The document provides guidance on writing effective sentences through examples and explanations of techniques. It discusses focusing sentences on the real subject and verb, using parallel structures, emphasizing new information at the beginning of sentences, avoiding long strings of nouns, and addressing other stylistic elements like active vs passive voice. Specific dos and don'ts are presented regarding word choice, sentence structure, ambiguity and more.
The document is a chapter about writing effective sentences that provides various tips and examples. It discusses using lists, emphasizing important information, choosing sentence length appropriately, focusing on the subject and verb, using parallel structures, and setting off lists correctly with numbering or bullets. It also addresses choosing an appropriate level of formality, using the active and passive voice strategically, avoiding unnecessary jargon, and making new information prominent.
The document discusses techniques for writing effective sentences. It provides guidelines for choosing an appropriate level of formality, emphasizing important information, using parallel structures, and employing active and passive voice appropriately. The document also discusses how to avoid ambiguities and be precise when writing sentences.
This document contains the notes from a 7th grade language arts class. The agenda includes a vocabulary pretest, spelling pretest, grammar lesson on prepositions, and literature discussion. The class covers the definition of prepositions, prepositional phrases, identifying objects of prepositions, and examples of prepositions used in sentences. Students are assigned workbook problems and to bring reading material to class on Thursday.
Backgrounders and white papers are documents used to provide information and state positions on issues. Backgrounders summarize the key facts and history around an issue, while white papers take a stance and provide supporting evidence. Both require thorough research and should be tailored to the intended audience. When issues arise, these documents can help form responses, share perspectives with the media and public, and influence related discussions and decisions.
The document provides guidance on preparing for a Model United Nations (MUN) committee, including writing a position paper for one's assigned country. It recommends including an introduction with background on the issue and country's position, a main body with the country's actions and supporting evidence, and a conclusion with suggested solutions. The main body should comprehensively break down the issues and include the country's actions regarding the problem, supporting evidence/facts, and relevant UN actions/agreements.
Here are a few things you could do with $2 in your pocket:
- Buy a coffee or tea from McDonald's or another fast food restaurant. Many have $1 drinks.
- Purchase a snack like a granola bar, packet of crackers, chips or candy bar from the dollar store.
- Ride public transit for a few stops if you live in an area with bus/metro fares around $1-2 per ride.
- Add it to a larger amount you're saving up for something specific. Every little bit helps!
- Donate it to a homeless/panhandling person you encounter who needs help.
- Put it towards a cheap meal deal at some restaurants (e
Abc 2017 Informing professional social media practice through virtual communi...J'ette Novakovich
This document summarizes a presentation on using virtual communities of practice to teach social media skills for professional identity development. It describes a 4-phase design-based research methodology used in the study. Iterative testing of course designs identified challenges students faced in developing an online presence. Specifically, pressures of self-promotion and performative identity caused anxiety. Later iterations emphasized reflection to help students understand social media in context and shape identity meaningfully. The study contributed a model for facilitating professional skills and identity formation through social media in a transformative learning environment.
The document provides guidance on creating listicles for research projects. It recommends that listicles give a concise, structured explanation of research topics and be interesting, relevant, and unique by digging deeper than general topics. Examples of data sources that can be used for listicles are provided, such as Statista, Pew Research Reports, and Business Source Complete database. Copyright and fair use of images is also discussed, along with finding media with Creative Commons licenses.
The document is a chapter about writing effective sentences that provides various tips and examples. It discusses using lists, emphasizing important information, choosing sentence length appropriately, focusing on the subject and verb, using parallel structures, and setting off lists correctly with numbering or bullets. It also addresses choosing an appropriate level of formality, using the active and passive voice strategically, avoiding unnecessary jargon, and making new information prominent.
The document discusses techniques for writing effective sentences. It provides guidelines for choosing an appropriate level of formality, emphasizing important information, using parallel structures, and employing active and passive voice appropriately. The document also discusses how to avoid ambiguities and be precise when writing sentences.
This document contains the notes from a 7th grade language arts class. The agenda includes a vocabulary pretest, spelling pretest, grammar lesson on prepositions, and literature discussion. The class covers the definition of prepositions, prepositional phrases, identifying objects of prepositions, and examples of prepositions used in sentences. Students are assigned workbook problems and to bring reading material to class on Thursday.
Backgrounders and white papers are documents used to provide information and state positions on issues. Backgrounders summarize the key facts and history around an issue, while white papers take a stance and provide supporting evidence. Both require thorough research and should be tailored to the intended audience. When issues arise, these documents can help form responses, share perspectives with the media and public, and influence related discussions and decisions.
The document provides guidance on preparing for a Model United Nations (MUN) committee, including writing a position paper for one's assigned country. It recommends including an introduction with background on the issue and country's position, a main body with the country's actions and supporting evidence, and a conclusion with suggested solutions. The main body should comprehensively break down the issues and include the country's actions regarding the problem, supporting evidence/facts, and relevant UN actions/agreements.
Here are a few things you could do with $2 in your pocket:
- Buy a coffee or tea from McDonald's or another fast food restaurant. Many have $1 drinks.
- Purchase a snack like a granola bar, packet of crackers, chips or candy bar from the dollar store.
- Ride public transit for a few stops if you live in an area with bus/metro fares around $1-2 per ride.
- Add it to a larger amount you're saving up for something specific. Every little bit helps!
- Donate it to a homeless/panhandling person you encounter who needs help.
- Put it towards a cheap meal deal at some restaurants (e
Abc 2017 Informing professional social media practice through virtual communi...J'ette Novakovich
This document summarizes a presentation on using virtual communities of practice to teach social media skills for professional identity development. It describes a 4-phase design-based research methodology used in the study. Iterative testing of course designs identified challenges students faced in developing an online presence. Specifically, pressures of self-promotion and performative identity caused anxiety. Later iterations emphasized reflection to help students understand social media in context and shape identity meaningfully. The study contributed a model for facilitating professional skills and identity formation through social media in a transformative learning environment.
The document provides guidance on creating listicles for research projects. It recommends that listicles give a concise, structured explanation of research topics and be interesting, relevant, and unique by digging deeper than general topics. Examples of data sources that can be used for listicles are provided, such as Statista, Pew Research Reports, and Business Source Complete database. Copyright and fair use of images is also discussed, along with finding media with Creative Commons licenses.
This document discusses an introductory business communication course, identifies important job skills according to a survey including communication, critical thinking, and collaboration. It also summarizes a product called Naturelle, a line of biodegradable synthetic lubricants for gear drives that offer wear protection and oil life balance. These premium products are intended for environmentally sensitive areas like ports and mines located in national parks, where customers may face pressure to minimize environmental impact.
This document provides an overview of an introductory business communication course. It lists critical thinking questions about how information technologies have changed communication, work, and life over the last 5 years. Students are instructed to discuss their answers in small groups and write a summary to present to the class. Core communication skills sought by employers, such as written and oral communication, teamwork, and critical thinking, are also discussed. An upcoming assignment on Toyota case studies is introduced, along with tips on how to write an effective memo.
This document provides guidance on writing an effective memo. It recommends that a memo include a specific subject line, a clear statement of purpose at the opening, a brief summary, informative headings, and a clear recommendation at the end. The document also instructs readers to evaluate the writing style of memos, noting use of complex words, passive voice, sentence structure, and consistency between style and content. Readers should make a list of any useful information.
This document discusses an introductory business communication course. It prompts students to reflect on how information technologies have changed their communication, work, and lives over the last five years. It instructs students to discuss these changes in small groups and present a summary to the class. It also lists core communication skills sought by employers, such as oral and written communication, critical thinking, and collaboration. Finally, it previews topics to be covered in the course, such as integrated communications, breaking down organizational silos, the communication process, and writing assessments.
Why Teach a fish to swim? A design-based research study incorporating social...J'ette Novakovich
Congruent with my status as a PhD student, I was an Assistant Professor in the professional writing minor program at Concordia. I had been asked by the department chair to update the course offerings. The courses were basically rooted in mid to late 20th century writing practices, with the bulk of the content being highly irrelevant, and more academic than practical.
Having prior experience designing a social media component during my time teaching at Penn State, I was eager to get started; however, introducing social media is problematic in Quebec, primarily because Privacy Laws protect students having to participate in web 2.0 environments, to safeguard students from undergoing U.S. State surveillance. For this reason, I decided to run a study to determine how an instructional design could be effective and at the same time non-mandatory?
The study took place over a four-year period from 2012-2016, involved 3 iterations of a yearlong course, and was followed by a retrospective analysis, which included a survey of participants 1-2 and 3 years after the course.
Techniques and measurement for engaging your audienceJ'ette Novakovich
Nutshell Learning Series: All communication is relational. Incorporating tools to engage your audience and knowing what and how to measure in a nutshell.
This document outlines Jeannette Novakovich's dissertation proposal on integrating social media technologies into a professional writing course. The proposal includes an introduction, abstract, justification of the problem, research questions, literature review, theoretical framework, methodology, and contributions to the field. The study aims to foster professional identity formation and develop social media competencies through participation in online communities of practice. It will redesign a course and collect data through surveys, interviews and artifacts to evaluate the curriculum design.
This document outlines the syllabus for an English course on professional writing. It provides information on the instructor, texts, graded projects, course objectives, policies on professionalism, attendance, plagiarism, and cancellations. The main assignments include an autobiography, profile, interview, instructions, review, feature, presentation on Montrealites, and a final portfolio. Students will be graded on individual projects, quizzes, participation, and professionalism. The course aims to help students develop their ability to write effectively for professional purposes.
This document outlines the schedule and topics for a writing course over several months. The course covers various types of writing including autobiographies, profiles, interviews, instructions, features, and reviews. For each class, students will read lessons on writing techniques, take a quiz, and work on drafting assignments. The schedule also includes workshops to provide feedback on drafts, reflection exercises, and assignments related to publishing and design. Major due dates include autobiographies, profiles, interviews, instructions, features, reviews, and a final portfolio project.
The Impact of Digital Literacy Practices on Learning Outcomes in Higher Educ...J'ette Novakovich
This paper reports the findings of a Stage I meta-analysis exploring the effectiveness of online digital literacy practices performed through social media tools in higher education classrooms as measured by learning outcomes. An extensive literature search culled more than 500 potential articles and resulted in a sample of 51 representative quasi-experimental studies, consisting of 4,630 total participants. Fifty-one effect sizes were extracted and yielded a moderately positive statistically significant weighted average effect size of g+ = 0.315, k=51, p <. 01. This overall effect size suggests that integrating online digital literacy practices into the higher education classroom benefits students on measures of academic achievement and offers significant learning support.
In addition, several moderator variables were tested to determine what factors and literacy practices impact learning outcomes; namely, field of study (STEM, ARTS), conceptualization of tool (social learning theory, delivery tool), peer interaction (yes, no), modality (blogs, collaborative communication text-based technologies, i.e. forums and wikis; podcasts, and virtual worlds), practice (consuming, prosuming behaviors), and the learning outcome measured (course project, knowledge-based exam); moderator effect sizes were statistically significant for the following variables: conceptualization of the tool, practice, and learning outcomes.
Web mediated collaboration and the development of digital literacy practices ...J'ette Novakovich
Two sections of a university composition course were given the task to write articles for publication - one section using traditional paper drafts, the other using blogs. A study found that the blogging section generated significantly more peer comments that were of higher quality. They also performed better on learning outcomes and had higher rates of publication acceptance. The increased engagement from blogging led to improved quality of writing and learning.
This document discusses narrative inquiry and narrative research. Some key points:
1. Narrative inquiry views stories and narratives as the primary way humans make meaning and understand the world. Reality and human experience are seen as socially constructed and fluid.
2. Narrative research uses stories - written, oral, personal and collective - as data. The story itself is the focus of analysis rather than being a means to other data. Analysis looks at the whole story and patterns of meaning within.
3. Narrative inquiry encompasses three spheres - the scientific, symbolic, and sacred. The scientific examines the natural world, symbolic interprets human experience through symbols, and sacred addresses existential questions. Inquiry across these realms
Two studies were conducted to compare the impact of using course blogs versus traditional paper-based writing processes. In the first study, one section of a technical writing course published their work on a blog and received online peer feedback, while the other used paper drafts and workshops. The blogging section had significantly higher publishing rates. A follow-up study of a composition course used personal blogs for one section and paper for the other. The blogging section received more numerous and higher quality peer comments and demonstrated higher learning outcomes. Student feedback indicated blogs created a more engaging learning environment and sense of responsibility.
The document summarizes a meta-analysis that compared simulation-based instruction to non-simulation instruction and simulation alone to simulation with modifications. For the first comparison, simulation was found to significantly outperform non-simulation, with younger students benefiting more. For the second comparison, simulation with modifications significantly outperformed simulation alone, with no differences found by grade level or study design. The analysis rejected the null hypothesis that there is no difference between the instructional methods in both comparisons.
The document provides tips for conducting interviews. It advises researchers to prepare well in advance by researching the subject and developing specific questions that avoid bias. It also recommends practicing interview skills like talking minimally, taking notes, and being aware of any self-serving remarks from the subject. The interview should be recorded and the researcher should prepare for potential follow-up visits.
The document provides guidance on writing about people by focusing on characterization through four approaches: descriptive, dramatic, impressionistic, and historical/contextual. It emphasizes knowing your subject, showing rather than telling to bring their character to life, and researching their background and experiences to fully capture who they are. Key aspects to explore include appearance, behaviors, relationships, environment, beliefs, and how they relate to groups or classes. Dialogue should sound authentic to the person. Overall, the document outlines techniques for deeply understanding a subject and effectively sharing their character.
This document provides a checklist for writers to consider when creating a profile or portrayal of a subject. It prompts writers to reflect on whether they truly understand their subject's inner and outer selves, the long-term significance of the subject's life, and whether their portrayal will maintain reader interest and share the writer's perspective. Writers are also encouraged to determine their emphasis, level of detail, approach, sourcing of information, how their work differs from prior coverage, and whether their representation is fair and supported by evidence.
The document outlines various rules for a class, including being respectful, attending class, completing assignments on time, participating appropriately, and avoiding distractions like phone/internet use. It emphasizes respect, manners, listening to others, and following instructions. Consequences like losing points are mentioned for breaking the rules. The goal is to have an effective learning environment where all students and the teacher are treated with dignity.
This document provides guidance for proposing a new video game concept without fully designing the game. It includes requirements such as providing a title, high concept description, one-page pitch document, and explanation of genre, premise, target audience, gameplay, and themes. It also lists additional deliverables such as an initial game design document, narrative treatment, gameplay flowcharts, concept art, and game board design if applicable. Descriptions and examples are provided for various elements of gameplay, genres, and other concepts to help inform the game proposal.
This document discusses an introductory business communication course, identifies important job skills according to a survey including communication, critical thinking, and collaboration. It also summarizes a product called Naturelle, a line of biodegradable synthetic lubricants for gear drives that offer wear protection and oil life balance. These premium products are intended for environmentally sensitive areas like ports and mines located in national parks, where customers may face pressure to minimize environmental impact.
This document provides an overview of an introductory business communication course. It lists critical thinking questions about how information technologies have changed communication, work, and life over the last 5 years. Students are instructed to discuss their answers in small groups and write a summary to present to the class. Core communication skills sought by employers, such as written and oral communication, teamwork, and critical thinking, are also discussed. An upcoming assignment on Toyota case studies is introduced, along with tips on how to write an effective memo.
This document provides guidance on writing an effective memo. It recommends that a memo include a specific subject line, a clear statement of purpose at the opening, a brief summary, informative headings, and a clear recommendation at the end. The document also instructs readers to evaluate the writing style of memos, noting use of complex words, passive voice, sentence structure, and consistency between style and content. Readers should make a list of any useful information.
This document discusses an introductory business communication course. It prompts students to reflect on how information technologies have changed their communication, work, and lives over the last five years. It instructs students to discuss these changes in small groups and present a summary to the class. It also lists core communication skills sought by employers, such as oral and written communication, critical thinking, and collaboration. Finally, it previews topics to be covered in the course, such as integrated communications, breaking down organizational silos, the communication process, and writing assessments.
Why Teach a fish to swim? A design-based research study incorporating social...J'ette Novakovich
Congruent with my status as a PhD student, I was an Assistant Professor in the professional writing minor program at Concordia. I had been asked by the department chair to update the course offerings. The courses were basically rooted in mid to late 20th century writing practices, with the bulk of the content being highly irrelevant, and more academic than practical.
Having prior experience designing a social media component during my time teaching at Penn State, I was eager to get started; however, introducing social media is problematic in Quebec, primarily because Privacy Laws protect students having to participate in web 2.0 environments, to safeguard students from undergoing U.S. State surveillance. For this reason, I decided to run a study to determine how an instructional design could be effective and at the same time non-mandatory?
The study took place over a four-year period from 2012-2016, involved 3 iterations of a yearlong course, and was followed by a retrospective analysis, which included a survey of participants 1-2 and 3 years after the course.
Techniques and measurement for engaging your audienceJ'ette Novakovich
Nutshell Learning Series: All communication is relational. Incorporating tools to engage your audience and knowing what and how to measure in a nutshell.
This document outlines Jeannette Novakovich's dissertation proposal on integrating social media technologies into a professional writing course. The proposal includes an introduction, abstract, justification of the problem, research questions, literature review, theoretical framework, methodology, and contributions to the field. The study aims to foster professional identity formation and develop social media competencies through participation in online communities of practice. It will redesign a course and collect data through surveys, interviews and artifacts to evaluate the curriculum design.
This document outlines the syllabus for an English course on professional writing. It provides information on the instructor, texts, graded projects, course objectives, policies on professionalism, attendance, plagiarism, and cancellations. The main assignments include an autobiography, profile, interview, instructions, review, feature, presentation on Montrealites, and a final portfolio. Students will be graded on individual projects, quizzes, participation, and professionalism. The course aims to help students develop their ability to write effectively for professional purposes.
This document outlines the schedule and topics for a writing course over several months. The course covers various types of writing including autobiographies, profiles, interviews, instructions, features, and reviews. For each class, students will read lessons on writing techniques, take a quiz, and work on drafting assignments. The schedule also includes workshops to provide feedback on drafts, reflection exercises, and assignments related to publishing and design. Major due dates include autobiographies, profiles, interviews, instructions, features, reviews, and a final portfolio project.
The Impact of Digital Literacy Practices on Learning Outcomes in Higher Educ...J'ette Novakovich
This paper reports the findings of a Stage I meta-analysis exploring the effectiveness of online digital literacy practices performed through social media tools in higher education classrooms as measured by learning outcomes. An extensive literature search culled more than 500 potential articles and resulted in a sample of 51 representative quasi-experimental studies, consisting of 4,630 total participants. Fifty-one effect sizes were extracted and yielded a moderately positive statistically significant weighted average effect size of g+ = 0.315, k=51, p <. 01. This overall effect size suggests that integrating online digital literacy practices into the higher education classroom benefits students on measures of academic achievement and offers significant learning support.
In addition, several moderator variables were tested to determine what factors and literacy practices impact learning outcomes; namely, field of study (STEM, ARTS), conceptualization of tool (social learning theory, delivery tool), peer interaction (yes, no), modality (blogs, collaborative communication text-based technologies, i.e. forums and wikis; podcasts, and virtual worlds), practice (consuming, prosuming behaviors), and the learning outcome measured (course project, knowledge-based exam); moderator effect sizes were statistically significant for the following variables: conceptualization of the tool, practice, and learning outcomes.
Web mediated collaboration and the development of digital literacy practices ...J'ette Novakovich
Two sections of a university composition course were given the task to write articles for publication - one section using traditional paper drafts, the other using blogs. A study found that the blogging section generated significantly more peer comments that were of higher quality. They also performed better on learning outcomes and had higher rates of publication acceptance. The increased engagement from blogging led to improved quality of writing and learning.
This document discusses narrative inquiry and narrative research. Some key points:
1. Narrative inquiry views stories and narratives as the primary way humans make meaning and understand the world. Reality and human experience are seen as socially constructed and fluid.
2. Narrative research uses stories - written, oral, personal and collective - as data. The story itself is the focus of analysis rather than being a means to other data. Analysis looks at the whole story and patterns of meaning within.
3. Narrative inquiry encompasses three spheres - the scientific, symbolic, and sacred. The scientific examines the natural world, symbolic interprets human experience through symbols, and sacred addresses existential questions. Inquiry across these realms
Two studies were conducted to compare the impact of using course blogs versus traditional paper-based writing processes. In the first study, one section of a technical writing course published their work on a blog and received online peer feedback, while the other used paper drafts and workshops. The blogging section had significantly higher publishing rates. A follow-up study of a composition course used personal blogs for one section and paper for the other. The blogging section received more numerous and higher quality peer comments and demonstrated higher learning outcomes. Student feedback indicated blogs created a more engaging learning environment and sense of responsibility.
The document summarizes a meta-analysis that compared simulation-based instruction to non-simulation instruction and simulation alone to simulation with modifications. For the first comparison, simulation was found to significantly outperform non-simulation, with younger students benefiting more. For the second comparison, simulation with modifications significantly outperformed simulation alone, with no differences found by grade level or study design. The analysis rejected the null hypothesis that there is no difference between the instructional methods in both comparisons.
The document provides tips for conducting interviews. It advises researchers to prepare well in advance by researching the subject and developing specific questions that avoid bias. It also recommends practicing interview skills like talking minimally, taking notes, and being aware of any self-serving remarks from the subject. The interview should be recorded and the researcher should prepare for potential follow-up visits.
The document provides guidance on writing about people by focusing on characterization through four approaches: descriptive, dramatic, impressionistic, and historical/contextual. It emphasizes knowing your subject, showing rather than telling to bring their character to life, and researching their background and experiences to fully capture who they are. Key aspects to explore include appearance, behaviors, relationships, environment, beliefs, and how they relate to groups or classes. Dialogue should sound authentic to the person. Overall, the document outlines techniques for deeply understanding a subject and effectively sharing their character.
This document provides a checklist for writers to consider when creating a profile or portrayal of a subject. It prompts writers to reflect on whether they truly understand their subject's inner and outer selves, the long-term significance of the subject's life, and whether their portrayal will maintain reader interest and share the writer's perspective. Writers are also encouraged to determine their emphasis, level of detail, approach, sourcing of information, how their work differs from prior coverage, and whether their representation is fair and supported by evidence.
The document outlines various rules for a class, including being respectful, attending class, completing assignments on time, participating appropriately, and avoiding distractions like phone/internet use. It emphasizes respect, manners, listening to others, and following instructions. Consequences like losing points are mentioned for breaking the rules. The goal is to have an effective learning environment where all students and the teacher are treated with dignity.
This document provides guidance for proposing a new video game concept without fully designing the game. It includes requirements such as providing a title, high concept description, one-page pitch document, and explanation of genre, premise, target audience, gameplay, and themes. It also lists additional deliverables such as an initial game design document, narrative treatment, gameplay flowcharts, concept art, and game board design if applicable. Descriptions and examples are provided for various elements of gameplay, genres, and other concepts to help inform the game proposal.
30. The measurement of the Earth’s fragile ozone layer
was one of the important missions undertaken by the
crew of the space shuttle Atlantis. The shuttle was
launched in October of 1994. The mission lasted ten
days. Humans are put at greater risk of skin cancer,
cataracts, and other ailments because of overexposure
to ultraviolet radiation. Crops can also be spoiled and
underwater food sources devastated as a result of too
much direct sunlight. A vast ozone hole over
Antarctica from September to December every year is
particularly worrisome to scientists.
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