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Hello Everyone, My name is Shajia Khan . I am a student of Technical
Communication, Seneca College, Toronto. From the January 2009 till April 2009 I
will have my co-op semester and I am planning to work with Fedora project in
the area of documentation writing and editing to gain my co-op experience. My educational background is basically in English. I have
done my bachelors in English language and literature. Then I worked as a news
paper reporter for a while and then worked as language teacher in middle
school. After that, I did my M.A. in Applied Linguistics from Carleton
University, Ottawa. I worked for a linguistic consultant for a company in
Calgary for a year. I worked as a teacher in various educational settings. Then
I enrolled in Seneca College to make a career change. I am planning to become a
technical writer because I believe as a teacher my main object was to convey
complex ideas to my students in simple terms. Here as a technical writer I will
be doing the same. I have summed up my experiences and knowledge which will
bring result to Fedora project: My working experience as a writer: I wrote in news
paper articles. As a teacher I wrote handouts, course outlines and even
teaching units which are very similar to the technical documents. My experience in editing: As a teacher I had to
review my students writing and help them to write in correct English. Moreover
the course in Editing and Style in Seneca had brushed up those editing skills
and taught me some tools especially on how to edit in an electronic document. The technical know -how: The technical communication
course in Seneca taught me some key concept in documentation. For example, task
analysis, user analysis, writing a procedure, technical description, technical
specification, software lifecycle etc. It will enable me to be familiarized in
the term. Communication Skills: As I mentioned earlier, as a
teacher my key responsibility was to explain complex ideas into simple terms. I
believe that is very crucial when someone works as a technical writer. I will be able to work full time for Fedora, so I am looking
for lots and lots of works! Regards Shajia |
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