For this first major assignment you are asked to work collaboratively with your peers to read, analyze, and synthesize sources on our case study topic: surveillance and privacy.
For this first major assignment you are asked to work collaboratively with your peers to read, analyze, and synthesize sources on our case study topic: surveillance and privacy. We will be discussing the topic via our discussion boards in advance, but the collaborative presentation will give you a chance to go into more depth and will give you practice in developing an inquiry topic, conducting research, and analyzing sources.
I will assign the groups at the end of the first week of classes. Ideally you will be working in groups of three, though it will depend a bit on the class size.
We will all read and discuss the six essays on surveillance provided in the Module, which will give you multiple perspectives on the topic. In addition, your assigned group will view at least one the videos I’ve posted to Canvas on the topic of surveillance and privacy and read one additional source (article, book chapter, credible website, etc.) that they locate on the topic. We’ll talk about strategies for finding and evaluating sources, which will help prepare you for your capstone project research.
Your group should imagine that you are being assigned to write a capstone-type project on this topic (remember, you will be choosing your own unique topics for the capstone project). Based on your readings and small group discussion, the group should come up with a hypothetical inquiry question on the topic (see The Craft of Research Ch. 3 and 4) and then choose a minimum of three sources to examine in depth.
Provide an overview of each source you choose, which should include:
a brief summary of the source’s main arguments;
the disciplinary perspective(s) the source come from;
an examination of the validity of the source and any potential biases;
a brief description of how you could use the source in your hypothetical project. Would the source help support your argument? How so? Or would you argue against the points made in the source? Why?
One of the major goals of this assignment is to give you the opportunity to explore different presentation styles so as to help you assess which methods would work best for your own research presentation later in the semester. Your group can choose to use PowerPoint or Prezi, but there are other options out there: Keynote, SlideRocket, Powtoon, and others. While all presentations should have text, you can also choose to incorporate audio and/or video. While I am not an expert on these programs, I can help steer you toward resources that can help you.
Regardless of which program you choose, you should all have:
a title slide with a potential title for your project and your group members’ names;
a slide with your inquiry question;
slides with overviews of 3 sources;
a conclusion slide in which you reflect on what you learned about developing inquiry questions and working with sources.
Requirements: 700
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