Online class was definitely a challenge itself but following your instructions made it more smooth and easy. You made every point clear from the very first day of the class and that was something I liked about taking a class online especially with you. There were several things that I gained enormous knowledge from, which included readings, assignments and discussions.
The very first thing that we did as a class was to introduce ourselves which was beneficial as it made me some new friends. In the same week …show more content…
Ethics is something that has different meaning to every different personnel and thus I learned about different viewpoints. Now this was a stepping stone to understand the audience and learn to convey our message to them. Pondering upon the views on Coca-Cola ads helped me understand divergent views. Moreover we learned what kind of technical document would our fellow beings like to see from us. And then came our first technical writing document and it being writing the memorandum. Memorandum was to be created after making sure it usability, keeping in mind about the audience, concise writing and clear meaning. It has a specific purpose to propose the idea we had to others studying at HACC.
Besides understanding above criteria we also learned how to research and apply for job. There was something more than learning how to get a job. Writing a resume and cover letter was an educating experience. Writing resumes as taught by you helped me get precise understanding of what needs to be included. We need to write very concise yet complete sentence in a resume. Also the cover letter established me the knowledge about writing letter and formatting them. Helpful feedback from career service was a benefit to me and writing an email to appreciate their work was a pleasure for …show more content…
Report was a written document which meant to express the usefulness of technical writing in our career. Moreover it consisted of our views of technical writing after conducting a thorough research and interviewing someone who already work in the field we desire to work for in future. Report also included the types of technical writing we will use in our career. I being a computer science major interviewed Mr. Amit Mandavia, a state employee working for Pennsylvania State Police, which provided me with the sense about the use of technical writing in IT