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Transcript of 01 class overview_2012
““Learning should be sweet.” Learning should be sweet.”
- Old Jewish Tradition- Old Jewish Tradition
The tradition of learning the Hebrew alphabet gives an example of how one can instill a thirst for learning early by giving rewards for such behavior. Jewish boys in the 18th century were given slates with the Hebrew alphabet written on them, each letter coated with honey. The boy licked off the honey and learned the letters – learning was made “sweet” in a concrete fashion.
IntroductionIntroduction
“What is written without effort is read in general without pleasure.”
- Samuel Johnson
“Position yourself as a well –respected member of your writing communities.”
My Goals for YouMy Goals for YouUnderstand academic writingPractice strategies and techniques of good writers
Learn to write easily, fast, and smartly
Practice common structuresTarget individual areas most critical for improvement
Evaluate, revise, edit and proofread
Your GoalsYour Goals
Write down 2 – 3 goals that you have for improving your writing in this class.
1. 2. 3.
Writing AssignmentsWriting Assignments
Research Interest StatementBiographical StatementSummaryResearch Interest EssayProblem/SolutionComparativeCommentary
How to Do Well in this How to Do Well in this ClassClassArrive on time (8:30am) Complete all assignments on time.
Participate in class discussions.Practice the process of writing (writing & rewriting).
Enjoy the class.Stay awake in class! Bring coffee or tea, and something sweet.
Today’s Class: Today’s Class: Understanding Academic Understanding Academic
WritingWritingAssumptions
CulturalIndividualWriting Communities
Insider or Outsider?Targeting Audience (your readers)
Assumptions about the Diagram: Assumptions about the Diagram: Cultural Writing PatternsCultural Writing Patterns
DIRECT: Do you state the purpose and then prove your claim with details?
English
Parallel: Is one idea more important than another, or are they parallel?
Parallel
Circular: Do you avoid expressing the point directly?
Circular
Digressive: Do you change focus frequently with details?
Digressive
What individual assumptions What individual assumptions do you have about good do you have about good
writing? writing? Cultural Pattern
Does one suit you? Which one? Audience
Who are your readers? Purpose
How should you make a claim or thesis? Organization
How should you order your text?
Writing Communities & Writing Communities & Sharing Assumptions and Sharing Assumptions and
BeliefsBeliefsA writing community is made A writing community is made up of a group of writers who up of a group of writers who share the basic assumptions share the basic assumptions or beliefs about the qualities or beliefs about the qualities of effective writing.of effective writing.
Meet with a classmate and share Meet with a classmate and share similarities and differences in your similarities and differences in your academic writing community or field of academic writing community or field of study. Compare cultural patterns, study. Compare cultural patterns, audience, purpose and organization.audience, purpose and organization.
Understanding the assumptions or beliefs about writing in a community of writers will help you target your audience and will position you in that community as an “insider.”
Let’s test YOUR assumptions about writing for
a general English-speaking audience. Refer to IAW, p.3.
Testing your Testing your Assumptions: Insider or Assumptions: Insider or
Outsider?Outsider?
Communities of discourseCommunities of discourse The wider the circle, the more people you The wider the circle, the more people you
reach.reach.
From Inside Academic Writing (2010) by Grace Canseco, U of Michigan Press
Which circle is easier to write for?
Why?
“The moment we write, we become part of a writing community. Do we do it as insiders or outsiders?”
Arthur Books and Peter Grundy
General and Field Expert General and Field Expert ReadersReaders
Type of Reader(s) ?
AbstractBio
statement/briefCover letterThesis/disserationEmailEssayGrantLab reportResumeProposalArticle
Math PhD: Julianne Chung Math PhD: Julianne Chung Writes for Writes for
FERs and General ReadersFERs and General Readers
Senior Thesis (Undergrad): Emory University
Filtering Methods for Image Restoration
Fellowship Text Published by the Department of Energy’s Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Annual Essay Contest
Making Blurry Images a Thing of the Past
Filtering Methods for Image Filtering Methods for Image RestorationsRestorations
Filtering Methods for Image Restoration
(field-specific vocabulary)
Image restoration is the process of removing blur and noise from degraded images to recover an approximation of the original image. This field of imaging technology is becoming increasingly significant in many scientific applications such as astronomy1,2,8, medical imaging, military, surveillance 1,16, iris scanning 13, microscopy 9,13 and video communication technologies 1,13 (1/situates research). For example, scientists use long-range telescopes to obtain pictures of distant stars and planets. However, due to the distortion caused by the earth’s atmosphere and the random interfering light rays coming from various sources, astronomers receive blurred images, such as that shown in Figure 1.1.
Strategies to Engage Field-Strategies to Engage Field-Expert ReadersExpert Readers
Focus readers to field-specific title
Situate thesis with past and current research
Use field-specific vocabulary Insert charts and data
Award-Winning Research Essay Award-Winning Research Essay for General Readersfor General Readers
“My primary research is in image restoration -- specifically, medical imaging applications. I really enjoyed writing this essay because it challenged me to think about my research from a different perspective. I learned to be more creative and concise in my explanations, so that technical concepts don’t seem so daunting.” - Julianne Chung Julianne Chung, essay
contest winner (Dept. of Energy), former graduate student in the math department, pursuing a Ph.D. in computational mathematics.
Text Analysis: General Text Analysis: General Readers Readers (Julianne’s Research Essay)(Julianne’s Research Essay)
Making Blurry Images a Thing of the PastMy family loves to take pictures. We see stars on Christmas Eve,
not from the twinkling night sky, but from the hundreds of flashes coming from my mom’s and aunt’s 35 mm cameras. When asked why they take so many pictures, they always respond, “Just in case some of them don’t turn out.”
Nowadays, the convenience of digital cameras allows us to immediately see our picture and take another if we are unsatisfied. But what if it costs $5,000 to take one picture? Would you pay another $5,000 if the picture was blurry or contaminated with specks of dust? Instead, I think With the help of advanced mathematics and high-performance computers, researchers are finding new ways to take the blur out of images.
A typical medical image has a grid of 256 pixels by 256 pixels, giving a total of 65,536 pixels in the image. That’s equivalent to the seating capacity of a large football stadium.
Strategies for General Strategies for General ReadersReadersCreative and interesting title
Making Blurry Images a Thing of the Past
Humanizes the research for less informed readers
Find an example from pages 13-15 (IAW)
Creates a visual to show researchFind an example from pages 13-15 (IAW)
Uses non-technical vocabulary Find an example from pages 13-15 (IAW)
Strategy ExamplesStrategy Examples
Humanizes: when asked why they take pictures, they always respond…
Creates Visual: If you take a picture of a fast moving car, you may see lines and strokes in the image.
Vocabulary: Non-Technical: Blurring images; a medical image from a device called a PET scanTechnical: cubic phase mask; 3D volumetric tuned-aperture computed tomography (TACT) reconstruction
The Assignment: Writing to General The Assignment: Writing to General Readers about Your Research Readers about Your Research Connected to the EnvironmentConnected to the Environment
Post a paragraph on the class blog introducing a research area related to your field that promises hope for improving or sustaining the environment. Your readers will be GENERAL.
Write for the Earth Write for the Earth (our class green (our class green writing space): writing space):
http://canseco510.wordpresss.comhttp://canseco510.wordpresss.com
Preparing for the AssignmentPreparing for the AssignmentWhatWhat does the interviewer mean by asking for does the interviewer mean by asking for
someone with a “low carbon footprint”?someone with a “low carbon footprint”?
Determine your Carbon Determine your Carbon Footprint and Write about It.Footprint and Write about It.
Read the blog post “Emory as Place” (http://510canseco.wordpress.com)
Think about what sustainability means to you and your field of study.
Select an area of research that could improve the carbon footprint on the earth. Post your paragraph under the “comments” on the blog.
