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Teaching Engineering Students to Make Presentations to Lay Audiences. Deborah M. Sinnreich-Levi Stevens Institute of Technology. Topics & exercises from earlier incarnations of the writing workshop. Why do we write? To move, to please, to teach Diction for different audiences
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Teaching Engineering Students to Make Presentations to Lay Audiences Deborah M. Sinnreich-Levi Stevens Institute of Technology
Topics & exercises from earlier incarnations of the writing workshop • Why do we write? • To move, to please, to teach • Diction for different audiences • Editing exercise – grammar focused • Editing exercise – technical writing • Brainstorming techniques • Peter Elbow free writing, “balloon” outlines • Using Gantt charts to plan projects • Abstracts Sinnreich-Levi ASEE 2010
Samples of workshop topics we offer now. Sinnreich-Levi ASEE 2010
Dramatic examples make an impression on students. Early in a slide deck this slide is discussed. Then the facilitator asks about the effectiveness of an earlier slide. Sinnreich-Levi ASEE 2010
Students are offered many examples for discussion and contrast. And even stating what should be obvious serves useful purpose. Sinnreich-Levi ASEE 2010