This course examines the various roles of technology in technical communications, with an ongoing goal of rethinking the evolving nature of the technical communicator. We will consider theories of technology (rhetorical and social), the way technology has changed the way we produce materials (the web, multimedia, online documentation), technology's role in the workplace (e-mail, virtual offices), and the changing nature of literacy in a technological world (on-line materials, hypertext, distance education, new forms of rhetoric). We will aim to connect the theoretical with the practical in daily reading, writing, and discussion.