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The
following list represents online sources of information
that may be of use to technical communicators and people
interested in becoming technical communicators. Some of
the sites represented provide online tutorials or other
educational material, others provide reference material,
while others are directed toward technical communication
educators.
The Socitey for Technical Communication, the Southern Arizona
chapter of the STC, and its members provide this list as
a service. We are not affiliated with any of the sites listed,
unless they are specifically identified as STC sites, and
we cannot verify that any or all of the information provided
on these sites is correct and accurate.
Links
A description is provided for each link listed. Text in
quotation marks indicates that the description used is that
of the site author. For example, if a site contained descriptive
text, such as "The Technical Writer's Online Resource,"
and we used that phrase in our description, the phrase will
be shown in quotation marks.
Winwriters:
Resource Page
http://www.winwriters.com/resource.htm
- The Winwriters resource page offers links to many useful
sites.
Lynda.com
www.lynda.com -
Lynda.com is the professional site of Lynda Weinman, an
author, designer, animator and teacher. She has written
several books on graphics, graphic design, and Web publishing.
Her web site includes tips, downloads, links and Web-safe
color charts by hue or value, a subscription-based online
movie library, and a newsletter. You can also get information
about training CDs and classes offered by Lynda Weinman
and her associates.
Digitext
www.digitext.co.uk
- "Digitext is Europe's leading provider of online Help
services. It provides services and skills to help any organisation
design and distribute online information for users of IT
systems." Digitext offers brief online articles on new help
technologies and trends in online help, and their web site
advertises that they are in the process of expanding their
online offerings. You can get information about the Online
Help Conference - Europe 2002, sponsored by Digitext, and
about training sessions offered by Digitext.
San Diego State University
Center for Learning, Technology & Performance Technologies
"Welcome to Tools, Templates, & Training"
http://edwebiii.sdsu.edu/T3/index.html
- "The T3 Institute is designed to provide you with some
'best practices' for online teaching and learning, along
with some tools and templates to implement those strategies."
The material presented at this site is a portion of an online
workshop for the CSU Virtual University faculty, designed
to help them design and implement online courses.
The Studio of Saul Carliner
http://saulcarliner.home.att.net/
- "Saul Carliner is an internationally known expert on e-learning,
information design, and technical communication….Saul is
also an assistant professor of information design at Bentley
College in Waltham, Massachusetts. He teaches courses on
content development, visual communication, performance support
and agent-based systems, and e-learning. His research focuses
on the models, processes, and techniques of information
design, and the metrics used to assess content design and
development." Saul Carliner's website provides a wealth
of information about technical communication and content
development, with several online articles. You can also
get information seminars and workshops Saul Carliner offers,
about his academic classes, and about his consulting services.
STC - Practical Communication Committee
http://www.stcregion.org/pcc/index.html
- "As part of STC's Academic and Research programs, the
Practical Communication Committee was created to link STC
with high school educators." Mission Statement: "Explore,
develop, and coordinate programs with schools, agencies,
and STC chapters to help high school teachers develop and
use functional, practical writing curricula."
STC - Academic Programs
http://www.stc.org/academic.html
- The Academic Programs page on STC's web site offers information
about and links to the STC's student competitions, the honorary
fraternities Alpha Sigma (AS) and Sigma Tau Chi (STX), and
the STC's Academic Programs Database, which provides a worldwide
list of academic programs related to technical communication.
Writer's Resource Center
http://poewar.com/
- The Writer's Resource Center is a general purpose site
offering articles and links of use to all writers, including
technical writers. The article topics include the business
of being a writer, fiction, and non-fiction.
About.com
http://about.com/ -
About.com provides information on specific subjects which
include computer software and hardware. They also have information
on more general topics, such as freelance writing. Articles
highlighted on their Freelance Writing page on May 9, 2002
put Technical Writing in the spotlight and included an overview
of the field, "What's Your Purpose?", and "Cyberspace, Copyrights
and Carelessness."
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