Integrating Service Learning in a Technical Writing Course

1. Integrating Service Learning in a Technical Writing Course Joy Sterrantino English Department University of TX @ Arlington jsterrantino@uta.edu

2. Technical Writing Class Goals • Teach the principles • Teach the techniques • Teach the context • Teach the application 2

3. Technical Writing Class Goals • Teach the application "What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.” -Aristotle 3

4. We can either: Teach principles first, Teaching the Application Teaching theApplication then apply them to a project. 4

5. Or: Choose a project, Teaching the Application Teaching theApplication then teach the principles needed to complete it. 5

6. How to Build the Framework Using Michael Brittain’s Five Easy Steps to Integrate Service Learning: Step 1: Identify a Theme Step 2: Design a Service Learning Assignment Step 3: Identify Specific Learning Tasks Step 4: Create Student Learning Outcomes Based on Tasks Step 5: Find an Appropriate Means of Assessment 6

7. Integrating Service Learning in a Technical Writing Course Joy Sterrantino English Department University of TX @ Arlington jsterrantino@uta.edu