CS 1023 Cultural Implications of the Information Society

Summary: The Web Resource Project is a separate project for each student, in which the student researches a topic on the web and produces information and links to relevant sites.

Assignment: You will each individually be given a separate topic to research on the web. (See ``Topics'' below.) You must provide web links (URLs, that is, an Internet address starting with "http://") to materials relevant to the assigned topic. You must also provide an evaluation of the various links, relating what information is to be found there and how helpful it might be to someone interested in the topic. You would normally also provide an outline of the actual information. (Separately, you can also provide printout of some of the actual materials.)

Ground rules for the Web Resource Project:

• In most cases the topic will be narrow and specific. There will be no credit for information outside the assigned topic area.

• The instructor will assign a topic specifically to you. Initially each individual in the class will have a different topic. (See ``Topics'' below.)

• You are also permitted to use other resources outside the Internet, such as libraries or reference books, but the result of this project must not be just a simple report on the topic.

• In case you have difficulties finding material about your assigned topic, you should ask the instructor for help or for a different topic.

• Students with a special interest in a specific topic can ask the instructor to assign them that topic.

• Students with a topic that they find objectionable (for whatever reason) can ask the instructor to assign them a different topic.

What to turn in:

• You should turn in printed copy of the results of your project. The materials turned in could include:
  • A report that covers the materials found on the given topic, giving
    • URL, that is, the web page address.
    • A description of this URL.
    • A description and evaluation of the materials found at the particular URL.
  • Optionally, selected printouts of the actual materials.
  • Anything else you wish to include.
• You should also e-mail me a copy of the basic report mentioned above. This e-mail should not go to my normal e-mail address, but instead to another one that I no longer use. (This will make it easier for me to keep track of these e-mails, so they don't interfere with my other work.) The e-mail address to use is:

  wagner@runner.utsa.edu, or Mail to Wagner

  You should e-mail text-only material, without any attachments, particularly without Microsoft Word attachments. (If you are using Word, save your file as text-only and e-mail this text.)