{"id":196,"date":"2010-12-03T11:39:03","date_gmt":"2010-12-03T19:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/communicatingscience\/"},"modified":"2010-12-03T11:39:03","modified_gmt":"2010-12-03T19:39:03","slug":"writing-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/communicatingscience2016w112\/create\/writing-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Writing resources<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingcentre.ubc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">UBC Writing Centre<\/a><br \/>\nThe UBC Writing Centre offers free <a href=\"https:\/\/cstudies.ubc.ca\/student-information\/services\/tutoring-services\" target=\"_blank\">tutorials\u00a0and workshops<\/a> to UBC students, as well as links to many other resources.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/owl.english.purdue.edu\/owl\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)<\/a><br \/>\nFree online writing resources and instructional material from Purdue University.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Grammar Girl\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quickanddirtytips.com\/grammar-girl\" target=\"_blank\">Grammar Girl<\/a><br \/>\nA collection of casual, fun articles and podcasts about writing.<\/p>\n<h3>Presentation resources<\/h3>\n<p>UBC Learning Commons\u00a0has compiled a list of <a href=\"http:\/\/learningcommons.ubc.ca\/student-toolkits-2\/presentation-skills\/\" target=\"_blank\">presentation skill resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology hosts presentation skills workshops. Check <a href=\"http:\/\/ctlt.ubc.ca\/programs\/all-our-programs\/presentation-skills-workshop-psw\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for a schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a Vimeo video called <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/32606847\" target=\"_blank\">Five Steps to Great Presentations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For some tips on creating good slides for presentations, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/jessedee\/you-suck-at-powerpoint\" target=\"_blank\">You Suck at PowerPoint!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lifehacker has a great collection of articles and video about enhancing skills and improving productivity including, <a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/304418\/rock-your-presentation-with-the-right-tools-and-apps?tag=softwaregeektolive\" target=\"_blank\">Rock Your Presentation with the Right Tools and Apps<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/5810271\/how-to-create-presentations-that-dont-suck\" target=\"_blank\">How to Create Presentations that Don&#8217;t Suck<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ubctoastmasters.weebly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">UBC Toastmasters<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Poster resources<\/h3>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an entertaining <a href=\"http:\/\/colinpurrington.com\/tips\/academic\/posterdesign\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> with tips on designing scientific posters, including links to good examples and bad examples.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writing resources UBC Writing Centre The UBC Writing Centre offers free tutorials\u00a0and workshops to UBC students, as well as links to many other resources. The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) Free online writing resources and instructional material from Purdue University. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/communicatingscience2016w112\/create\/writing-resources\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13096,"featured_media":0,"parent":55,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-196","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/communicatingscience2016w112\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/communicatingscience2016w112\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/communicatingscience2016w112\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/communicatingscience2016w112\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13096"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/communicatingscience2016w112\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/communicatingscience2016w112\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/196\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/communicatingscience2016w112\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/communicatingscience2016w112\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}