Graphics are incredibly important to my profession, which would be to be a Biologist. In order to convey certain data and give an accurate representation of research conducted, graphics are often the best method of visual representation. The best method by which a Biologist can convey their research would be through a graphic, as the audience would appreciate the simplicity and ease at which the information is relayed.
Monday, October 31, 2016
DD6HW1 Chapter 6 Info about Your Field
http://www2.clarku.edu/research/sciencelibrary/organizations/
3) a. I am a Molecular and Cellular Biology major, the three most important professional organizations within my field are the American Medical Association, American Academy of Microbiology, and the Endocrine Society.
http://dbiosla.org/publications/resources/topten.html
b. The top three important journals that are read by Biologists are the "New England Journal of Medicine," "JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association," and "BMJ: The British Medical Journal."
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/biology/ecology+evolution/bioguide/bioguide.ps
c. Three important online discussion lists that are read by Biologists are "bionet.virology," "alt.internet.services," and "sci.anwsers."
https://www.aibs.org/home/index.html
d. The next major professional meeting by the AIBS (American Institute of Biological Sciences) corporation will be in December, specifically December 13th. It will be located within Utah, and is sponsored by a multitude of different corporations.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/news/plants_animals/biology/
e. 1) One major discovery currently being conducted within the Biological sciences would be the research into bees. Currently, the bee population is decreasing at an increasing rate, and conservative measure are being put in place in order to slow down this effect. Research currently conducted includes research into how bees pollinate, and how reproductive measures can be increased to increase bee population.
2) Fungus is a topic that is currently under heavy inspection by the Biology community, as fungus can be detrimental to plants and can harm the growth of gardens. On the contrary, new research is being conducted that is discovering positive effects of fungus; fungus can actually increase growth within partnering plants. Research is also being conducted into the detrimental factors of fungus, the research shows that the fungus can inhibit a key protein within plants that helps their immune system. Due to these factors, fungus is harmful to plants.
3) Recently the population of butterflies within the UK have been on a rapid decline. Research conducted currently show that the extreme effects have caused this decrease of butterfly population. This, in part, is due to the global warming that has had a harsh effect on the world. With increasingly variable weather patterns comes a detrimental effect on biodiversity, we see organisms being adversely impacted. Thus, conservation methods are incredibly important to be put in place, as they can result in a positive impact on butterfly population and biodiversity.
3) a. I am a Molecular and Cellular Biology major, the three most important professional organizations within my field are the American Medical Association, American Academy of Microbiology, and the Endocrine Society.
http://dbiosla.org/publications/resources/topten.html
b. The top three important journals that are read by Biologists are the "New England Journal of Medicine," "JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association," and "BMJ: The British Medical Journal."
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/biology/ecology+evolution/bioguide/bioguide.ps
c. Three important online discussion lists that are read by Biologists are "bionet.virology," "alt.internet.services," and "sci.anwsers."
https://www.aibs.org/home/index.html
d. The next major professional meeting by the AIBS (American Institute of Biological Sciences) corporation will be in December, specifically December 13th. It will be located within Utah, and is sponsored by a multitude of different corporations.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/news/plants_animals/biology/
e. 1) One major discovery currently being conducted within the Biological sciences would be the research into bees. Currently, the bee population is decreasing at an increasing rate, and conservative measure are being put in place in order to slow down this effect. Research currently conducted includes research into how bees pollinate, and how reproductive measures can be increased to increase bee population.
2) Fungus is a topic that is currently under heavy inspection by the Biology community, as fungus can be detrimental to plants and can harm the growth of gardens. On the contrary, new research is being conducted that is discovering positive effects of fungus; fungus can actually increase growth within partnering plants. Research is also being conducted into the detrimental factors of fungus, the research shows that the fungus can inhibit a key protein within plants that helps their immune system. Due to these factors, fungus is harmful to plants.
3) Recently the population of butterflies within the UK have been on a rapid decline. Research conducted currently show that the extreme effects have caused this decrease of butterfly population. This, in part, is due to the global warming that has had a harsh effect on the world. With increasingly variable weather patterns comes a detrimental effect on biodiversity, we see organisms being adversely impacted. Thus, conservation methods are incredibly important to be put in place, as they can result in a positive impact on butterfly population and biodiversity.
Saturday, October 29, 2016
DD5HW4 Project #1
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B6NX_kdLu4VaREN6a2xjRXlpM1E
The purpose of this assignment was to create an informational manual that could be used industrially to give cohesive, easily readable instructions to a group of students. The specific audience for this project was an industry, or a work place in which the media device could be use readily. Ideally the manual would be printed as a hand out and would be stapled on walls around a work place. In case anyone needs to refresh themselves of the information contained in these handouts or simple learn a new skill. The editing part of the project could be easily used by any movie maker within the workplace. These skills could be used to contour the movies that are being made into more cohesive pieces of art. The saving portion of iMovie can be used by anyone who is making any piece of art or creating a new art. The save feature is typically found in the same place in every different type of media, so if an individual masters iMovie's save feature they will likely be able to use it in any form of media. Importing media can definitely be used by movie makers as it connects the bridge between the filming of the media to be used, and the use of the media within iMovie.
I am very proud of the fact that I was able to make three cohesive hand outs that can be used in any work place. I was very anxious about the project as I was unsure I would be able to make a handout that can be easily read and used by anyone, however I believe that I did a good job on it. I have seen handouts before within work places and believe that my hand out can match up with these hand outs. One thing I wish I had time to further expand on is the visual pieces within the hand out. In order to make the hand outs easily readable I believe that more visuals would definitely have helped. The one thing I got stuck on within the project was being unable to think of the different features within iMovie that I could feature within the hand out. In order to compensate I believe that I made documents that were pertinent to the key features that anyone would need to use iMovie. If someone was to read these documents flat out, they would be able to use iMovie's basic features. I overcame this problem by planning and organizing my project into separate, distinctive parts that made it cohesive.
The technologies that I used for this assignment was Google Drive, Dropbox, iMovie, and Microsoft Word. They were the appropriate technologies that I needed in order to complete this project as I didn't need any new technology to make the hand outs. I had already known how to use most of these technologies, however I did not know how to edit the visuals that I was using in the project. I hope to be able to learn how to use iMovie in depth and create a movie as I have always had ambitions to be a movie maker. I would definitely use iMovie in order to create a movie for a project or to simply try my luck at being a film maker. One course outcome that I believe I worked towards in this assignment was being able to use key rhetorical concepts to analyze and compose a technical text. I found that I worked towards this course outcome when I was proofreading and editing my projects. Another course outcome that I worked towards was being able to critique and analyze different multimedia texts with technical content, I worked on this when I was proofreading two of my peer's essays and evaluating them for consistency and grammar. The last course outcome that I worked towards was being able to classify and attend to ethical responsibilities of technical writing by reading our assigned textbook and contouring my project accordingly. I tried to include all the correct grammar rules and writing tips in my project when I was rewriting it. One personal goal I worked on was being able to reflect on my writing and develop a new style of writing, which is technical writing. I did so by creating this manual and making it cohesive. I learned that I am a good technical writer, however I need to plan out my thoughts beforehand so I don't get overwhelmed. If I do so, I have the ability to create a great piece of technical writing.
The purpose of this assignment was to create an informational manual that could be used industrially to give cohesive, easily readable instructions to a group of students. The specific audience for this project was an industry, or a work place in which the media device could be use readily. Ideally the manual would be printed as a hand out and would be stapled on walls around a work place. In case anyone needs to refresh themselves of the information contained in these handouts or simple learn a new skill. The editing part of the project could be easily used by any movie maker within the workplace. These skills could be used to contour the movies that are being made into more cohesive pieces of art. The saving portion of iMovie can be used by anyone who is making any piece of art or creating a new art. The save feature is typically found in the same place in every different type of media, so if an individual masters iMovie's save feature they will likely be able to use it in any form of media. Importing media can definitely be used by movie makers as it connects the bridge between the filming of the media to be used, and the use of the media within iMovie.
I am very proud of the fact that I was able to make three cohesive hand outs that can be used in any work place. I was very anxious about the project as I was unsure I would be able to make a handout that can be easily read and used by anyone, however I believe that I did a good job on it. I have seen handouts before within work places and believe that my hand out can match up with these hand outs. One thing I wish I had time to further expand on is the visual pieces within the hand out. In order to make the hand outs easily readable I believe that more visuals would definitely have helped. The one thing I got stuck on within the project was being unable to think of the different features within iMovie that I could feature within the hand out. In order to compensate I believe that I made documents that were pertinent to the key features that anyone would need to use iMovie. If someone was to read these documents flat out, they would be able to use iMovie's basic features. I overcame this problem by planning and organizing my project into separate, distinctive parts that made it cohesive.
The technologies that I used for this assignment was Google Drive, Dropbox, iMovie, and Microsoft Word. They were the appropriate technologies that I needed in order to complete this project as I didn't need any new technology to make the hand outs. I had already known how to use most of these technologies, however I did not know how to edit the visuals that I was using in the project. I hope to be able to learn how to use iMovie in depth and create a movie as I have always had ambitions to be a movie maker. I would definitely use iMovie in order to create a movie for a project or to simply try my luck at being a film maker. One course outcome that I believe I worked towards in this assignment was being able to use key rhetorical concepts to analyze and compose a technical text. I found that I worked towards this course outcome when I was proofreading and editing my projects. Another course outcome that I worked towards was being able to critique and analyze different multimedia texts with technical content, I worked on this when I was proofreading two of my peer's essays and evaluating them for consistency and grammar. The last course outcome that I worked towards was being able to classify and attend to ethical responsibilities of technical writing by reading our assigned textbook and contouring my project accordingly. I tried to include all the correct grammar rules and writing tips in my project when I was rewriting it. One personal goal I worked on was being able to reflect on my writing and develop a new style of writing, which is technical writing. I did so by creating this manual and making it cohesive. I learned that I am a good technical writer, however I need to plan out my thoughts beforehand so I don't get overwhelmed. If I do so, I have the ability to create a great piece of technical writing.
DD5HW2 Proofreading
I focused on the grammar category of editing while I was editing my draft. I found that the correct use of grammar, whilst avoiding sentence fragments, can really add to the cohesiveness of the media. In addition, I found that the removing ambiguity from the manual would help the reader understand exactly what the writer is referring to. In order to do so, I made sure to bold the necessary elements of the manual, separate the manual into distinctive steps, and make it reader friendly.
DD5HW1 Emphasis
By revising my own draft, I found that I need to be more coherent with my ideas and thoughts in my project. In addition, I found that in order for my project to be more informative, I would need to make it more organized and informational. By adding clear titles, pictures and headings, I made the draft mores coherent and easily understandable.
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
DD4HW3 Reflect on PR
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m16lD1_QnYOBKonV22N_1mySqeRlrMmDyd9W2tE0POY/edit
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QYiLgELERVSy9ggSjiL31ZdIlLlBuOWCvv6WCMfRW-Y/edit
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LqXftV2GcwumZjIjHc_m0ajvypt5KGo1tGoDO5bCTf0/edit
By reading and reflecting on this draft, I was able to understand the different organizational ways that a handout can be written. In addition, I learned of the simple grammatical errors that are possible within a literary piece unbeknownst to the writer.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KLJik5jeJghb-AIdhDezQc-kiHf0pIJKRcAZ1d49PLc/edit
By reading this draft, I was able to realize the purpose of visual aid in media. Without media, it is difficult for the reader to completely understand the directions and follow them to the dot. In addition, I was able to understand how succinct a handout could get, with organization it is possible to make the handout more aesthetic and informative.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KLJik5jeJghb-AIdhDezQc-kiHf0pIJKRcAZ1d49PLc/edit
By reading this draft, I was able to realize the purpose of visual aid in media. Without media, it is difficult for the reader to completely understand the directions and follow them to the dot. In addition, I was able to understand how succinct a handout could get, with organization it is possible to make the handout more aesthetic and informative.
Monday, October 24, 2016
DD4HW5 Plan Design Revisions
I will be revising my instructional documents in an array of manners. In order to make the document more accessible and professional, I will be aligning the visual aids and the instructions to be clear. In addition, I will be using contrast to show the possibilities available within iMovie, for example, if you don't want to do "x," you can do "y." I don't believe I will be using chunking, however filtering could be useful when giving instructions. Often it is helpful to show exactly "what" a consumer can do with the available options in a media. In addition, the layout of the paper would be very useful tool to utilize while organizing the handout. I could possibly lay out the paper in a way that makes the instructions easily readable by anyone. I believe that the typography is fine, it does not need much alteration as it is clear and can be accessible by anyone. The titles/headings seem fine, but I could use more headings to make the paper more organized.
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