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Assignment 2 | Lesson Plan 1

Context:
The students should have already completed:
  • ​This lesson would be in the first week of class so only icebreakers and a few free-writes about technical and professional communication.
The students should have already read:
  • ​Technical Communication Today: Chapter 17 - Designing Documents & Interfaces
In Class:
Free Write
  • What does design mean to you?​ How does it influence your daily life. Consider product design, document design, textual design, or any other design.​
In Class Video:
  • Dieter Rams is a designer for Braun and other popular products. He is a philosopher of design, and I believe his principle of design are extremely relevant to document design, especially in technical communication because of how closely related the documents are to the products.
Group Work:
  • Split into pairs.
  • Have students look over chapter 17 together and decide which Principle of Design sticks out to them most.
    • ​How did they relate to the video?
  • Come together as a class after for discussion.
For Next Class:
  • Find 2 things in your house or life that you consider to be well designed:
    • 1 Product
    • 1 Document
  • Post to Discussion Board:
    • What where the findings of your search? Did your choices have anything in common?
    • Respond to two peers.