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Hi Karen!
Thanks for the input. I looked at the program that Brooklyn College offers
and it looks very good. I taught a certificate program at a state
university, and I think Brooklyn's program compared very well, and even
provided a few extras like the resume assistance.
I will pass this on to my friend. Again, thanks for the input. It's always
good to hear from someone who has completed the program.
PT
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Karen Graziano <kmgraziano03 -at- yahoo -dot- com>wrote:
> I live in upstate NY, and I completed the Brooklyn College online TW cert
> program. I thought it was good, and well worth the time and cost. I did do
> some online "shopping" for TW programs prior to deciding on Brooklyn
> College. I thought it provided the most "bang for the buck". (BTW, because
> this is an online program there is nothing that really "limits" it to NYC.
> The instructor I worked with was based in Austin, TX.)
>
> I'm currently a network administrator and use what I've learned in the cert
> program in preparing disaster recovery and help desk documents.
>
> Regards,
> Karen G
>
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> To: Ben Bristow <btbris -at- gmail -dot- com>
> Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Sent: Tuesday, August 5, 2008 10:06:38 AM
> Subject: Re: Input wanted about online certificate programs
>
> Hi Whirlers:
>
> Did anyone ever address this poster's question? I am doing some research
> for
> a friend in the situation--she has a small child and needs an online
> program
> for technical writing that she can work in between family duties and a
> sales
> job.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -- PT
>
> On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 4:27 PM, Ben Bristow <btbris -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I'm planning to career-change into tech writing. I have an BA in English,
> > and a work background in legal writing and legal software administration.
> > What I don't yet have is the necessary baseline of skills, or a
> portfolio.
> > Essentially I need to rebrand myself, and I would like to do it with a
> > certificate program. I live in NYC, and there is only one program here:
> the
> > one at Brooklyn College. Since it is online-only, I feel like I might as
> > well broaden the search to *all* online tech writing programs (there's no
> > geographic benefit to be gained as a New Yorker).
> >
> > So does anyone have suggestions? Maybe someone was in my situation a few
> > years ago, did a certification, and was able to break in? I've got names
> > and
> > names from looking through old posts, but what I don't have is any method
> > of
> > differentiating between them. I want a program that can give me the
> skills
> > I
> > need in a practical sense; a more academic education in tech writing
> > strikes
> > me as being useful, but not as useful. I would also love to be able to
> earn
> > credit towards a future master's (this is the one thing that the Brooklyn
> > College program does not offer). And for that matter, has anyone done
> that
> > program? It is amazingly inexpensive, but I don't know what sort of
> > reputation it has.
> >
> > Thanks in advance and great list,
> >
> > -- Ben
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