Description
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Exploring shape and form: Portable Bluetooth Speaker. Credit: W Van Zyl (2020).
Freehand sketches (student): DESIGN IDEAS – 3D & 2D sketches – ink, soft pencil and watercolours pencils. Student work. March 2020.
ACTIVITY:
If you have to choose a specific handmade Bluetooth speaker, which one will it be? Explain why? Type up your comments. This is the opportunity to develop your writing skills (Literacy). Here is a great website on technical writing. For example, don’t use words only. Include sketches, diagrams, screenshots, and more to communicate your ideas, explanations, comments and more.
How can I Improve as a Technical Writer? Kesi Parker (April 2019):
https://medium.com/technical-writing-is-easy/how-can-i-improve-as-a-technical-writer-999810e7b8fc
Success criteria:
Complete all tasks and activities.
- Include screenshots of your favourite Bluetooth speaker ideas (add to your Google Doc presentation).
- Complete the Google Doc presentation – share with your teachers
- Give attention to your writing. Endeavour to develop your writing skills. Apply what you have learned.
Next steps:
Next lesson will focus on the electronic components of the speakers (diagrams of Bluetooth speakers).
ACTIVITY – DESIGN BRIEF: Research portable bluetooth speaker shapes and forms. Paste the ideas (images with notes) into your Google Slide – share with the teacher.
ACTIVITY – DESIGN BRIEF: Design a portable bluetooth speaker box. Use 2-d and 3-d drawings (freehand sketches with pencil). For example, the front, left and top view. Include some basic dimensions.
