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Use Graphics to Enhance Meaning
Engineering Graphics is a field of engineering that is taught mostly (but not exclusively) in engineering technology programs. It's a technical way to visually communicate ideas, designs, and solutions. However, it is a form of communication that is often overlooked.Communication, especially in engineering, can mean the difference between getting the job, or not. In this age of IM (Instant Messaging) students need to take every opportunity to enhance their communication skills.
Engineers Week has an activity posted called, "The Microprocessor: Peanut Butter and Jelly Activity." In this activity, students create a precise set of instructions to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. This is an excellent communication activity because after the students work on writing the instructions, you can have them redo the activity using text and illustrations or just with illustrations.
All forms of communication are valuable and when using graphics to convey ideas, you may see the spark in a student's eye that wasn't there before.
Peanut butter and Jelly Sandwich Activity Web page
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Posted by Celeste Baine on April 30, 2008
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