[ATTW-L] Short teaching films on technical presentations and technical writing

[Alley, Michael P]

Dear Technical Communication Instructors-

In the spirit of sharing resources that Sam Dragga and others have shown, given below are links to the short films on technical presentations and technical writing that I most often assign to students both in my own writing courses and in my guest lectures for engineering and science courses. All the films are less that 10 minutes, and most are less than 6 minutes.

Since moving my teaching online three weeks ago, I have been assigning one or perhaps two such films before an online class period as a preparation assignment. That way, I can begin the class period with questions that multiple students can answer simultaneously through the chat. Other films, I assign as supplements to what I could not cover. More complete listings of films are available at www.assertion-evidence.com<http://www.assertion-evidence.com> and www.craftofscientificwriting.com<http://www.craftofscientificwriting.com>. I hope that you find value in these resources.

Best wishes,

Michael Alley



Technical Presentations
PowerPoint's defaults are weak (5:39)                           https://vimeo.com/385725081
Build your talk on messages (4:52)                                https://vimeo.com/385725653
Support your messages with visual evidence (4:56)        https://vimeo.com/385729603
Explain evidence extemporaneously (3:59)                    https://vimeo.com/191129969
Individual student model (8:50)                                     https://vimeo.com/189646998
Team student model (9:38)                                            https://vimeo.com/189662287


Technical Writing
Analyzing Audience and Purpose (5:07)                        https://vimeo.com/356277244
Being Precise and Clear (4:32)                                      https://vimeo.com/352056988
Avoiding Ambiguity (4:30)                                           https://vimeo.com/368560258
Incorporating Illustrations and Equations (7:50)             https://vimeo.com/352138095
Writing in Sections (5:29)                                             https://vimeo.com/352070333
Selecting Strong Verbs (4:52)                                       https://vimeo.com/396967733
Cutting Needless Words (4:33)                                      https://vimeo.com/352996669
Why Grammar Matters (6:00)                                       https://vimeo.com/281351647



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Michael Alley
Teaching Professor, Engineering Communication
Pennsylvania State University
201 Hammond Bldg
University Park, PA 16802
1-814-867-0251
http://www.assertion-evidence.com/
http://www.craftofscientificwriting.com/

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