SummerI 2008 Project – CIS 1055

 

This is a team research project.  Your topic must be from this list: 

 

Social Networking

Folksonomy (tagging)

Digital Piracy

Web 2.0

Online Privacy

The Digital Divide

 

Have your topic approved before you turn in the project initiation document!!!!

 

Teams will consist of 4-5 students within your section.  There will be no more than four teams per section. By May 28, 2008 you must turn in a project initiation document stating the following:

            1. The topic that your team has selected

2. A list of all team members

 

The project will be a PowerPoint presentation.  Your team’s presentation will be made to the class on Monday, June 23, 2008 and Wednesday, June 25, 2008.

Requirements

  1. Choose an appropriate and attractive color scheme.
  2. Create a presentation of at least 8 slides.
  3. The first slide must contain the title, your name, and your section number.
  4. The final slide must contain your references, properly cited. You must use a minimum of 5 references for your information. At least 3 of these references must be from the web. You may not use Wikipedia for a reference. You must use APA guidelines for your references. A good resource for reference citations is: http://www.apastyle.org/elecsource.html.
  5. At least 4 slides must have bulleted lists.
  6. At least 3 slides must have appropriate clip art or photographs (properly cited).
  7. Place your PowerPoint Presentation on your web page as a .ppt file. Remember, do not use any spaces in the file name. If for any reason the link from your webpage to your .ppt file for this presentation does not work, you will lose 10 points. No excuses! Again, this must be linked as a .ppt file - nothing else!

Your grade will be based on the following:

  1. The amount of thought involved  in developing your presentation
  2. Your enthusiasm
  3. Your organization
  4. How thorough your research and presentation are.
  5. Whether or not you have met the minimum stated requirements listed above
  6. Please note that a grade of 40 is reserved for "The best of the best"!

The Presentation

The entire team will present.  Each team member should expect to speak for an equal amount of time.  Your team will present your webpage and your research to the rest of the class.  You should make an effort to engage the class in discussion during your presentation.  The best way to do that is to make sure that you’ve provided enough information. You have approximately one month to do your research and your presentation should reflect that.

Presentations should be no less than 15 minutes and no more than 20 minutes with an additional 5 minutes for questions and discussion.  

 

Important Project Dates

Project initiation document due: Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Presentations: Monday, June 23, 2008 & Wednesday, June 25, 2008