the encouragement lounge: Edit your own work

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Edit your own work - read your paper out loud

Ok, so you don't have to be a rock star and grab a microphone. However, reading your paper out loud will help you edit more effectively.

You will feel a little self-conscious at first! The first time I tried this, my dog was laying nearby and he was snoring by the second paragraph! However stick with it. Reading the paper out loud will help you "hear" mistakes that you won't catch when you read the paper silently.

Keep at it!

Harriet

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Working adult students, on my mind...

I hope this blog will be helpful to friends and others involved in a variety of endeavors. However, I created the blog with students in mind and continue to develop it with that specific group as my focus.

I believe that with the increase in evening, weekend, and low-residency programs, students are working more and more in isolation. If we were all full-time students on campus, we would have the informal support that comes with being able to go down the hall and talk with a colleague, etc. But instead, we are working late nights and weekends at home in front of the laptop.

With that in mind, I hope the encouragement lounge provides brief moments of respite and energizing connection. This does not at all replace valuable face-to-face contact. Many aspects of the academic journey can only be addressed via in-depth conversations with colleagues and teachers. And I would always rather sit down and talk with someone than to communicate online. Nonetheless, my aim is to give you one more channel for quick hits of support.