Project 3: Technology, Social Change, and Social Structure. (due Monday, April 25 by 11:59 PM).

Grading Rubric (wiki help)

• Use the page you created for part 3. Make sure the link from your personal page to this part 2 page is working. You can add additional pages, as necessary, just insure they are named appropriately and linked from your part 3 page (and that they have links back to your part 3 page).
• This project (1000-1250, equivalent of 4-5 pages) is intended to reflect your understanding of the impact of the relationship between technology, social change, and the structure of human relationships.  Appropriate topics include: a historical analysis of the development of particular technics and their relationship to social structural elements (a more in-depth account than CT2 and a different technic), the shape of modern information technology and its relationship to ongoing social change, an analysis of the social forces which shape and direct technological change, etc.
• Do not attach Word documents and the like--do your work on the wiki page, use the wiki to display your ideas and your research work--write your essays as wiki pages.
• Use (annotate and integrate) a minimum of three (3) relevant outside resources to support your ideas and observations. Here's the link to the library's database page: https://flux.umsl.edu/library/alphabetical2.php. Some of the databases to check out: "JSTOR," Journals@ovid full text, "Sociological Abstracts," and "EconLit," and a variety of others (check under the subject heading--history, social science, etc).
• Do not attach Word documents and the like--do your work on the wiki page, use the wiki to display your ideas and your research work--write your essays as wiki pages.
• Two (2) "wiki comments" (minimum 125 word--constructive critique) made on contributions of other students.
• Comments are due within one week of the contribution due date.
• Students must email (Use as subject line: Tech and Society CT3 Comments) Prof. Keel with the names of the students on whose work they commented and include the text of the comments in the email (no attachments). If email notification is not made, comments may not be evaluated.
• Be sure to correctly cite all information used from research resources (in-text citations and a list of references for each page) using the ASA manuscript submission guide (local copy with web citation guidelines or a full version of the ASA Style Guide). Additional assistance with referencing online resources can be found here. Also, remember we are undertaking an academic activity, so please refrain from using opinion, unreliable or invalid resources, sensationalism, and other non-academic practices. See academic integrity statement and TurnItin information.
• For help creating a personal wiki page, see Prof. Keel's video tutorials on "Working in a Wiki, "making links," and "inserting images" in the Wiki Help folder of the class MyGateway site (Critical Thinking Projects). See also: Wiki Help and Tips and the "Wiki User's Guide." Be sure to review the changes made to the wikis since I last updated these tutorials.

Grading Rubric and Scoring for your personal wiki page (75 points possible):

General Evaluation Criteria for Written Work and Critical Thinking

Outside Sources: Peer-reviewed sociology journals (other peer-reviewed social science/humanities journals may be acceptable--ask if you are uncertain), original work by the theorists--not included in the class reading assignments, and other primary source documents, articles and books. Other textbooks--especially introductory texts, encyclopedias of any sort, Wikipedia, online dictionaries, sites like "answers.com," blogs, etc. can be used but will not be accepted as "outside sources" and should not form the basis for your essay. And, don't use "outside sources" that simply repeat information we have in the text, lecture notes, and develop in class discussion--the point here is to go beyond these basics. Before using information found on external web sites, please review the guidelines found at: http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/webcrit.html to insure the information is reliable.  Better yet, try looking for research and information from the libraries database system (https://flux.umsl.edu/library/alphabetical2.php), it's a wealth of academic research at your fingertips.

Integration means developing ideas from your outside sources, applying them and using them in creative ways that display your understanding of the key concepts and theories we are studying. I am looking for Critical Thinking:

The student developing critical thinking skills does the following:

1. Identifies and summarizes the problem/question at issue
2. Identifies and presents the students' own hypothesis, perspective and position as it is important to the analysis of the issue
3. Identifies and considers other salient perspectives and positions that are important to the analysis.
4. Identifies and assesses the key assumptions
5. Identifies and assesses the quality of supporting data/evidence and provides additional data/evidence related to the issue.
6. Identifies and considers the influence of the context * on the issue.
7. Identifies and assesses conclusions, implications and consequences.

Source: Judith V. Boettcher, Judith. (judith@designingforlearning.info). "E-Coaching Tip 27: A Rubric for Analyzing Critical Thinking." http://www.designingforlearning.info/services/writing/ecoach/tips/tip27.html. (accessed: December 31, 2009).

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