Techne in the Membrane

Hi all, In corresponding with students since class, I think I've come up with a sense of what directions your instructions projects could take. The actual written procedures are only one part of a set of instructions, and while they are the first thing one thinks of when you think of instructions, they are not the only thing to focus on in writing instructions. Remember, instructions are made of the following three genres: Technical Description - an attempt to define and describe elements of the task accurately Process Description - an attempt to provide an overview and understanding of a whole process from a third-person point of view Procedures - an attempt to provide steps that a a user can follow to complete a task You should feel free to develop projects that include all of these genres, but which emphasize one over the other. So, for instance, a recipe or a set of instructions giving you steps to fix a flat tire will focus mostly on the procedures themselves. Instructions f...