English 421Y: Technical Writing Online

This week our group has accomplished several tasks related to our white paper project. The greatest accomplishment was setting up a means for communication. We have decided that the best way to communicate with each other is via email. To do this, we have been sending out group emails so that everyone is aware of what is going on. Ultimately we feel that this will prove effective throughout the course of this project.

Another accomplishment for this week was deciding the topic for our white paper. It was decided that we would create our white paper on the domestic application of wind turbines. The primary audience for this white paper will be those who are wishing to add wind turbines to their home or property. The technical aspects of the white paper will cover a variety of technical information, including how wind turbines are able to convert wind into electricity and the parts that make up a wind turbine.

This week’s work was divided up amongst the group. An email was sent out within our group asking everyone to claim a portion of the proposal. In doing so, this week’s tasks were assigned on a first come first serve basis. Bjdunfor was in charge of finding potential sources of research for the wind turbines. He then used his findings to create the potential sources of research portion of the proposal. Bpo was in charge of analyzing the potential audiences of our white paper and writing the primary, secondary, tertiary and gatekeeping audiences portion of our white paper proposal. Ben was in charge of writing up a summary of the topic for our white paper. He also was in charge of writing this week’s group activity report. Ymyang was in charge of choosing the document design. He was also in charge of compiling everyone’s work and submitting the white paper proposal. All in all, we felt that this week was very productive and should serve as a great start to our project.