Jason W. Ellis – ENG1133 OL96 Specialized Communication for Technology Students, Fall 2021

Lecture, Week 15

I’m posting this week’s short lecture early to remind everyone about the due dates and the grade distribution in the class.

The deadline for all work in the class is by midnight on Tuesday, Dec. 21.

There is no Weekly Writing Assignment this week. Focus on completing all projects and assignments in our class.

Also, the Student Evaluation of Teaching survey deadline has been extended to Dec. 17, so please complete those if you haven’t already done so. For those who have completed it, thank you!

Good luck with finishing up the semester!

Lecture, Week 14

Assigned Reading and Viewing

Useful Resources

Weekly Writing Assignment, Week 14

After watching this week’s lecture and reviewing the assigned reading/viewing links under the lecture video, work on your Research Presentation script.

Then, add a comment to this post in memo format (memo header with a one sentence description) with a draft of your presentation script (what you plan to say during your presentation).

Announcement, Creative Writing Course Survey

The English department is developing a new Creative Writing course. Please take a minute to fill out this survey to help with its development. Thank you!

Announcement, Job and Experience Opportunities

There are some upcoming job seeking opportunities that I wanted to let you all know about. The Civil Service 101 presentation opens the doors about how to seek Civil Service jobs, and the CUNY Service Corp is a great opportunity to learn skills while gaining invaluable experience for your resume.

Civil Service 101 for LGBTQ+ Students and Allies (Click here to register)

Tuesday, December 7th 1:00-2:15 pm

Are you interested in having a fulfilling career? Are curious about what City jobs are like for members of the LGBTQ+ community?

The New York City government offers more than 2000+ job titles in 80+ agencies. Come see where your professional journey can take you at Civil Service 101 for LGBTQ+ Students and Allies, a virtual event on December 7th from 1:00-2:15 pm.

The Department of Citywide Administrative Services will discuss Civil Service career options in NYC and how to apply for them. There will also be a representative from the Department of Health & Mental Hygiene who will discuss the LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group, jobs currently available, and services that the department provides for the LGBTQ+ community.

Not a member of the LGBTQ+ community? No worries, all are welcome!

Sponsored by the Academic Minor in Gender & Sexuality Studies

CUNY Service Corp

Benefits? Transferable Skills, resume building, career path and connections,and get involved with their community.

We have an alumni cohort of 1,000+ past members. Since August of 2013, CUNY Service Corps members have completed over 1,000,000 hours of service to NYC at over 150 nonprofits, government agencies, and hospitals. In the past, we have worked with Girls Who Code, Federal Reserve, Brooklyn Navy Yard, and research projects at City Tech ( i.g. SOLAR Decathlon).

Application is open to all City Tech students for Spring 2022 (Dependent on program eligibility):www.citytech.cuny.edu/servicecorps

Research Report on Psychohistory by Hari Seldon

This is where you want to write a few sentences summarizing your research report. Think of this as a super short abstract. You may read my report online here.

Weekly Writing Assignment, Week 13

For this week’s Weekly Writing Assignment, copy-and-paste a draft of your research report survey or discussion section (depending on the type of report you are writing) into a memo added as a comment to this post. Watch this week’s lecture for more details.

Lecture, Week 13

David McMurrey’s Online Technical Writing Textbook > Report Design
Sample Report to Model
Demo Google Doc with Table of Contents (from lecture)
Purdue OWL APA In-Text Citations (see links for References on the left of page)

Lecture, Week 12

Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday, I am posting this week’s lecture and Weekly Writing Assignment early.

Weekly Writing Assignment, Week 12

With the Thanksgiving Holiday coming up, I am posting this week’s lecture and writing assignment early.

After watching this week’s lecture, write a draft of your research report’s historical background and context section. In the comment box on this week’s Weekly Writing Assignment, create a memo header (TO, FROM, DATE, and SUBJECT: Draft of Background Section of Research Report) and copy-and-paste what you’ve written for your background section by next Wednesday. Include quotes with in-text citations in APA format and APA-formatted references for those quotes at the end of your draft. As I point out in the lecture, this memo is a way of showing me your work up to this point and you should not format your research report using these Weekly Writing Assignment memos. Write in the your research report document and copy-and-paste what you’ve written there into these memos which memorialize the writing that you are accomplishing in your separate research report document on Google Docs.

Author: Jason W. Ellis