English 421Y: Technical Writing Online

This past week was spent doing research, designing a thumbnail, and creating a draft of my section. During the first few days, I began taking notes from the sources I had found last week. I also searched for new sources as I came across topics that needed more explanation or enhanced credibility. I was then able to come up with an organized series of facts and opinions using Microsoft OneNote, and I also completed my three research blogs for Friday.

Between research sessions, I started working on my thumbnail design for Wednesday. Using a basic color scheme, consistent columns, and other reader-friendly attributes, I was able to come up with the thumbnail draft that was posted to my blog.

Wednesday night was also the night of our group meeting. I was able to clear up some questions I had with the group, such as how long each of our individual sections would be, how we would compile the rough draft next week, and how we were going to use the correct MLA citation format.

Afterwards I began to draft my own section of the report using notes from my research. I’ve been trying to identify the most important and relevant information, as the length of our paper is supposed to be approximately 1600 – 1800 words.

Over the next day or two I plan on revising my first draft of my section, as well as citing my information correctly according to the required MLA style. By Tuesday or Wednesday I’d like to have my section ready to share with the group for this week’s rough draft.