{"id":69,"date":"2021-09-16T21:52:33","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T04:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sidneysingh\/?page_id=69"},"modified":"2021-09-23T21:31:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T04:31:03","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sidneysingh\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome. This blog contains coursework for ENGL 301: Technical Writing. ENGL 301 is a distance education course which teaches student how to write for business and professional purposes. \u00a0The course utilizes UBC Blogs. The course book is <em>Technical Communication<\/em>, 15 Edition by John M. Lannon; Laura J. Gurak. The course is divided into four units. The duration of each unit is 3 weeks. Assignments include email memos, a formal report, an application package and a webfolio. Students are also required to complete self-reflections and peer reviews Each student will create a blog to post their assignments. They will organize into writing teams of 4 people and engage on the Team Forum. Students will also interact with their peers for class discussions and peer review. There is no final exam for the course.<\/p>\n<p>For me, writing is both a skill and a vital art form. A good book allows the reader to use their own imagination and intellect. The most cherished literature both criticizes and celebrates the complexity of the human condition.<\/p>\n<p>During the pandemic most of communication with my professors and peers was conducted through email. This taught me the importance of being concise, precise and clear. I enrolled in this course because I wanted a structured guide on how to approach technical communication. Technical communication will allow me to communicate with potential publishers and sponsors in a professional and courteous style. It will also strengthen my creative writing as I will learn to write efficiently and clearly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome. This blog contains coursework for ENGL 301: Technical Writing. ENGL 301 is a distance education course which teaches student how to write for business and professional purposes. \u00a0The course utilizes UBC Blogs. The course book is Technical Communication, 15 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sidneysingh\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58649,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-69","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sidneysingh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sidneysingh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sidneysingh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sidneysingh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sidneysingh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sidneysingh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sidneysingh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions\/72"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sidneysingh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}