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Blog Post #5

 What I've learned about developing a research study is that it takes a lot of time and planning. It's not just something that you can come up with the day before it's due. Time management and planning out what you're going to do, how, and when is so important. It's taught me that I cannot be the procrastinator that I've always been. I've just been getting by by the skin of my teeth by doing everything last minute. I need to start planning and time managing better.
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Blog Post #4

 After looking at Dr. B's edits on my literature review, I realize that there are some things that I will need to revisit and relearn. I feel like sometimes, as a senior English major, let alone a Prof Tech major, I get cocky and proud about my writing. It's humbling to realize that there will always be something to work on. In my case, I may need to review my in-text citations and do a better job at reviewing my own work for grammar errors. Moving forward, I think these will all be very simple and easy fixes that make my paper stronger. I look forward to seeing where I can take this paper through the Research Proposal and finally, my capstone project.

Blog Post #3

 For my research project, I decided to discuss how document design is related to technical writing. I wanted to focus on the CRAP principles (contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity) as well as how readability, accessibility, and usability tie into it all. When researching this topic, I mostly found articles on how the CRAP principles are related to graphic design rather than writing itself. I felt that if I wanted more technical writing focused research, I had to look for google sources rather than sources from our school's data base. I think the research gap could be more focused on how design is applicable to writers as it is to designers. We've moved into a digital era where hardly anything is print based. Document design has become very important to writers, and I think that that should be reflected more in studies.

Blog Post #2

For this project, I would really like to discuss how document design can be beneficial to technical writers. I would like to talk about the CRAP principles and the importance of cohesive work.  DISCLAIMER: My sources come up redacted when I publish them for some reason, so my sources will be located in the comments section.

Research Topics

 As of right now, I am not currently set on a specific topic, but something I think that I might like to pursue is the effects of good and bad document design. In one of my previous courses, we discussed the importance of the CRAP principles: Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, and Proximity. I would like to delve deeper into why these principles are so important in design and how they can be beneficial to technical writers.