Our Class Blog
Come along as we explore the academic and professional sides of writing. New posts arrive each week throughout the semester.
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Klein, Shackelford, and Doc-Design
Klein and Shackelford explain how to design your document well enough for academic writing in the form of a well designed document.
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Designs in writing
I think the designs can become distracting and possibly take away from the point the writer is attempting to make in the article they wrote..
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Multimodality
When developing your writing coming up with strategies, and techniques to make a clear understanding of your targeted audience.
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God Forbid Mistakes
Mistakes? In this society? Oh no, we can’t have that! It’s not professional! Mistakes should be banned, GOD FORBID MISTAKES!
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Tools and Producitvity
The relation between social media and writing an essay. How they have similar processes but students find one easier then the other.
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Professional Writers
Both essays is a reflection on the broader challenges of balancing high expectations with empathy when it comes to writing.
Categories
- About the Class (3)
- Overview, Wk 1: Why Study Writing? (84)
- Topic 1: Literacy (171)
- Topic 2: Discourse Communities (216)
- Wk 4: Concept of Discourse Community (59)
- Wk 5: Authority (73)
- Wk 6: Identity (66)
- Topic 3: Process (316)
- Wk 10: Collaboration and Failure (73)
- Wk 7: Process Metaphors (81)
- Wk 8: First Drafts (80)
- Wk 9: Revising (78)
- Topic 4: Technology (168)
- Topic 5: Professionalism (161)
- Wk 13: Professional Writers (82)
- Wk 14: Employment (79)
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