Developing a plan for the assignment

After reading a range of sources relevant to the topic, Student 1 was able to plan the sections of her report in more detail. See the following plan and notice that:

1. she has indicated on the plan where she will use certain items of evidence and supporting arguments from her reading

2. she has numbered each section of the report

Body of the report

1. History of scanners

• 1960 early 'reading machine' Jacob Rabinow (Blatner, D., Fleishman, G. and Roth, S. (1998), Real world scanning and halftones, 2nd ed., Peachpit Press, New York)

• current scanners developed from this early invention

• drum scanners - early technology using photomultiplier tubes (PMT), oldest scanner and still found in industry

• domestic use of scanners

2. Use of scanners

• range of images can be captured and digitised

• images can be manipulated and enhanced ("Scanners, digital cameras and photo CDs", (1998, May 6), ( PrePress), Available: http://www..prepress.pps.com/mem/lib/ptr/scanners.html (Accessed: 2000, May 2))

• invaluable tool in personal computer use

• efficient professional output for business context

• range available for different purposes

3. How scanners work

• general definition (Englander, I. (2000), The Architecture of computer hardware and systems software, John Wiley, New York)

• description of components and their function ("Scanner tips", (2000, February 20), ( Scan Soft), Available: http://www.scannercentral.com/scanners/tips/tips1.asp, (Accessed: 2000, May 6))

4. Types of scanners ("Scanner tips", (2000, February 20), ( Scan Soft), Available: http://www.scannercentral.com/scanners/tips/tips1.asp, (Accessed: 2000, May 6))

• Flatbed scanners

• Sheet-fed scanners

• Slide scanners

• Hand held scanners

• Drum scanners

5. Scanner Specifications (Figeiredo, P., McIllree. J. and Thomas, N. (1996), Introducing information technology, 2nd ed., Jacaranda Press, Singapore) (Anderson, D. (1999), ( The PC Technology Guide), Available: http://www.pctechguide.com/18scanners.htm, (Accessed: 2000, April 6))

• Resolution

• Bit depth

• Dynamic range

• Software

6. Future Developments (Grotta, D., and Wiener, S. (1998, April 10), "What's now, What's next," ( PC Magazine), Available: http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/features/scanners98/intro.html, (Accessed: 2000, April 8))

• further development of specifications

• new sensor technology

• specialized scanners incorporated into other technology

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Do you think this plan adequately covers what is required in the assignment?

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