I cannot believe it is after 5:00 where did the day go? I am still working out my final paper proposal but I do know it is going to be on the Digital Divide and how it affects more than the older generation. I am also going to connect it into the younger k-12 generation and how making them study to the test is making the gap in the digital divide wider.
More to come this next week as I research this area.
Good luck to the rest of you and I am looking forward to reading your posts.
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Ok, since this is really just a snippet of a thought, I'll give the same general comment as to others in this situation...
ReplyDeleteFrom the assignment sheet, some of the general rules for the paper were:
* You must link at least two very general topics (ex: digital divide and the concept of community (virtual or otherwise), gaming and gender representations, personal representation and Internet activism, etc). You're not limited to two, but two is plenty.
* You must include secondary research that both supports and refutes your argument. Including the naysayer's point of view and subsequently arguing why the naysayer is wrong, is as important to making and supporting your argument as including a bunch of research that supports what you're saying.
* The specific rule of most importance is that you must make an original argument with your work. You must have a thesis that includes with it the "so what" or "who cares" aspect of your argument, and that "so what" or "who cares" part of the analysis must be clear throughout your essay.
Also from the assignment sheet, Step #2 says that for this assignment you should "write a paragraph or two that describes exactly what you plan to do, what you plan to argue, and how (in general) you plan to support your argument. Also, indicate why you want to pursue this topic."
Putting those things together, your proposal should have included, simply, what you plan to do (including which general topics from the course that you are going to link together) -- this means details and some depth -- what you plan to argue (this could include the argument or the research question in advance of the argument, with an hypothesis of the argument you potentially foresee), and how you plan to support the argument (which theories do you see yourself using on either side of your argument, etc).
All of those elements should be present in blog #9, yet with even more depth than I expected for blog #8, since you will have annotated sources and know how you will be using them in your argument.