:48 AM Joseph Robertshaw <<a href="mailto:jwr0015@uah.edu" target="_blank">jwr0015@uah.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">Hello Mark,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">Speaking from a workflow management angle we have been using Trello on occasion to keep groups and projects together. Trello allows the labor and writing to be spread out and directed. My students have started to compose some of their notes, field notes, reports, meeting minutes, and communications in there directly on the Trello cards. Later they assemble the phone/pad generated data in a sandbox (Google docs, Canvas LMS, Slack, etc.) sometimes linked through Trello. These sandbox assemblages serve as working documents and then they finalize them in the traditional formats for shipping.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">This works exceptionally well for field work as all sorts of media can be gathered and deposited in addition to the text that they generate (e.g. Worksite plans, progress/observation photos, sound recordings, GPS data, live verbal survey responses). <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">So, no not on the back end in the way of finished documents . . . BUT there are vast unexplored avenues on the front end:</div><ul><li><font size="2">legwork</font></li><li><font size="2">data gathering</font></li><li><font size="2"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">background data storage</span></font></li><li><font size="2"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">logistics <br></span></font></li><li><font size="2"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">request for assistance</span><br></font></li><li><font size="2"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">workflow management</span><br></font></li><li><font size="2"> progress annotation</font></li></ul><div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default"> Conjecture: I see this as integrated writing and research which may be necessary for my students who chose to work for smaller companies or freelance. It may even be the future for financially driven companies to seek writers who can do more.<br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default">The cellphone isn't quite a Star Trek tricorder yet but it is getting closer. <br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default">(If you don't believe me check this app out: <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lpellis.sensorlab&hl=en_US" target="_blank">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lpellis.sensorlab&hl=en_US</a> )</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default"><br></div></div><div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default">I hope this is useful in some way.</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default">Best,</div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Brush Script MT""><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1WGKSza1-3ECFta4Iz6jy00wiuPhGolIZ&revid=0B1osq0Aln_akK2hFdTM5aFRRUmJUbVJyYXJYWlF3VHB1clZzPQ" width="200" height="37"></span></font><br>documents <font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Brush Script MT""></span></font><span style="font-size:16pt"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 7:34 AM Mark Crane <<a href="mailto:craniac@gmail.com" target="_blank">craniac@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Some possibilities include:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">1. Responsive web layouts or "mobile-first development" designed to adapt to phones</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">2. Exporting documents as Epubs, which scale nicely with most ebook readers, as long as you are primarily concerned about words and not fixed layouts with images</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">3. PDF files with 24 point fonts. These look great on my iPad mini. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">With the disclaimer that I don't really know what I'm talking about, designing for mobile first disrupts or erases many of the genres that are the foundation of the conventional tech comm class. I'm not saying that that these genres cease to be in use, but that many of their conventions tend to matter less. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 6:24 AM Josephine Walwema <<a href="mailto:walwema@oakland.edu" target="_blank">walwema@oakland.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I have thought about this mobile friendly format, but have not figured out how to achieve it yet.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Following closely.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">jw</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 7:59 AM Mark Crane <<a href="mailto:craniac@gmail.com" target="_blank">craniac@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hi,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I'm thinking of having my students in "Introduction to Technical Communications" deliver their assignments in multiple formats. Generally, they submit a Word document or in situations where the layout and formatting might be at risk, a PDF file. I've been thinking about having each assignment submitted in a conventional, A4-sized electronic format, and in a format that might retain readability on a cellphone or smaller tablet. My concern is that this may be too much technical overhead in an introductory course and take time away from other important areas.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">So I guess I'm asking if anyone is already asking their students to deliver mobile-friendly documents, and if so, what resources are you finding helpful?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thank you,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">MC</div></div>
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