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Writing Project 3 is a short proposal and annotated bibliography that will tell me about the argument in your field that you are investigating for writing project three. There are a number of steps to completing this project. Find a topic Research the topic Write the proposal Write the annotated bibliography And, of course, submit the project on Blackboard

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Page 1: Guide to writing project 3

Writing Project 3 is a short proposal and

annotated bibliography that will tell me

about the argument in your field that

you are investigating for writing project

three. There are a number of steps to

completing this project.

• Find a topic

• Research the topic

• Write the proposal

• Write the annotated

bibliography

• And, of course, submit the

project on Blackboard

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Choosing a topic

When you get to college you find out

that what you thought was a repository

of the world’s knowledge, is actually a

hot bed of debate, full of arguments

that shift over time.

You must find such an argument for

your paper. I’m talking about

academic arguments, that happen, for

the most part, quietly and politely, but

are still disputes, nonetheless. In this

case you are looking for arguments on

the role of technology in your field of

interest.

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Here are three suggestions for finding an interesting

argument:

1. Pay attention to class lectures and textbook readings. They

often focus on the debates, or at least point you at the

debaters.

2. Ask a professor, a professional in your field, a research librarian

or an older student about what’s raging in your field.

3. Google Blogs is a search engine dedicated to blogs. Look for

professional blogs by people in your field. More than likely, they

have something to say on these issues.

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At least two book resources authored

by credible, credentialed sources.

They can be print or electronic.

At least two peer reviewed, academic

sources obtained through the library

databases.

Two other credentialed sources.

YouTube or other videos must be

subjected to the same scrutiny as print

sources. That is also true of any web

sources. They must be qualified to

speak on this topic.

I am requiring the following minimum

sources for this research paper.

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Researching the topic

Research often happens in phases. You

may want to splash around in the

shallow end of the web to get ideas.

There’s nothing wrong with that. That’s

an important exploratory phase.

But to get where we’re going, we need

to get in the deep end. That means

using the library resources we’ve been

looking at. I’m asking for the following

sources:

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Writing the Proposal

The proposal needs to have these three essential parts:

• An overview of the problem.

• The question or questions you wish to investigate

• Your methodology

See the presentation on writing a 1013 proposal and

annotated bibliography.

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Writing the Annotated

Bibliography

You will need to rate and defend your sources. So,

each annotation should do three things:

• Summarize the material you are taking from

this source.

• Show how this advances your work on your

working hypothesis.

• Evaluate the credibility of your source.

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Submitting the Writing Project

Just as a formal paper, the proposal

and bibliography should be

formatted to MLA or APA standards.

Don’t carelessly lose points by

neglecting to check your handbook.

It should be in one document

submitted as an attachment in the

assignment dropbox. It must be in a

version of word so that I can open,

comment, and grade it right on

Blackboard. No other kind of

submission will be accepted.

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This project will be

graded by a rubric.

Please download the

rubric which comes

with the assignment

and use it to prepare

your work.