KINESTHETIC RHETORIC
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The Organization of a Writing Center
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If your goal is for an harmonious environment that encourages community, collaboration, and free-thinking, what kind of layout for writing center spaces best accomplishes that end? |
"The organization productivity depends upon efficiency and effectiveness of the staff, the work space should be utilized in such a dynamic manner that it caters for convenient placement of working teams and office equipment is in close proximity to make it of better operational use." |
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According to New Environments for Working" [writing centers], need not adapt for space, but space should adapt for them and therefore writing centers should not be afraid to refurbish. As the main source of current information about work spaces, their theory includes identifying a new language concerning office space, a new point of view, and a new framework. |
WRITING CENTER TYPE MODEL
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Den |
Cell |
Club |
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Staff
Work |
Independent
Work |
Regular
Group Work |
Intermittant
Group Work |
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Open space
Minimal partitions
Siimple space standards |
Highly cellular
Enclosed space |
Group sapce
Complex/continuous spaces |
Diverse, complex
Based on high variety of tasks |
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| Simple terminals or networked PCs |
Individual PCs on networks or
laptops |
PCs and shared specialized group equipment |
Individual PCs on network and laptops and
other communication tools |
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FENG SHUI
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Feng Shui which means “wind” and “water” is a traditional art of living based on a philosophy strongly rooted in spirituality. More simply put, Feng Shui, is the idea or practice, if you will, of living in harmony with the natural world. Though the spaces that you live or work in differ, the principles of Feng Shui remain the same.
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INCREASED EFFICIENCY
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When designing a kitchen, a common approach is to create a work triangle to help decrease the amount of movement by situating the main three kitchen tools (stove, fridge and sink) in a triangle. The same principle can be applied to an office set up.
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PRODUCTIVITY AND MORALE
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WRITING CENTER OF THE FUTURE
NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
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COMMUNITY • COLLABORATION • FREE-THINKING
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Developed for NCWCA Conference 2010
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