For English 490 (Advanced Technical and Business Writing) I am being required to keep a blog essentially as a personal sounding board and as a means of turning certain things in, as I understand it. So rather than make a new account, I decided to hijack an old one I had to keep for History 323 (History of Technology in America). I suppose I'm going to leave the old posts archived, in case anyone wants to read them, but essentially they have nothing to do with the course, save for the fact that it was because of the same sort of interests that I found myself in that class as for this one. As for this course, I expect it to challenge the skills I currently have. I also expect it to be worthwhile, both in what I learn and in potentially having a document to show an employer what I am capable of.
In another course I am taking this semester, I've been tasked with devising a teaching aid that can articulate the differences and similarities between the US military space program and NASA, as it seems that students have been using the two somewhat interchangeably in essays when in fact, they are very much not interchangeable. Added to the mix is private entrepaneurs. She wants something visually interesting that can articulate all the ways in which these three distinct groups relate or differ from one another. She had mentioned a matrix, and I think that would work well for at least showing relationships between the two, but I'm struggling with coming up with something that can articulate all the unique qualities of each group as well. I am hoping that perhaps I can create a similar document in this course, or at the least, learn a few things that will help me create such a document.
