1. TC CAPSTONE PORTFOLIOby: Anne M. Berryman

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TC Program Outcomes RhetoricalKnowledge CriticalThinking, Reading &Writing Processes Knowledge ofConventions 3. 1 in 5 PosterOutcomes Met: It usually takes multiple drafts to create and complete a successful text Use appropriate technologies to organize, present, and communicate information that addresses a range of audiences, purposes, and genres Understand the relationships among language, knowledge, and power including social, cultural, historical, and economic issues related to information, writing, and technology Write in multiple genres Understand the role of a variety of technologies/media in accessing, retrieving, managing, and communicating information 4. 1 in 5 Poster Beginnings These were two of my first poster designs All writing projects require multiple drafts and further consideration of what is most responsive to the audiences needs and what meets the expectations of the audience 5. 1 in 5 Poster Details I used 3 Adobe Software Applications to create this poster Photoshop InDesign Illustrator To appeal to my target audience, young up and comers, I did the following: Applied futuristic effects to make the rail system look cool & cutting edge Addressed social/economic issues this demographic is concerned with Environment Money Frustration Time Economy 6. Informational Documents Outcomes Met: Understand that research and writing as an open process that permits writers to use later invention and re-thinking to revise their work Recognize, understand, and analyze the context within which language, information, and knowledge are produced, managed, organized, and disseminated Write in multiple genres 7. Informational Document Details I designed these documents for 2 different mediums Print Electronic At 1st I just changed visual elements, added weblinks, and changed wording I realized that a numerical scored quiz is user-unfriendly and an abstract concept In order to fix this, I changed the context to a universally understood one--the grading system This will allow my audience to understand and benefit from the information provided Information Documentation is one of many genres Ive written in during the TC Program 8. The Breast Cancer Handout Outcomes Met: Respond to the need of the appropriate audience Develop research and writing strategies appropriate to the context and situation Learn standard tools for accessing and retrieving information Use information, writing, and reading for inquiry, learning, thinking, and communicating Apply appropriate means of documenting work Understand and apply legal and ethical uses of information and technology including copyright and intellectual property Use appropriate technologies to manage data and information collected or generated for future use 9. Breast Cancer Patient Handout Details How do Cancer Cells Provides Basic Information Metastasize? Definitions of terms Diagnosis Treatment optionsFor purposes of this Ways to better healthdiscussion, I will liken thelymph system to a wastemanagement system that is In order to be responsive to thecomposed of audiences needs and meet his/herexpectations, I asked myself theroads, trash, dump trucks, andfollowing questions:dump sites. The tubes that 1.How would I feel if I was justrun throughout the body arediagnosed with cancer?like roads that lead to trash2.How would I like for this(cancer cells), dump sites information to be presented, if I(lymph nodes), and back to the were the audience?dump truck dispatch center(the heart). On trash day,My strategy was to analyze thethe cancer cells abandon the information and understand ittissue/organ theyre growing first, so that I could break it down from a science context into ain and hit the road. They hitchpractical context that a lay audiencea ride on the lymph express. could understand and apply to her life and health. 10. Bibliography from the Breast Cancer Patient Handout Works Cited The sources are documented in MLABreast Cancer Fund. Bisphenol Aformat(BPA). Breast Cancer Fund. Web.28 Sept. 2011. I obtained information from variousBreastcancer.org. 2011. sourcesBreastcancer.org. Web. 28 Sept.2011. Websites dedicated to breastStoppler, Melissa. Mammogram. cancerMedicine.net. Web. 28 Sept. 2011. General medical websitesSusan G. Komen for the Cure. Articles2011. Susan G. Komen for theCure. Web. 28 Sept. 2011. Image UsedDreamstime. 2010. Dreamstime.Web. 15 September 2011. 11. Cool Fido Outcomes Met: Integrate previously held beliefs, assumptions, and knowledge with new information and the ideas of others Understand the collaborative and social aspects of research and writing processes Learn to balance the advantages of relying on others with the responsibility of doing my part Learn to critique my own and others work 12. Cool Fido DetailsThe Science Behind How Cool Fido This document is the result of an Lowers Heat Exposure experiment my partner and I conducted We analyzed the results toThink of the science behind the interactionof the material composing Cool Fido (high determine whether 3 differentlydensity polyethylene) and the suns rays as shaped plastic tubs would provide aa childhood game of Red Rover. A long discernable, good form ofline of children has formed with all of their temperature relief for dogs in thearms stretched out and their handsclasped. Most of the children are aroundArizona summerthe same height and build. The linealternates between boys and girls;therefore, each boy is holding a girls hand. I thought the heat reduction would beThe boys grip is strong, and each boy hasnominal at bestan affinity for the girl next to him. Thegame begins: Red Rover, Red Rover sendJonathan over. Jonathan runs hisfastest straight into the interlocking hands I adjusted the tone of the document toof a boy and girl. Despite his energeticreflect this (an excerpt showing thisdash, he is unable to break the boy and change can be seen here on the leftgirls hands apart. The force with which heran only causes the boy and girl to sway ahand side of the screen)little back and forth, but most of the forceis absorbed. Jonathan doesnt breakthrough the chain. 13. More Cool Fido Details Things my partner and I had to coordinate The program we used to conferencewith one another and share ourrespective parts of the project The time we wanted to conference at We had to analyze each others workand merge our 2 voices into 1 Strategies Ive learned for successfulgroup work: Set deadline times Make it clear what the expectations arefor each member of the group from thebeginning of the project Divide the workload evenly 14. Employee Performance ReviewOutcomes Met: Adopt an appropriate voice, tone, andlevel of formality Develop a knowledge of genreconventions ranging from structure andparagraphing to tone and mechanics Respond appropriately to the rhetoricalsituation 15. Employee Performance ReviewDetails 16. Wubsie Wormie Outcomes Met: Understand how each genre helps to shape writing and how readers respond to it Identify, articulate, and focus on a defined purpose Develop flexible strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proof- reading 17. Wubsie Wormie Details This is an excerpt from my WubsieWormie Audience AnalysisPURPOSE It shows the purpose of thisdocumentThe purpose of the manual for theWubsie Wormie is to teach childrenfrom 4-6 years of age how to I used the purpose to createconstruct a simple model from documentation that was responsiveFisher-Price Trio Bricks, Sticks and to the unique needs of myPanels. The Wubsie Wormie audience, 4-6 year old children, andthat met their expectationsinstructions are formatted in step bystep word and picture directions sothat the child can interact with themodel in the method that theyunderstand best. The WubsieWormie will help children gain asense of wonder and curiosity asthey use large, easy to assembleblocks and shapes to make one oftheir first creations as youngarchitects. 18. The Wubsie Wormie AudienceANALYZING THE AUDIENCE Taking a good look at my audiencehelps me to generate documents thatare responsive to his/her needs andThe Audience that is likely tomeets his/her expectationscomplete the construction of myWubsie Wormie is as follows: Parents aiding their children from Each audience is different and how you4-6 years of ageshould approach one often isnt how Children are likely to be in either a you should approach anotherpreschool learning program ortheir first year of elementaryschool One strategy that Ive developed is to Parents are likely to have an complete an audience analysis on everyAssociates to Bachelors college document before I generate itdegree The environment is likely to besuitable for one on one interactionbetween the child and parent;i.e., quiet with the child and parentinteracting at a table or on thefloor one on one 19. How the Audience AnalysisInfluenced the Wubsie Wormie 20. How To ComputerDocumentation Outcomes Met: Understand that research and writing is a series of tasks, including accessing, retrieving, evaluating, analyz ing and synthesizing appropriate data and information from sources that vary in content, format, structure, and scope Respond appropriately to different rhetorical situations Learn and apply appropriate standards, laws, policies, and accepted practices for the use of a variety of technologies 21. How To ComputerDocumentation Details We had 3 different types of users Novice Intermediate Advanced I selected each work task for the user to complete relative to their experience level I analyzed the following areas in every How To guide Experience level User attitude Description of the users current procedure to perform the task My goals for the procedure What I will do for my user to see the benefit of the guide How to use the guide The benefits of using the program to complete the task 22. The Novice User The novice user isnt usually confident with his/her abilities to use a computer program, so (s)he will need a lot of special accommodations at the beginning of his/her learning experience with a program More pictures for each step Show each step in its entirety dont assume that the user has any prior knowledge 23. The Intermediate User The intermediate user is open tolearning new operations that willmake (s)he a more efficient andadept worker The user will possess some tacitknowledge from his/her prior workwith the program and his/her priorwork with computers in general, so Fewer pictures are needed Some basic details, like how tosave a document, can have thespecific steps omitted 24. The Second Chance Charity Memo Outcomes Met: Use conventions of format and structure appropriate to the rhetorical situation Learn common formats for different genres Control such surface features as syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling 25. The Second Chance CharityMemo Details 26. IllustrationsDreamstime. 2010. Dreamstime. Web. 22 November 2011.