Monthly Assignment #10: Popular Science/Technology/Business Websites
Posted April 16th, 2008 by suzanne
Assigned: Monday, April 21
Due: Wednesday, April 30 (i.e. along with the final project)
Option 1: Instructions
Create a set of instructions. Here are some possible approaches:
- Improve a set of bad instructions
- Rewrite a set of acceptable instructions for a new audience (for example, the book suggests rewriting first aid instructions for college students or appliance instructions for children)
- Write a set of instructions telling 8-10 year olds how to perform a task on the computer
- Write instructions for students new to Purdue or new to your major
You may also analyze a set of instructions that don't necessarily need rewriting but that strike you as interesting.
Option 2: Popular/ Kid Science on the web
Analyse a website that communicates science, technology, or business concept(s) to a general audience. Websites for kids are fun, but sites designed for the general public are okay too.
Getting started:
Lists of websites for kids: