SCC's W4W

Partners in learning with students in SCC’s BT 274 Writing for the Web course

[Spokane Colleges @SpokaneColleges]

“We want prospective students and community members to recognize the college is current and progressive with what we’re doing,” President Brockbank said. “The clock tower needs a little updating for that reason.”

https://t.co/8fIKdVXQQn

[SCC's W4W @SCCW4W]

Unnecessary quotation marks: annoying or adorable? https://t.co/x5LjbX9BU4

[Center for Plain Language @plain_language]

Leave your plain language version of this sentence in the comments #MakeItClear #CenterForPlainLanguage

[Slate @Slate]

The print edition of Wired Style is a strange anachronism, a spiral-bound, lime-green-and-black bible of emergent nerd speak. https://t.co/XwJvy2e53Y

[Plain English Fdn @PlainEnglishAus]

The @PlainEngAwards are back for 2021. Entries open tomorrow to celebrate New Zealand 'wordsmiths who do their best to ensure that you understand documents like your car insurance policy ... and the terms and conditions from your mobile service provider’.
https://t.co/JqslobQRJZ

[SCC's W4W @SCCW4W]

#Irregardless as a word? #Malarkey!
https://t.co/KIaZyByItk

[SCC's W4W @SCCW4W]

I don't care much what they call it as long as they use it.

[Carol Saller @SubvCopyEd]

Why Oxford (not Chicago) gets to claim the serial comma - it's not the slam-dunk you might expect!

[SCC's W4W @SCCW4W]

In this context, can we use "design" and "content" interchangeably?

[Nielsen Norman Group @NNgroup]

Don't Listen to the Customers https://t.co/UPXCJVetya The first rule of #UX design is: don't base the product on what customers *say* they want. You must watch what people actually *do* when using your design.

[SCC's W4W @SCCW4W]

Author Interview: Dennis Baron On 'What's Your Pronoun?' https://t.co/kWoUWXPCXQ

[SCC's W4W @SCCW4W]

What do you think?

[The Guardian @guardian]

The pedants’ pedant: why the Apostrophe Protection Society has closed in disgust https://t.co/rfi6SL36QR

[SCC's W4W @SCCW4W]

Wow. Important to remember that we all walk in different shoes, and we don't always know what the other person's shoes feel like. Read the thread.

[Kimberly D. Manning, MD, MACP @gradydoctor]

1/
Last Sunday afternoon, I was riding in the car with my 12-year-old son. Just us 2, riding to our (super casual) church. And talking about his first week of school.

Best part: Seeing his friends.
Worst part: Having to wake up early again.

All of it was super normal.

Yup.

[SCC's W4W @SCCW4W]

This is important wisdom for all writers!

[Legal Writing Editor @legalwritinged]

I recently re-read a law-review article that I wrote in the early 2000s. I wasn't that good of a writer. The lesson is that becoming a decent writer is a lifelong process. You always can get better. Younger writers should never get discouraged.

[SCC's W4W @SCCW4W]

Metacognitive web writing:
Thinking about and using the concepts you are writing about while you are writing (yes, I sort of made it up). It's interesting how much web-writing advice doesn't take its own advice.

[SCC's W4W @SCCW4W]

Headings in Twitter
Yes, you can use simple returns to create short, effective headings for your tweets. Headings can grab the attention of readers and introduce content.

[PlainLanguage.gov @govplainlang]

Global work teams are popular in many organizations.
Using #plainlanguage helps to ensure effective collaboration and clear communication across cultures. https://t.co/N11bGMdXF3

[SCC's W4W @SCCW4W]

Evolving language. . .

[SCC's W4W @SCCW4W]

This is a great site for reviewing grammar and punctuation. She boils it down to the important concepts and describes it in plain language.

[Elizabeth O'Brien @GrammarROCKS]

Can you tell from my examples that my friends have a new baby? 😂 The parts of speech are categories that we can use to sort our words. Once you understand these, it's easier to understand more complex components of grammar. https://t.co/CHaX3jNdkF

[SCC's W4W @SCCW4W]

Forms are everywhere on the web. Just think of how often you "fill in the blanks" on the web to get something or sign up for something.

[PlainLanguage.gov @govplainlang]

“How to Design a Better Form,” a YouTube video (43 minutes) of Caroline Jarrett’s #plainlanguage presentation earlier this month. https://t.co/JUaZ0KBohl

[SCC's W4W @SCCW4W]

This should be interesting! Wonder how it plays with the scientists who wrote the papers. . .

[Center for Plain Language @plain_language]

A team of scientists at MIT has developed a form of artificial intelligence (AI), that can read scientific papers and render a plain-English summary in a sentence or two.

https://t.co/8R6lS6X18L #plainlanguage #AI

[SCC's W4W @SCCW4W]

@WalakaEarth2 Thought you might enjoy this.