LC-1114 - Communicating Technology (o,w), Lecture, 16.1.2024-9.4.2024

Topic outline

• Week 3 (30.01.2024)
  • Select activity Week 3 slides

    

    Week 3 slides File PDF
  • Select activity Definition texts and tasks

    

    Definition texts and tasks File PDF
  • Select activity Virtual Collaboration

    Virtual Collaboration

  • Select activity Weekly Connection Instruactions

    

    Weekly Connection Instruactions Page

    Instructions

    Zoom link: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/67729031477

    Your partners and the breakout room number here.

    Take a look at your Partner’s personal Video HERE
    

    Get to know each other. Where are you from? What do you study? Etc.

    
    

    Look at the Word Association activity HERE. What do you think of the words that were chosen? Are you surprised / confused by some choices? Are some words repeated? 

    Are there clear differences between Finland and France?

    
    

    Have a look at the French Symbols prepared by FRENCH students  Comment on the choices that were made. 

    
    
    

  • Select activity HOMEWORK

    HOMEWORK

  • Select activity Virtual Collaboration Task 3: National Symbols

    

    Virtual Collaboration Task 3: National Symbols Page
  • Select activity Reflective journal for weekly connection

    

    Reflective journal for weekly connection Page

    Please write down your journal every week after the weekly connection. Instructions are here. 

    You will see a folder named "Reflective Journals", and I have started one as an example for Tiina. :) 

  • Select activity Assignment 2: Introduction paragraph

    

    Assignment 2: Introduction paragraph

     WRITE A PROBLEM-SOLUTION PARAGRAPH

    This paragraph will become the introduction paragraph of a recommendation report in which you propose a solution to an evident need or problem that has been identified in the current practices, products or services of your client.

    Pattern of organisation    Problem-solution
    Topic             ONE of the problems/needs and its solution.
    Audience      Decision makers, educated but non-expert
    Length          150-200 words
    

    Use the problem-solution pattern to motivate your recommendation and to orient your reader effectively to its relevance. The client who has commissioned this recommendation can be any potential user of the' solution',  such as decision makers of a municipality, institution, company or an international organisation.

    The problem-solution pattern of organisation

    1. Situation = wider context and relevance
        -   Describe the general importance/relevance of topic briefly
        -   State the current context
             Name the 'client'. Who is this addressed to? What do they do? What are  their current practices?
    2. Problem = weakness/problem in or a need arising from the 'situation', your client’s current practices.
        -   What is currently lacking/needed/unsatisfactory?
    3. Solution
        -   Name the proposed solution (a technology, method, application, approach...)  that will overcome or alleviate the problem.
    4. Evaluation
        -   Briefly state the main advantage of this solution to justify the recommendation.
    

    End the paragraph by stating the purpose of the report.
    

    At the end of your text, include a list of references to sources you have used to find the information. Remember also the corresponding in-text citations! Follow the conventions of your field.