Friday, September 5, 2008

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)

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