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Technical Writing:: Real-World Writing in The 21 Century
Technical Writing:: Real-World Writing in The 21 Century
Technical Writing:: Real-World Writing in The 21 Century
Technical Writing:
Real-World Writing
in the 21 Century
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Participants will DO entury
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What do YOU write?
• At home?
• At work?
• For learning?
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What is Technical
Writing?
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Technical Writing AKA … entury
• Business Writing
• Workplace Writing
• Professional Writing
• Informational Writing
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What is Technical Writing? entury
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How is Technical Writing Different? entury
• The information is organized, presented and
communicated in a specific format.
• The writing is concise, clear and accurate.
• The writing takes into account the audience’s needs,
biases and prior understanding.
• The writing presents information to help readers
solve a problem or gain a better understanding of a
situation.
• The writing conveys technical, complex, or
specialized information in a way that is easy for a
non-technical reader to understand.
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What employers say… entury
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SCANS Report
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• Three-Part Foundation needed on the job
• Basic Skills (reads, writes, performs
mathematical operations, listens and speaks)
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SCANS Report
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SCANS Report entury
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American Diploma Project (ADP) entury
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2005 Skills Gap Report-NAM
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2005 Skills Gap Report-NAM
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2005 Skills Gap Report-NAM
What does all this mean? entury
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Technical writing is a natural entury
partner to academic writing. It is
descriptive, creative, and
expository, but the format is
different and the standards are
higher.
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Examples of Technical Writing:
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Inside-Outside Circle entury
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Results??
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How Do I Use Technical Writing in
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My Content Area?
Mathematics
Course Technical Writing
Consumer Math Action Plan, Budget
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How Do I Use Technical Writing in
My Content Area? entury
Science
Course Technical Writing
Biology I Observation Report, Field Test Report, Letter of
Inquiry, Brochure, Action Plan, Progress Report,
Process Explanation, Incident Report, Safety
Guidelines
Physical Science Process Explanation, Technical Instructions,
Product Description, Incident Report,
Observation Report
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How Do I Use Technical Writing in
My Content Area? entury
Social Studies
Course Technical Writing
American History Itinerary, Progress Report, Cost Analysis, Letter
of Inquiry, Brochure, Oral Presentation, Business
Plan, Financial Statement, News Release
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How Do I Use Technical Writing in
My Content Area? entury
English Language Arts
Course Technical Writing
English, College Analysis of Technical Writing, Oral Presentation,
Prep Brochure, News Release
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How Do I Use Technical Writing in
My Content Area? entury
Health/Physical Education
Course Technical Writing
Aerobics Action Plan, Graph, Chart, Observation Report,
Letter of Request, Product Description, Product
Comparison, Process Explanation
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How Do I Use Technical Writing in
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How Do I Use Technical Writing in
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Career & Technical Education
Cluster Technical Writing
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Technical Writing K-2 entury
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Technical Writing 3-5 entury
• Action Plan for a project
• Brochure
• Letters (Business, Inquiry,
Recommendation)
• Editorial
• Incident Report
• Interview Questions
• Newsletter
• Performance Evaluation
• Questionnaire
•Travel Guide
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Technical Writing 6-7th Grade entury
• Incident Report
• Travel Guide
• Field Test Report
• Newsletter
• Letter of Inquiry
• Catalog Product Description
• Oral Presentation
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Technical Writing 8th Grade entury
• Safety Guidelines
• Informational Poster
• Magazine Article
• Survey Questionnaire
• Itinerary
• Informative Summary
• Oral Presentation
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Technical Writing 9th Grade entury
• Letter of Request
• Process Explanation
• Product Description
• Flyer
• Pamphlet
• Progress Report
• Instructions
• Oral Presentation
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Technical Writing 10th Grade entury
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Technical Writing 11th Grade entury
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Technical Writing 12th Grade entury
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What does a Technical
Writing Assignment
look like?
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Many professional athletes and celebrities, entury
like movie stars and musical recording
artists, receive multi-million dollar salaries.
Many people think these salaries are
excessive; others believe they are
justifiable. As a reporter for your local
newspaper you are going to write an
editorial in which you defend or oppose the
salaries of these people.
Persuasive Proposal
Marketing Advertisement
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Many new technological advances have been entury
made in the way Americans listen to music. CD
players replaced record players because they
were more portable. In the past few years MP3
players have become very popular. You are a
consumer advocate investigating which of these
devices is the best value. You will write an article
for your magazine, Consumer Guide, in which you
express your findings and recommend one of
these products to your readers.
Product Description
Product Comparison
Magazine Article
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Many new technological advances have been
made in the way Americans listen to music. entury
CD players replaced record players because
they were more portable. In the past few years
MP3 players have become very popular. You
are a consumer advocate investigating which
of these devices is the best value. You will
write an article for your magazine, Consumer
Guide, in which you express your findings and
recommend one of these products to your
readers.
Format
Audience
Topic
Purpose
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Your Turn
• Decide on a type of Technical Writing you could entury
use in your classroom.
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Gallery Walk entury
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How DO I Assess
Technical Writing?
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100% Accuracy
is Expected.
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Disengaged Learners entury
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Questions
and
Comments
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Reflection entury
Things I learned
Things I confirmed
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