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and imparted by a sender to a receiver via some medium. The receiver then decodes the message
and gives the sender a feedback. All forms of communication require a sender, a message, and an
intended recipient; however the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to
communicate at the time of communication in order for the act of communication to occur.
Communication requires that all parties have an area of communicative commonality. There are
verbal means using language and there are nonverbal means, such as body language, sign
language, paralanguage, haptic communication, chronemics, and eye contact, through media, i.e.,
and imparted by a sender to a receiver via some medium. The receiver then decodes the message
and gives the sender a feedback. All forms of communication require a sender, a message, and an
intended recipient, however the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to
communicate at the time of communication in order for the act of communication to occur.
Communication requires that all parties have an area of communicative commonality. There are
verbal means using language and there are nonverbal means, such as body language, sign
language, paralanguage, haptic communication, chronemics, and eye contact, through media, i.e.,
of tools, how one uses them determines their degree of effectiveness. By using our mind both to
create messages and to focus the technology appropriately, one can improve the quality of
communication.
Technology can assist individuals and groups with both the routine work related to writing as
well as the creative, thinking aspects. When we think of enhancing the communication process
with technology, we probably first think of using word processing software on a personal
computer. While that is one important tool, there are numerous hardware, software and web
based tools that can help improve your messages. These tools help with the construction,
the writing process: planning, gathering and collecting information, analyzing and organizing
information, and writing and rewriting. In past, many of these tools were discrete tools. But
today as we move toward greater integration, they often work seamlessly with each other.
both the document and the writing project. In planning the content of the document, outlining or
brainstorming tools are useful. We can brainstorm, listing our ideas as they occur to you. Later
we can tag related ideas, asking the computer to group them. Outlining tools are included in most
word processors. One way to use an outliner is with a split screen. In one part of screen we will