Non Satis Scire: 1.5

Before you write your first report, let's take a minute and look at a few tools that can help you with your writing. Please read this online article: https://zapier.com/blog/writing-editing-apps/

Instead of a quiz for this reading, I would like you to try one or two of the apps and tell us about your experience. My favorite is "Hemingway." The app is $9.99 and is limited to the five kinds of edits listed in the image in the article, but those are the editing problems that I wrestle with in my own writing. I won't require you to spend any money here, but I want you to try a few of the free apps and tell me about your experience using them. Do you think they will help your writing?

On the next page, there is a discussion forum instead of a quiz. Participation in it is worth 10 points.

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About Jo

I have been a technical writer since 1998. In 2006 I went back to school for some re-training, and I'm still here--but now I'm an instructor. I earned a master's degree in Instructional Technology, then earned a second masters in Technical Communication at Utah State University.

Vygotsky talks about learning occurring in the Zone of Proximal Development, and that's where I find myself residing. It is far outside my comfort zone, but it's where I grow best. It provides the light and nutrients needed for life -- MY life. It feeds my mind and nurtures my soul. I'm not sure why my soul needs prickly, hard-to-digest nutrients, but apparently it does.

I have always been interested in the ways people find to put theory into action. So often we learn the theory behind something, only to find that real-world constraints like budget and schedule make implementation impossible. There are people, however, who are able to find ways to use theory despite the exigencies of reality, and I love to learn from them. I admire them and hope to emulate them professionally.