{"id":1745,"date":"2011-10-28T02:05:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T02:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ata-divisions.org\/S_TD\/wp\/2011\/10\/28\/sci-tech-division-open-house\/"},"modified":"2022-01-05T20:36:39","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T20:36:39","slug":"sci-tech-division-open-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ata-divisions.org\/S_TD\/2011\/10\/28\/sci-tech-division-open-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech Division Open House"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>By Stephanie Strobel<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Sci-Tech Division stood out during Division Open-house following the Opening Reception at the ATA Annual Conference. The Sci-Tech Division table featured a creative construction toy \u201cSuper Marbleworks Raceway Construction Set.\u201d It was well received by members of the division and particularly appreciated by out-going president, Nick Hartman, who said, \u201cThis is why I plan to become very involved in the<\/span><\/span><\/span> Sci-Tech Division. These are my people!”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Why did a construction toy strike such a chord? Could it be Joy of Technology? <\/span>Perhaps \u201cMarbleworks\u201d is the embodiment<\/span><\/span> of technical translation. <\/span>Technical translation is creative writing and it’s active. Buildings go up; a hole goes into the ground; equipment is taken apart or <\/span><\/span>reassembled; the page is displayed or a message is sent. Once the \u201cMarbleworks\u201d raceway is built, the marble “goes round and round and comes out there.” Understanding of gravity and momentum guide the construction. It\u2019s very satisfying the way gravity works to cr<\/span><\/span>eate the fun. It\u2019s also very satisfying to <\/span><\/span>see the way our knowledge of science and technology makes things happen. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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By Stephanie Strobel The Sci-Tech Division stood out during Division Open-house following the Opening Reception at the ATA Annual Conference. The Sci-Tech Division table featured a creative construction toy \u201cSuper Marbleworks Raceway Construction Set.\u201d It was well received by members of the division and particularly appreciated by out-going president, Nick Hartman, who said, \u201cThis is why I plan to become very involved in the Sci-Tech Division. These are my people!” Why did a construction toy strike such a chord? Could it be Joy of Technology? Perhaps \u201cMarbleworks\u201d is the embodiment of technical translation. Technical translation is creative writing and it’s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[285],"tags":[255],"class_list":["post-1745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events-2011","tag-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ata-divisions.org\/S_TD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ata-divisions.org\/S_TD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ata-divisions.org\/S_TD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ata-divisions.org\/S_TD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ata-divisions.org\/S_TD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1745"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ata-divisions.org\/S_TD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1906,"href":"https:\/\/ata-divisions.org\/S_TD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1745\/revisions\/1906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ata-divisions.org\/S_TD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ata-divisions.org\/S_TD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ata-divisions.org\/S_TD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}