Technical writing allows students to showcase their writing skills in the creation of a piece of writing created for a specific purpose that is in-depth and comprehensive.

 

Technical writing is a form of communicating information.  Technical writing involoves the creation of useful documents that can be clearly understood by others.  This category can be about understanding a software or hardware product or can be traditional technical document. 

 

This category will be split into two groups, one focusing on teaching a technical concept or explaining it and the other will be more open to the use of technology.

 

 

 

Technical Writing I:

The student provides a clear and precise suggestion or direction for using technology to solve a real problem.  The student must identify a specific problem and provide a creative or innovation solution.

 

Technical Writing II:

• How to document

• Small instructional manuals

• Research papers

• Brochures

• Reports

• Articles

• Catalog

• Press releases

• Newsletters

• Instructions

• Knowledge base articles

• Proposals

• Letters

• Web-pages

• Fliers

• PowerPoint presentations