Roger Munger

Including Service Learning in the Tech-Comm Course

Roger Munger — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:54:25 PST

On the Write Track: 21 Strategies to Prepare Clear & Accurate Documentation

Roger Munger — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:54:22 PST

Temporal Analysis: A Primer Exemplified by a Case from Prehospital Care

C. Geisler et al. — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:54:19 PST

Designed to Succeed: Strategies for Building an Effective Proposal Management Internship Program

Roger Munger — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:54:16 PST

Powerful Presentations: PowerPoint Tips to Help You Deliver Understandable, Memorable Presentations

Roger Munger — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:54:13 PST

Green Writing Curriculum: Showing Your Students How to Make a Difference

Roger Munger — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:54:10 PST

A growing group of green writers are persuading people to change their thinking and their behaviors for the benefit of our planet and its inhabitants. Adding a green writing assignment, unit, or course to your curriculum, the author argues, is an excellent strategy for showing students how their writing can make a difference in their community. This article discusses the design of a green writing course and offers suggestions for incorporating a green writing component in your discipline-specific courses.

Information Design: Strategies to Make Your Proposal Reader Friendly

Roger Munger — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:54:07 PST

Addressing Plagiarism in a Technical Communication Course

Roger Munger — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:27:22 PDT

The Green Communicator: Eco-Friendly Practices for the Small Business Office

Roger Munger — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:27:20 PDT

Workplace-Classroom Collaborations: A Role for Service Learning in Proposal Development

Roger Munger — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:27:17 PDT

Preparing Future Leaders: Project-Management Strategies for Service Learning

Roger Munger et al. — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:27:14 PDT

This article makes a case for teaching project management strategies in service-learning courses. The authors describe three specific documents students can create to help them manage a service-learning project and then present strategies that can help students manage their project teams. Such skills, the authors argue, provide the tools students need to lead more effectively, both in the classroom and in the workplace.

Extending a Hand to Our Stakeholders: Examining the Risks of Service-Learning Courses in Technical Communication Programs

Roger Munger — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:47:43 PDT

Service learning classes in their various conceptions seem an excellent environment conducive to teaching our students sound technical communication principles. The essence of service-learning classes is the organized linking of academic study, community service, and reflection. Service-learning classes, thus, seem ideal for students to learn communication skills and gain valuable workplace experience. Moreover, through service-learning classes, technical communication programs can meet the needs of a particular community and establish strong relationships with various stakeholders. However, before we completely embrace service-learning pedagogies, we need to consider more fully the consequences. Without careful planning and supervision, service-learning courses place our programs, faculty, students, and stakeholders at risk.

Participating in a Technical Communication Internship

Roger Munger — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:47:42 PDT

Academic internships have long been an important component of many students' college education. Although internship programs have been around for over a century at some colleges, the importance of the academic internship has increased significantly in the past few years (Coco 2000). Employers today are seeking to hire people who can jump into a position and make an immediate contribution. They expect new hires to not only have a solid academic background but also workplace experience related to their profession. Students who have both are in demand.

The Tenure and Promotion Process: STC Opportunities Available and Missing

Roger Munger — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:47:41 PDT

Green Printing: A Guide to Environmentally Responsible Printing

Roger Munger — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:47:40 PDT

Pressure from various green organizations (such as the Forest Stewardship Council and ForestEthics), government agencies, and environmentally aware consumers combined with the development of new vegetable-based materials have resulted in the availability of several alternatives to petroleum-derived chemicals for printing and paper made from wood pulp. These alternatives are increasingly price-competitive and a bargain when all costs to our environment are considered. Whether you print documents from your desktop computer or regularly contract with a printing company to produce 100,000 annual reports, user guides, or newsletters, you now have environmentally responsible printing choices. Such choices offer your company an opportunity to reduce its environmental footprint and favorably position itself in the growing Green Market. As a technical communicator, you can also feel better about your work product. This tutorial describes some of the business benefits of going green and outlines the choices that you can make when you print documents, from choosing an environmentally responsible print company to selecting vegetable-based inks and recycled or alternative paper. Even if your organization rarely produces paper-based documents for its customers, you likely can still reduce your office's paper consumption. This tutorial tells you how.

Service Learning in the Technical Communication Course

Roger Munger et al. — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:47:39 PDT

Updating Your Training Materials

Lori L. Pennington et al. — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:47:37 PDT

Using Writing to Make a Difference in Your Community

Roger Munger et al. — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:12:37 PDT

Teaching the Temporal Dimensions of Service-Learning

Roger Munger et al. — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:02:34 PDT

Service-learning, the integration of classroom instruction with community service projects, is rapidly gaining momentum as a successful teaching and learning strategy that benefits both students and their communities. Quick Hits for Service-Learning presents more than 80 examples of innovative curricula, developed by educators in a wide range of disciplines, designed to combine community service with instruction and reflection. Seven chapters offer tips for classroom activities that focus on the education of children and youth; civic awareness, engagement, and activism; language, literature, and communication; global studies and local outreach to exceptional populations; the study of history, the social sciences, and the arts; business, industry, and the health sciences; and the teaching of research and other "tools of the trade." Brimming with ideas that busy faculty members can easily adapt to their own classrooms, this book is a valuable reference for faculty new to the field or seasoned practitioners looking for fresh ideas.

Go Green: Making the Case for Eco-Friendly Printing at Your Organization

Roger Munger — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:19:11 PDT

Relying on 100-percent virgin paper and petroleum-based inks, traditional printing strategies leave a large and damaging ecological footprint on our planet. Green minded consumers concerned about our environment are pressuring businesses to adopt green printing practices and rewarding those who do so with their dollars. The development of new eco-friendly inks, paper, and print processes have made it easier for professional communicators to take their companies in a green direction and print eco-friendly documents. This paper discusses strategies for being an advocate for environmentally responsible printing practices and describes some of the eco-friendly and price-competitive print options now available.