Here is a slide show with instructions and an optional template: I-Search Slideshow
You can use slides 9-17 as a template for your project. You must include the reflection essay (250 words) to earn an A for this assignment. Here is an optional outline for the reflection: I-Search Outline.
Proposal: April 16th
First Draft: May 2nd
Final Draft May 13th
- Slide show (9 slides and 3-4 minutes) and reflection (250 words).
- This is a more personal version of a research paper, and your reflection will include your process. Your slide show will be posted on the BMCC OpenLab.
- A total of 3 sources including 2 sources from the BMCC Library with one quote from each. One source from OneSearch and one from Opposing Viewpoints in Context Database.
- An MLA format list of Works Cited.
The theme is technology and connection. Here are some suggested questions. You can create your own.
- Does technology bring people closer together or drive them further apart? Why?
- Does social media improve or diminish the self-esteem of users? Why?
- Is gaming self-care or avoidance of reality? What is the proof?
- Does the immediate availability of knowledge make us more intelligent or more lazy?
- Does A.I. enhance or inhibit human creativity?
Here are some readings we will look at together:
“Is Google Making Us Stupid” by Nicholas Carr
“Connected but Alone” by Sherry Turkle
You can use one of these readings and you will choose two more readings by yourself using the BMCC Library
