The first unit was a nice introduction to this technical writing course. Before diving into a reflection on my own work and process, I want to thank Christina for writing a very simple, educational definition for such a complex term. I often find when learning medical terms, explanations can often be hard for a reader to digest after one pass. I found she did an excellent job of making periodontitis simpler to understand. When peer-reviewing her work, I started off by reading the assignment out loud. I find that this helps locate points in the writing that may not be fluid. In this specific case, I found that Dr. Paterson\u2019s template was helpful. It helped me narrow down what to discuss about my teammate\u2019s work. Something I have learned from Christina\u2019s writing is that she is very articulate and is able to explain complex concepts in a simplistic way for everyone to understand. I also admire her creativity and ability to create a realistic scenario in the presentation of her work. Going forward, I hope to learn from her directness and apply it to my own work.<\/p>\n
Choosing a word for my assignment was easy, yet difficult. It was easy for me to decide on picking a word from my residential building profession, but deciding on the exact term was difficult as there are so many to choose from. In addition, I would need to be able to explain it in a simplistic way for my peers and there are many terms where that would not be possible. Once I had decided on “arterial”, I found it challenging to rephrase the same definition in three ways. It is not very often that someone needs to explain a word in three different, expanded ways to someone, so my largest challenge was not being too repetitive or providing contrasting explanations accidentally.<\/p>\n
That being said, Christina\u2019s peer-review of my definition was extremely helpful. After reading her peer-review, it was very clear to me where I needed improvement in my assignment. Her review highlighted problematic areas that I did not originally catch. For example, \u201cat-grade\u201d is commonly used in my workplace, but to the common reader it may not be, and therefore needed further elaboration. Going forward, I think I need to more critically edit my work and think about it from the perspective of another person. Where can I elaborate more? Will the reader understand all that\u2019s presented? Furthermore, I need to improve on better addressing an audience in all of my writing. In contexts like these, setting a clear audience is just as important as setting a clear thesis in a formal paper\/report. I hope to achieve these improvements in my future assignments for this course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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