Category: TECM 5190 Blog Posts

  • A Reflection on Style in Technical Writing

    How did the use of an AI tool influence your approach to graded work in the course? Explain. I’ve used AI in past courses, but I liked learning new prompting techniques and seeing the AI’s different responses. I don’t think the tool influenced my approach to graded work that much, but I can see myself…

  • The Sliding Scales of Tone of Voice

    What did you read or watch that surprised, delighted or disappointed you? Why? There was a lot of useful material in these past two weeks that helped me understand switching up the tone of voice in a piece of writing. In particular, the video called “The Four Dimensions of Tone of Voice” was extremely helpful…

  • Learning Language Basics and Variations

    What did you read or watch that surprised, delighted or disappointed you? Why? This week, I was delighted to read the article “Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate.” I find it interesting to think about how as time goes on, languages change, and people resist those changes. I can imagine that it’s…