{"id":43,"date":"2021-10-07T22:11:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T05:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/engl301wyf\/?p=43"},"modified":"2021-11-30T12:29:45","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T19:29:45","slug":"unit-one-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/engl301wyf\/2021\/10\/07\/unit-one-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Definition Could be Hard"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vancouver in Spring<\/p><\/div>\n

I think I have learnt a lot in this assignment. Before this, I never realized it could be this hard to explain a technical term to regular audience in plain and concise\u00a0language.\u00a0The challenges started from picking the right word and appropriate audiences.\u00a0After a few tries with words in Economics and Computer Science, I decided to go with Cloud Computing \u2013\u00a0a technical term that has enough application in real life so that people can relate to.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For parenthetic and sentence explanations,\u00a0although both my partner and I managed to keep them\u00a0short, we all made the mistake of using jargons, which could lead to more confusion in our target audience. For the expanded explanation, the challenge\u00a0for me\u00a0in the first writeup\u00a0is\u00a0to\u00a0make\u00a0the connection between expansion strategies natural\u00a0and logical. In addition to that, my partner also suggests that I could have used more\u00a0detailed examples to support the application of cloud computing and its benefits, and I think this is indeed helpful for the target audience to relate the technology to their daily life.\u00a0What is more,\u00a0I think peer editing helps me learn from other people\u2019s\u00a0advantage. For example, when reading my partner\u2019s definition, I noticed the smooth transition between different expansion strategies, and\u00a0indeed this is the area that I need to work on.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the editing process. I mainly focused on three things. First, I replaced the jargon in both parenthetical and sentence definitions with more plain word to avoid confusion. Second, I expanded the examples in the application part to make cloud computing more relatable to the target audience. Finally, I also referred to the real-world application when explaining the benefits of cloud computing, and I believe this would make the connection of last two sections stronger. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Please find the\u00a0link to my edited work below.\u00a0I hope that with the editing and further expansion, my definitions are easier to understand.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Link: 301 Yifan Wang Revised Formal Definitions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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