Written Report
You may earn points that count toward your scholarship grade by writing a report on a topic that relates to technology. Please don’t write about something you’ve already learned in class. The idea is that you do additional research to make up for work missed in class or to improve your grade.
You can do a report to make up days of absence, or just to improve your grade. If making up days of absence, please write your report on the topic we were studying while you were absent. You can find the topic on the activity schedule page of this website. Otherwise, carefully choose a topic that interests you (suggestions below).
The following are guidelines concerning how the report should be done:
Up to 20 points can be earned for each page of the report. Written reports can be used to earn extra credit up to 5% of a student's total grade.
Students may also do a written report as an alternate assignment if the original assignment cannot be made up directly. Check with your teacher about this.
Some suggested topics are:
Some suggested resource materials are: Encyclopedias, resource books, magazines, the Internet, or talking to someone who works in the career.
Media Blitz
The Media Blitz is a part of our Technology Education program that helps students become more familiar with current discoveries, inventions, and applications of technology. It is an activity that provides the student an opportunity to research a technology related topic, present the topic to their peers, then display their findings so students of other classes can become informed.
Students may earn extra credit or make up days of absence by composing Media Blitz's.
The following information outlines what must be done to earn credit.
Points will be awarded as outlined:
10 points for the content of the article and bringing it in.
10 points for the presentation to the class.
5 points for the reference (date and source of the article).
5 points for mounting and display of the article.
A student may use media blitzes to earn extra credit up to 5% of their total grade, or they may do a media blitz as an alternate assignment if they cannot make up the assignment directly. Check with your teacher first.
You may earn points that count toward your scholarship grade by writing a report on a topic that relates to technology. Please don’t write about something you’ve already learned in class. The idea is that you do additional research to make up for work missed in class or to improve your grade.
You can do a report to make up days of absence, or just to improve your grade. If making up days of absence, please write your report on the topic we were studying while you were absent. You can find the topic on the activity schedule page of this website. Otherwise, carefully choose a topic that interests you (suggestions below).
The following are guidelines concerning how the report should be done:
- Reports may be handwritten in pen on lined paper, typed, or printed on a computer printer. Handwritten work should be single spaced. Typed or computer printed work may be double spaced using a font size of 12 or 14.
- Regardless of the writing method, all work must be your own.
- A 1 inch margin should be used at the top of the page and on the left and right sides.
- The report should be primarily in your own words, not copied word for word from a book, magazine, or computer. Printed copies of articles found on the internet, from an electronic encyclopedia, etc. are great sources of information, but will not be accepted as your report.
- When writing your report the source of your information should be listed, including author, source, page numbers, and copyright date.
- The points earned will be determined by the content, how well it is written, neatness, and spelling. You should spend about as much time researching and writing each page of your report as you would've spent in class earning those 20 points.
- Be sure that you do your report on a subject related to industrial technology, and that you follow the guidelines listed on this paper.
Up to 20 points can be earned for each page of the report. Written reports can be used to earn extra credit up to 5% of a student's total grade.
Students may also do a written report as an alternate assignment if the original assignment cannot be made up directly. Check with your teacher about this.
Some suggested topics are:
- Careers we are exploring in class such as carpenter, machinist, computer operator, engineer, draftsman, etc.
- Tools and machines used in class such as saws, hammers, drill press, computers, robots, lasers, etc.
- Materials used in class such as wood, plastic, metal, etc.
- Processes used in class such as welding, painting, drafting, etc.
Some suggested resource materials are: Encyclopedias, resource books, magazines, the Internet, or talking to someone who works in the career.
Media Blitz
The Media Blitz is a part of our Technology Education program that helps students become more familiar with current discoveries, inventions, and applications of technology. It is an activity that provides the student an opportunity to research a technology related topic, present the topic to their peers, then display their findings so students of other classes can become informed.
Students may earn extra credit or make up days of absence by composing Media Blitz's.
The following information outlines what must be done to earn credit.
- Research.
- The student should look through newspapers or magazines or the internet to find articles about new inventions, discoveries, or products using the latest in technology.
- The student should carefully cut the complete article out of the newspaper or magazine, or print the article, including pictures, and bring them to class.
- Be careful not to wrinkle or fold up the article.
- Suggested sources might include: local and state newspapers, and magazines such as Newsweek, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Reader's Digest, the Internet, etc. Advertisements will not be accepted as Media Blitz articles.
- Presentation.
- Before making the presentation to the class, the student should read through the article several times until it is well understood.
- On the day the student wants to make the presentation to the class, he or she should inform the teacher before class begins that they have a Media Blitz article.
- The student should take one to two minutes and share the information from the article with the class.
- Displaying the article.
- Mount the article on construction paper, poster board, or equivalent.
- Be sure to include on the display where you got the article (name of newspaper or magazine), and the date of printing (day, month, and year).
- Have the teacher display the article so other students can benefit by reading it.
Points will be awarded as outlined:
10 points for the content of the article and bringing it in.
10 points for the presentation to the class.
5 points for the reference (date and source of the article).
5 points for mounting and display of the article.
A student may use media blitzes to earn extra credit up to 5% of their total grade, or they may do a media blitz as an alternate assignment if they cannot make up the assignment directly. Check with your teacher first.