Final Project
This project develops the work
you began with your Synthesis
Paper.
To develop your work with cultural
issues into a final web project, you'll need to:
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Research issues and points that
you need to develop and elaborate from paper 3
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Sketch your web site -- how will
you organize, link, and relate the sections of your site? (See student
models http://www2.gasou.edu/facstaff/lamy/teaching/WepPageModels.html)
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Write an introduction: Your final
project is designed to be published on the World Wide Web. What search
terms would bring a reader to your web site? What are the kinds of
things that somebody who finds your web site with an Internet search be
looking for? What do you want your web site to be able to for that
person? In other words, what audience do you imagine, and what purpose
do you want your web site to serve for this audience?
For your final project, you will be
writing approximately 1,500 words -- the equivalent of 6 typed, double-spaced
pages. The final project must include:
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A link to a works
cited page and in-text citations
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Active links to web cites relevant to
your project
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Appropriate images that clarify your
meaning, illustrate your points
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An introduction directed towards your
intended audience
Your final portfolio, you must have
ALL OF THE DRAFT WORK FOR YOUR FINAL PROJECT, including
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a peer review and evidence of substantial
revision
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a writing issues checklist for your
draft work
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a sketch of your site
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the internet address for your web site
(I will give your final grade to you online project; if you do not want
to publish your site, you can submit a disc with a working hypertext document
in your final portfolio)
Final Reminders: REMEMBER
to ASSESS YOUR SOURCES!! AND backtrack through the url to find
author information, credibility of site, etc. Reminders for
assessing credibility:
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Is your source a web page or a journal/article
from a database or an online news source?
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Can you define the author? If
so, is the author an authority (and how do you know this?)
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If you cannot define the author, can
you define the publishing organization? If so, what authority does
that organization have?
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What is publishing domain (.com,
.org, .edu, .gove)
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Is this a "personal" site?
(personal sites are often indicated with the signs: ~ or %).
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Is a date given for the Web page?
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is dome of the information obviously
out of date or biased?
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What is the purpose of the page? (Entertain?
Inform? Convince? Sell?)
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Who is the intended audience of the
page? (Determine this based on content, tone, and style.)
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Can you judge the overall valud oe the
content as compared with other resources on this topic?
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Do you think your source's information
is accurate and reliable? Does it confirm or contradict other sources
you have found?
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Are the grammar, spelling, and mechanics
of high quality, and do the links work?