Final Assessment (40%): Product Exhbition

You have come to the end of the course. For your final assessment, you need to get into a group of 4 or 5. Choose one product that everyone in your group has agreed to do a demonstration. Before your group is allowed to do a product demo, you need to prepare a written report (in group) for submission by end of Week 12.

In your group (if you have 4 members)*, let:
(1) student #1 write and present the INTRODUCTION,
(2) student #2 write and present the MAIN PART #1 and ITS MINOR PARTS (if any),
(3) student #3 write and present the MAIN PART #2 and ITS MINOR PARTS (if any), and
(4) student # 4 write and present the CONCLUSION.

*if you have 5 members,
(4) student #4 write and present the MAIN PART #3 and ITS MINOR PARTS (if any), and
(5) student #5 write and present the CONCLUSION.

All sections must have graphics that accompany the explanation (in the written report) and slides that go with the oral presentation (product demo).

For your blogging activity, write a draft of your section for the group written report in this entry. Your entry should be within one (100-150 words) or two paragraphs (200 - 300 words).

(Due: Week 12)

Summarizing how the gadget functions

Now that you have written an overview of the gadget, and described the main and minor parts or components of the gadget, it's time for you to summarize how these main and minor parts work to make the gadget function.

So, for your next blogging activity, in one paragraph (100-150 words), write about how the pieces of main and minor parts are connected and how these parts make the gadget function as one item.

(Due: Week 11)

Describing main/ major and minor parts or components

In the previous entry, you were asked to write an overview of the gadget you have chosen from http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/electronic-gadgets-channel.htm

This time, read more articles about the main/ major and minor parts or components of the gadget you have chosen.

For you blogging activity, write two to three paragraphs (100-150 words each) for the main parts and its respective minor parts or components.

Your gadget should have two or three main/ major parts.

The organization of your respective paragraphs should be:

Paragraph #1
Main part #1
- the name of main part #1
- the function(s) of main part #1
- details of main part #1
- include graphics for main part #1, with label(s)
- list minor part(s) of main part #1 (if any)
- connection to main part #2

Paragraph #2
Main part #2
- the name of main part #2
- the function(s) of main part #2
- details of main part #2
- include graphics for main part #2, with label(s)
- list minor part(s) of main part #2 (if any)
- connection to main part #3 (if there is main part #3)

continue with Paragraph #3 if the gadget has more than two main parts
Paragraph #3
Main part #3
- the name of main part #3
- the function(s) of main part #3
- details of main part #3
- include graphics for main part #3, with label(s)
- list minor part(s) of main part #3

(Due: Week 10)

Describing things

Welcome back! I hope you enjoyed your short mid semester break and now it's back to campus life again... (sigh...).
In Unit 2 - Technical Description and Unit 3 - Process Explanation, you will learn how to describe the main/ major and minor parts or components of a product, whether a tool, device, gadget etc. and explain how these parts or components work. Ultimately, in the final assessment (40%), you will demonstrate your understanding in a product exhibition, together with your friends in a group of 4 or 5. To help you understand more about technical description and process explanation, go and explore this website: http://www.howstuffworks.com/

For your next blogging activity, go to http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/electronic-gadgets-channel.htm and choose one gadget. Copy and paste the picture or graphics of the gadget and the article about the gadget. Do not forget to cite the source (URL address).

Then, in one paragraph (100-150 words), write an overview of the gadget providing a summary of the following information which you may find in the website:
(a) the name of the item and its function(s),
(b) its physical aspects: size, shape, design, colour, materials and other information, and
(c) the name of its main/ major and minor components.

Remember to write in your own words and not to copy and paste from the original article. (Due: Week 9)