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Writing for Classroom & Career: 2009-09-13
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Writing for Classroom and Career. An RPI communications intensive course. We're moving over to the LMS system. You may have noticed already. Here is the URL - http:/ rpilms.rpi.edu/webct/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct. If you have not been there before, you log in with your RCS ID and password. I'm getting helpful feedback that the LMS system would work better for most students. Please let me know your thoughts on that - or any other aspect of the course so far - Thanks! Powerpoint shown in class 9/14. Drop it ...
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Writing for Classroom & Career: moving to LMS
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Writing for Classroom and Career. An RPI communications intensive course. I'm getting helpful feedback that the LMS system would work better for most students. Please let me know your thoughts on that - or any other aspect of the course so far - Thanks! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). H1N1 Flu info page. Center for Communication Practices. ESL resources (coming soon).
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Writing for Classroom & Career: how your sources help you
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Writing for Classroom and Career. An RPI communications intensive course. How your sources help you. I Read sources strategically:. Can I use this? Which audience questions does this source answer? Drop it or back up and ask – do I want to expand my scope? Should I use this? Do I trust this author? Is the info here corroborated by other sources? If a website, is there an author and a bio? Do I see the author’s name mentioned in other places? How can I use this? Here are some things sources do for you:.
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Writing for Classroom & Career: oops
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Writing for Classroom and Career. An RPI communications intensive course. I neglected to collect the informal writing (on two sources) Tuesday. Please e-mail it to me ( gordoe3@rpi.edu. Or turn it in before class on Friday. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). H1N1 Flu info page. Center for Communication Practices. ESL resources (coming soon).
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Writing for Classroom & Career: A note on the guidelines for the report
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Writing for Classroom and Career. An RPI communications intensive course. A note on the guidelines for the report. I have made a few minor revisions to the guidelines for the first formal writing assignment, Reporting Information. You'll notice a new method by which to earn a point in the content area, and a slightly different definition of developing an idea (also in the content area). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). H1N1 Flu info page. Center for Communication Practices. ESL resources (coming soon).
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Writing for Classroom & Career: powerpoint shown in class 9/14
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Writing for Classroom and Career. An RPI communications intensive course. Powerpoint shown in class 9/14. Here is the link. To the powerpoint on writing reports in the enginnering field. A few people asked to have it posted. Be aware that I will not test you on the info in this powerpoint or expect you to use it in the report you're working on. We may work on writing abstracts, later on. What are those very handy elements and strategies? Pick good* sources and cite them right.*. How do you cite them.
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Writing for Classroom & Career: Guidelines here
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Writing for Classroom and Career. An RPI communications intensive course. The guidelines for the first paper are now here, in the Reporting Information section. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). H1N1 Flu info page. Center for Communication Practices. ESL resources (coming soon).
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Writing for Classroom & Career
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Writing for Classroom and Career. An RPI communications intensive course. See the Schedule (in Reporting Information, to the right) for details about Tuesday 9/15 work. In choosing someone to interview, it's fine to choose someone you can only talk to by phone or email. In person interview is best, but the main thing is get someone who really fits your intended audience (and can give you half an hour). You are writing to. Wondering about your audience? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Writing for Classroom & Career: 2009-08-30
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Writing for Classroom and Career. An RPI communications intensive course. Assignment for Friday 9/4. Hi glad you made it! For Friday's class you'll be reading Ch 1 of. Our main text) and also the Intro to. The Elements of Style. I know some people don't yet have "the little book" (as it's called). Not a big problem. As of Wed. afternoon, the bookstore did have a few, and it's easy to find online. You can ask in the comment area below. they get emailed right to me. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
