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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear Technical Communication Instructors—<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">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
<a href="http://www.assertion-evidence.com">www.assertion-evidence.com</a> and <a href="http://www.craftofscientificwriting.com">
www.craftofscientificwriting.com</a>. I hope that you find value in these resources. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Michael Alley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Technical Presentations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PowerPoint’s defaults are weak (5:39)
</span><a href="https://vimeo.com/385725081">https://vimeo.com/385725081</a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Build your talk on messages (4:52)
</span><a href="https://vimeo.com/385725653">https://vimeo.com/385725653</a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Support your messages with visual evidence (4:56)
</span><a href="https://vimeo.com/385729603">https://vimeo.com/385729603</a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Explain evidence extemporaneously (3:59)
</span><a href="https://vimeo.com/191129969">https://vimeo.com/191129969</a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Individual student model (8:50)
</span><a href="https://vimeo.com/189646998">https://vimeo.com/189646998</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Team student model (9:38)
</span><a href="https://vimeo.com/189662287">https://vimeo.com/189662287</a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Technical Writing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Analyzing Audience and Purpose (5:07)
</span><a href="https://vimeo.com/356277244">https://vimeo.com/356277244</a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Being Precise and Clear (4:32)
</span><a href="https://vimeo.com/352056988">https://vimeo.com/352056988</a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Avoiding Ambiguity (4:30)
</span><a href="https://vimeo.com/368560258">https://vimeo.com/368560258</a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Incorporating Illustrations and Equations (7:50)
</span><a href="https://vimeo.com/352138095">https://vimeo.com/352138095</a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Writing in Sections (5:29)
</span><a href="https://vimeo.com/352070333">https://vimeo.com/352070333</a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Selecting Strong Verbs (4:52)
</span><a href="https://vimeo.com/396967733">https://vimeo.com/396967733</a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Cutting Needless Words (4:33)
</span><a href="https://vimeo.com/352996669">https://vimeo.com/352996669</a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Why Grammar Matters (6:00)
</span><a href="https://vimeo.com/281351647">https://vimeo.com/281351647</a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Michael Alley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Teaching Professor, Engineering Communication<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Pennsylvania State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">201 Hammond Bldg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">University Park, PA 16802<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">1-814-867-0251<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.assertion-evidence.com/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0563C1">http://www.assertion-evidence.com/</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.craftofscientificwriting.com/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://www.craftofscientificwriting.com/</span></a>
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