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Technical Description Project Project 2
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Overview Write a technical description of a process related to e-waste streams for a lay audience – Work solo or with partner(s) – Deliverables: 1.A well-designed document that integrates text and graphics appropriate for your target audience, purpose, and context 2.Optional: Project Assessment memo – Final document due Sunday, Nov. 6
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Requirements Explain a process related to e-waste streams for a lay reader – Incorporate 1 extended definition and other definitions as needed – Target audience: Other college students – Finished product should be appropriate in content, tone, level of detail for a site like How Stuff WorksHow Stuff Works
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Your goal as a writer Go beyond a superficial understanding of how these electronics are disposed of (i.e. take the TV to the dump and walk away) to a deeper understanding of the stages of the recycling process. How can trained experts using specialized equipment under controlled circumstances make a dent in the e-waste stream?
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Topic Requirements Topic must… 1.connect clearly to class focus on e-waste 2.cover a sufficiently technical process (as opposed to an object or mechanism) 3.meet the instructor’s approval
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Sample topics How are mobile phones recycled? How are computers recycled? How are printers recycled? How are video game systems recycled? How are televisions recycled?
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Ways to go astray Main focus is not on a technical process Focus is on instructions instead of description Definitions are circular, unclear, not user- oriented Plagiarism
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Schedule Week 1 – (already over, background prep) Week 2 – choose topic, do research Week 3 – Draft definitions, descriptions, plan visuals Week 4 – Editing and revision Final documents due by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday of Week 4, Nov. 6, 2011.
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Today Working in teams, complete the In-Class Activity: Marketing a USB Drive (download instructions from the wiki or from Assignments in MTCL) – Required – Descriptions for the first two audiences (students in a computer programming class vs. new students at orientation) – If time permits do the press release as well.
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