Touchstone 3.2: Draft an Argumentative Research Essay ASSIGNMENT: Using your outline and annotated bibliography from Touchstones 1.2 and 2.2, draft a 6-8 page argumentative research essay on your chosen topic. In order to foster learning and growth, all essays you submit must be newly written specifically for this course. Any recycled work will be […]

  Touchstone 3.1: Construct a Rogerian Argument ASSIGNMENT: As you learned in this unit, a Rogerian argument is one that presents two sides of a debate and argues for a solution that will satisfy both sides. Given two articles presenting opposing sides of an issue (mandatory uniforms in schools), construct your own 2-3 page Rogerian […]

  Touchstone 2.2: Create an Annotated Bibliography ASSIGNMENT: Using your research question, working thesis, and outline from Touchstone 1.2, create an annotated bibliography that provides a synopsis of your sources and an explanation of how you will use them. In order to foster learning and growth, all essays you submit must be newly written specifically […]

  Touchstone 2.1: Evaluate a Source ASSIGNMENT: For this essay, you will select one of the sources you have found through your preliminary research about your research topic. Which source you choose is up to you; however, it should be substantial enough that you will be able to talk about it at length, and intricate […]

Topic: Noise is considered technology-based security alerts that distract from true security incidents.  What kind of user training should be conducted to deal with the issue of noise? How do you strike a balance between being overwhelmed with false positives and the danger of ignoring true incidents?  What effects would false positives have on an organization?  Make sure to cite […]