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http://speech-languagepathologist.org

janalexander — Sun, 29 May 2005 16:02:19 GMT

Hi,

Saw your comments. I have heard of speechpaths.com but when I went there it was a hosting site. Maybe they are in the middle of changing hosts. In the mean time I found speech-languagepathologist.org . Check it out as it has many useful resources for SLPs.

It may be what you are looking for.

Best Regards,
Jan

Speechpaths website

www.ellar.com — Tue, 06 Jan 2004 20:58:52 GMT

Hi Matt, thanks for the tip on Speechpaths. I hadn't been there before. Because I am an SLP and write language therapy software for a living, I am constantly looking for more information...on just about everything! If you haven't graduated yet, I hope you will soon...good luck!... Larry

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Christina — Sun, 11 Aug 2002 23:42:49 GMT

The voice is the author the audience is anyone viewing his work. I like it but maybe add what type of work you want to do when you finish your masters. Good job.

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Christina — Sun, 11 Aug 2002 23:41:08 GMT

The voice is the author, the audience is anyone viewing his work. I like it simple, sincere and sweet. I like the added humor to this little note. It makes it lighthearted. Good job.

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Christina — Sun, 11 Aug 2002 23:39:43 GMT

The voice is the author, the audience is anyone viewing his work. I think your preface is straight to the point. It sounds very serious and professional which is important for the overall affect I think you are trying to portray about this subject you researched. Good job.

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CDSenior02 — Mon, 05 Aug 2002 17:34:06 GMT

Voice: Matt
Audience: Whoever is reading his project.
Say back: This piece serves to tell about Matt's topic, why he chose it, and how he developed it.
Bless: I like your disclaimer at the beginning! Kind of reminded me of "names have been changed to protect the innocent"! Ha ha! This part looks really good. You've included info about your project and genres, and you've talked about why this topic means something to you.
Address: Maybe tell a little bit more about each genre. Looks good!

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CDSenior02 — Mon, 05 Aug 2002 17:29:08 GMT

Voice: Matt
Audience: People reading his project
Say back: This piece serves to thank those who have helped him with his project.
Bless: You've got everyone there that need thanked! Looks good to me!
Address: Just one thing...where you thank Mrs McComas, I think it should be "putting forth the effort..." That's all! Good work!

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FranPuig — Mon, 05 Aug 2002 17:27:48 GMT

Voice: Is of Matt himself.
Audience: This piece is intended for anyone who reads his project.
Say back: The author is thanking those who have helped him with his project.
Bless: I think you did a good job of acknowledging those who have helped you.Good Job
Address: You might want to explain how they have helped you.

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CDSenior02 — Mon, 05 Aug 2002 17:26:28 GMT

Voice: Matt
Audience: Anyone looking at his project
Say back: This part is introducing Matt, and telling a little about him.
Bless: You included all the information necessary. Short, sweet, and to the point!
Address: Everything looks good. There's not really anything to change! Great job!

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FranPuig — Mon, 05 Aug 2002 17:21:02 GMT

Voice: is of Matt himself
Audience: This piece is written for anyone who reads his project. This piece is important because it gives information about who he is.
Say Back: The author is telling us about himself.
Bless: I like the way you addressed this section. This section lets me know who you are. Wen reading this section I am able to tell who you are (a student etc.) which is one of the purposes of doing this section. Good Job!!
Address: I think you did a really good job!!

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FranPuig — Mon, 05 Aug 2002 17:16:32 GMT

Voice: Is of Matt himself.
Audience: This piece is written for everyone that reads his project. This piece is important because it gives background information of what his project is about.
say Back: The author is telling us what the MRP project is about. WHy he chose this topic. What he knows about this project and what he hoped to learn while doing this project. He also talked about what genres he was using and how the project will be tied together.
Bless: I really like the way you addressed your preface. I think it is really good and very informative. Good Job!!
Address: I don't think there is anything to address you include a lot in your preface already. GOOD JOB!!

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Christina — Fri, 02 Aug 2002 15:34:20 GMT

The voice is that of an insurance company. The targeted audience is clientele being sought out by this company. Probably a community with people who have a hard time affording therapy their insurance wont cover. I think there is a couple things you should probably include in this presentation. One I would let people know why it is important to have coverage supplemental to their own insurance. In one of your genres you gave the scenario of the woman who couldn't afford her therapy. I think she had an acquired communcation disorder. I think if this company wants to sell insurance they must be able to convince a community that they could possibly acquire a cd and their insurance may not cover the cost. I think the first slide should say speech language therapy. I love the scenario on Joe. I think that was important to include to show how a person could be affected by no coverage for therapy on their insurance plan. I noticed a couple of grammatical errors but I'm sure you'll take care of that. I love the layout and graphics on this powerpoint. It was intriguing. I just think you haven't included enough information to sell this insurance to people who probably dont have a lot of money anyways. Let them know its important to have this coverage. Good job! I knew out of anyone in our class that you would probably figure out how to add sound and graphics to make the presentation powerful.

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Christina — Fri, 02 Aug 2002 15:20:41 GMT

The voice is an insurance company. The audience is people in a rural community, companies in the community, and maybe doctor or therapist offices so it can be offered to clients. I like the idea of a brochure because it allows you to give an idea of what you think would be affordable insurance for people in a rural community. I think the different plans seemed reasonably priced. I think the front should maybe something about being supplemental insurance. Isn't that what you were advocating for in your editorial or the other genres. OR maybe you just wanted to represent an insurance company that would most likely be affordable by people in a smaller community. I have feeling by the time you have this completely refinished it will be great. I know Frances and Andrea already mentioned this but the pictures aren't very clear. I think if you went to the Microsoft Gallery Live, you could find some good clipart to include in your brochure. Good idea though!

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FranPuig — Tue, 30 Jul 2002 21:11:24 GMT

Voice: Is maybe of an employee from Coffee & sons Insurance Co.
Audience: Is intended for the public
Say: This brochure is describing what this insurance co. has to offer. The company has to offer several service plans and gives information describing each.
Bless: I like the brochure. I think it is really informative. I like how you have contact information on here. Good Job!!
Address; I read Andreas comment and maybe it was just me but when I read your brochure it appears side ways so I had to print it out to read it. I don't know if it is just me though. If not you may want to fix that. Also, the pictures are hard to make out, that is probably because they had to be scanned. I would put on there who published the brochure. Other than that it is really good!!

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CDSenior02 — Tue, 30 Jul 2002 16:45:37 GMT

This brochure is in the voice of the insurance company. The audience is the general public. This brochure is a summary of the company's policy, it tells about them and their business. I like the idea of the brochure because it's a way to give information that's short, sweet, and to the point. I'm not sure what some of the pictures were, but I'm not going to say anything about format cause I wouldn't know what I was talking about!! I think you did a good job with this one!

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CDSenior02 — Tue, 30 Jul 2002 16:39:35 GMT

Wow! Matt, your presentation is really great! Charts, graphs, pictures, and good info, you've pretty much got it all! This presentation is in the voice of an insurance company. The audience is the general public. This company is trying to sell their insurance (like all insurance companies). I think your presentation is really good. It has a lot of good information, graphics, etc. One thing I might change is, make all the bits of info come in the same way one each slide. It's fine for them to come in differently from slide to slide, but it makes it more uniform if they're the same on one slide. Great job!

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FranPuig — Mon, 29 Jul 2002 16:41:47 GMT

Voice: Is that of I think maybe an employee who works at Moon Mountain Insurance company
Audience: Is intended for the public to gain more information about this company's coverage plan.
Say: This presenation is saying that if you can not get the services you need then this company can help provide you the services with there coverage plan (80/20 plan).
Bless: I really like how you presented your power point. I really like the example of Joe I think that example makes this presenation really effective. I also like the bargraph chart. Good Job
Address: You might just want to but on the front slide who is presenting this presentation.

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mccomas — Sun, 28 Jul 2002 14:35:25 GMT

Hi Matt!

What a con job this is :) The Powerpoint is well basically well done....did you set everything to automatically advance or is that only with some of the slides (or was I just click happy and not paying attention?). I was just going to say that I liked the automatic advance which can be hard to use because if you move people too quickly through they won't be able to read everything you provided for them.

The customer satisfaction chart was wonderful! I think there are a couple of places you might want to give some thought to:

In the line that says "We at Moon Mount...realize what a pain..." I don't think the insurance company would actually use the word "pain" (not that they wouldn't be implying negative things about the competition...I just don't think it would be done overtly). In addition, a few grammar areas...you may want to solicit a grammarian for a review as well.

I simply don't...

mccomas — Sun, 28 Jul 2002 12:44:38 GMT

...know how you work the schedule you work and still keep your good humor :)

So pleased to hear how you are now viewing your work. I knew, at some level, that this project was intimidating to you (and to some others) although you never really came out and said that...at least not as directly as you stated it here. That's one of the things I really like about this group...you are willing to play with things, and you have a basic trust that things will work out in the end (and they usually do). It seems as if in this case, it has happened again...it's like magic sometimes :)

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mccomas — Sat, 27 Jul 2002 12:58:17 GMT

Hi Matt!

What you have here so far shows a good understanding of the assignment. In fact, you've annotated every section, even though you only had to annotate the discipline specific stuff and the research stuff.

By way of suggestion let me say that the discipline specific stuff should be of interest to speech pathologists and audiologists. The ASHA link is a good example of a site that fits that category. I'm thinking that the MU and MUCD links aren't really of interest to speech pathologists and audiologists...only to MU students majoring in commdis and perhaps to prospective students. I'd suggest finding two other slp/aud focused resources for that section. Make certain you have 3-5 links in each category.

Good solid draft here...your tone is conversational and inviting...welcoming to the reader.

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Christina — Fri, 26 Jul 2002 19:44:05 GMT

This is in the voice of Matt Campbell a concerned SLP. I think the intended audience is any politician that is already somewhat supportive of healthcare changes. I think the letter is strong, well supported and clearly stated. I think the wording around the scenario described about Client one could use some rewording. It got a little confusing. I think an example of how funding for other healthcare issues are being recognized and that speech therapy is just as important. Or maybe more example of reasons behind the need for this funding. Good job!

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Christina — Fri, 26 Jul 2002 19:35:32 GMT

This poem is in the voice of Matt who has given a strong interpretation for the meaning of advocacy. I think the poem is meant for students, and anyone trying to involve themselves in change in their community through governmental support. I think the last line should be arranged differently. I thought the poem flowed well until the last line. I like the inclusion of old ideas but young minds made me think you were saying government is full of young people. I think you were trying to say that the government isn't open to new advancement in the community. Maybe? Anyways, I really like the work you have done.

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mccomas — Fri, 26 Jul 2002 14:12:33 GMT

Matt,

First of all, I love what you've done here. You've conveyed information in this "prose-y" poem. Someone else mentioned how well each line flows into the next and I have to agree with that. This poem is a fluent and rich thought.

I'll next address the two main things that stood out to me.

In the first line, I like how you follow the word "advocacy" with "stand." You are personifying the concept of "advocacy" by assigning animal-like traits to it ("stand"). The poem overall has a sharp, and crisp tone and the word "stand" almost seems too mild to me. I envision advocacy as deserving of something stronger or grander than standing...wonder if you might play with other verbs that might be stronger sounding (such as: "Advocacy emblematizes the determination...").

In the last line, the term "Young minds" bothers me as it carries a positive connotation (young minds are quicker more flexible thinkers) to me...and I don't think that is what you intended there (as I think you are trying to talk about narrow or limited minds, rigid, inflexible). Perhaps something like using "yellow minds" which refers to (according to www.merriam-webster.com) being "mean" or "cowardly."

Just some things to think about. I can see why you are feeling so good about this piece of work.

I really like...

mccomas — Thu, 25 Jul 2002 11:13:04 GMT

....your Back to the Ministry web page, and isn't it amazing how much mileage one can get out of a single web page?

I'm also really pleased to hear that by working through the separate pieces of the project you are beginning to see the vision of what the final piece will become. That's such a thrilling moment when you realize what your work is, and you are so right...this isn't simply a speech pathology problem...you may not be able to solve the whole problem, but I bet if you think and keep your eyes open as you continue to move forward you will find some small ways you can begin to make a difference.

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FranPuig — Wed, 24 Jul 2002 16:34:20 GMT

1. Voice: Is of Matt himself.
2. Audience: I think his poem could be written for the public. It is his opinion of advocacy and what he thinks is important. So he could be writing this to the public to get his point across.
3. Say Back: the poem is Matt expressing his thoughts about advocacy.
4. Bless: I really like the acrostic poem. I think it is a good idea to use this poem format it really gets the point across of what your research topic is about. It is even a good piece maybe even to open your genres with. Just an idea.
5. Address: I don’t really see anything that needs to be changed. I think that you addressed what advocacy means. Good Job!!