Friday, February 19, 2010

Sometimes we Talk, Sometimes we Listen but are we Communicating?

Read the directions below and then answer the questions as posted comments.

Step 1: Remove two of the 5-inch by 5-inch thin starch based wafers from their polypropylene container.

Step 2: Lay the wafers side by side on the flat assembly surface.

Step 3: Retrieve the container of base material and the container of secondary application material.

Step 4: In a counter-clockwise motion unscrew the cap of the base material. Use the application tool to remove the base material from its container. Using the tool apply the material evenly to the left hand wafer.

Step 5: In a counter-clockwise motion unscrew the cap for the second layer material. Use the same application tool to apply a complete layer of the gelatinous material over the base material on the same left hand wafer.

Step 6: Place the right hand wafer on top of the wafer with the two applications of material. Apply even pressure for 3 seconds. The assembly is now complete.

1. What product have we just created?



2. Do these instructions do a good of communicating how to make this product?? Make sure you explain your answer.

46 comments:

Alex Herbst said...

1. A S'more
2. It is a good description of how to assemble the product but you can't really tell what the product is without knowing any of the materials

kasey carter said...

1. A PB and J Sandwich?
2. In a tech sense, yes. For avrage Joe, no.

michelle said...

1. I think it is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
2. I think they communicate how to make the product very well. It would be easier though if I knew what it was so I could tell if it was actually the proper way to make it.

Taylor Adcox said...

1. This is a jelly sandwich.

2. In a way yes, because they are very specific. But they also use wierd ways to describe things, such as "wafers" instead of bread, "gelatinous material" instead of jelly, makes the instructions a little hard to follow. And everyone knows how to make a PB&J, so why is there directions in the first place?

Jake said...

1. PB&J sandwhich

2. No. If they explained that the 'gelationus' material is jelly, it would have made more sense.

john straub said...

1) Lasagna
2)it is a good description but i good be multiple answers. I took my best guess based on all of the steps i was givin

arturo said...

1.peanut butter jelly sandwich
2. yes, because they give every step to make it

Will Booth said...

1. You just created a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

2. No i think these instructions are to complicated and wordy. These instructions would confuse people when you just want to make something as simple as a pb&j.

Tyler King said...

1. A peanut butter and jelly sandwhich was just made.
2. These instructions are not very good. They do not explain what materials are to be used completely. It seems a little to vague in what you could make with these instructions.

Tyler King

Jaime Weiss said...

1. We just created a peanutbutter sandwhich.

2.The instructions do a good and bad job communicating the product because it doesnt tell you what kind of ingredients to use, but it tells you what to do with the ingredients.

Will Eaton said...

1. Oreo cookies.

2. They aren't very specific as to what materials you are using, but they are good directions as far as telling you how to assemble the cookie.

Sydney Maxwell said...

1. What product have we just created?

pp&j

2. Do these instructions do a good of communicating how to make this product?? Make sure you explain your answer.

no because they were not very clear with a more noticable term for the custoemr

Janay Moore said...

1)The product that we just created is Pb and j sandwhich





2)Yes this instructions give a good communicating on how to make the product because each step is very detail.

Eric Brown said...

1. A double stuffed Oreo.
2. No, I dont know what I'm making.

Matt Sawaia said...

1. We just made a PB & J sandwhich.

2. The directions were good but the words used to describe the different parts of the ingredients were hard to understand.

lexih said...

1. We just created an oreo.
2. No because they are not specific enough of what is the contents inside the wafers and no color, texture, or shape description.

lexih said...

1. We just created an oreo.
2. No because they are not specific enough of what is the contents inside the wafers and no color, texture, or shape description.

ICON CHRISTEN said...

1. it seems as if we have just created and a peanut butter and jelly "wafer" sandwich?
2.Yes but it needs to tell exactly what material you are spreading onto the wafers.

Zarrin Alam said...

1. You have created a sandwich.
2. No, because many people may be confused what a wafer or what the application material is. The instructions should be more simple so that anyone could get what they mean.

Scott Chapman said...

1. I believe that we have just created a delicious peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
2. No, because it never tells you exactly what your making or what the ingredients are, so it makes things a lot more confusing than it needs to be.

chandler said...

1. the procuct we have just created is a peanut-buter and jelly sandwich.
2. It doesnt tell u what you are using or unscrewing.

Kyle Rackliffe said...

1. The product that we had just created is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

2. Yes you were communicating but not in an effective understanding manner.

alex chinnis said...

1. peanut butter and jelly
2. no they dont give names of stuff, like bread, peanut butter, jelly, etc

BJ Racine said...

1. I dont really know what product that the instructions have created. You cant really tell because they dont explain what you start with or what the product really is.
2. These instructions are really bad. You dont know what prducts you really start with and you dont really know what to do unless you made these or you are doing the project. If i had to do this project i would be confused.

garrett said...

1.
2.no because i dont know what it is

Christy Steger said...

1. Peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
2. Yes, I think these are very detailed and very instructional on who to create it.

Alex Yang said...

1.) Peanut butter and jelly.
2.) No, this is not a good example of communicating, because the wording is difficult to understand.

Alexander Williams said...

1. How to make a PB and J Sandwitch.
2. No, they use big words most people wouldn't understand. They should be clear so people can understand how they can use the products. If they are not, people would not buy them.

Cristina D'Andreti said...

1. I think you just made a peanut butter and jelly sandwhich.

2. The instructions are good/detailed but no where in the instructions does it say what you are making. I think that it would be better if they used less technical words and actaully said what we were making.

Matt H. said...

1. Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich.
2. Not at all because I just listened to what some one had told me because I had no clue what this was.

Christian said...

1. a race car

2. not really because it doesnt tell you what product to use.

Jenna Shouse said...

1. a sandwich
2. no it is kind of confusing

kenny said...

1) peanut butter and jelly sandwhich
2) it does but it would be helpful to call the material by its name

Evan Flannery said...

1. Peanut butter jelly sandwich
2. No. It doesn't explain in an understandable way to the average person.

Campbell O'Blenes said...

1) Peanutbutter and jelly sandwich.

2) Yes, except they seem to be a little too specific when it relates to the scientific names of the products.

McKenzie Randall said...

1. Peanut butter jelly sandwich

2. The steps are good but it would make more sense if they would say peanut butter and jelly and bread instead of starch based wafers and gelatinous material.

desmond thorpe said...

1.waffle
2.no/because some of us dont no what a wafer is

Jason Galatioto said...

1) Peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
2) Yes they explain how to create the product however they might have confused the consumer because they used scientific names that they might not have recognized.

emily said...

1. A peanut butter and jelly sandwich was just created.
2.Yes, this gives you a step by step direction on how to make this sandwich

Zach Oplinger said...

1. it is a peanut butter sandwich
2. no it does not do a good job because the vocabulary that is used is not common to the consumer.

Bree Butler said...

i have no idea what we have just created. These instructions do an okay job of instructing us on how to make it, but i think it could have been better.

brian said...

1. I think that these instructions are explaing how to make a Penut butter and jelly sandwich

2. I think that these unstructions are good because it has many descriptive steps

Daxton Cuany said...

1. a butter and jelly sandwich

2. No, because these instructions are not very easy to understand. They have words that are not usually used.

Anonymous said...

a pbj

Tommy said...

1. I believe we have just created a type of sandwich, possibly even a peanut butter & jelly.

2. I believe that they were good for someone with a high level vocabulary, but for a younger kid they wouldn't have any understanding of what they would be doing.

arturo said...

1. our audience is our class and our purpose is to raise the driving age to 18 to reduce car accidents.
2. If you provide the supplemental information during your presentation, then your audience will very likely read that information during your presentation, rather than listening to you. Therefore, hand out this information after you have completed your presentation. Or, hand it out at the beginning of your presentation and ask them not to read it until you have completed your presentation.
3. enthusiastic and to encourage the class to get their licence at 18.
4. 5 to 10 seconds