Week Five - Using Today’s Technology

Assignment: Using Today’s Technology

• Write a paper of approximately 750 words that discusses the need and necessity of research and technological tools.
• Identify a minimum of three (3) technological tools that you have used throughout your academic career and your current profession.
• Include the following in your research and technology paper:
  • Benefits and leveraging capabilities of the technological tools identified
  • Legal and ethical issues that need to be acknowledged when using these technological tools, such as but not restricted to:
    • Intellectual property
    • Data mining
    • Security risks
  • Future use of the technological tools identified and how to best protect yourself and your place of employment from misuse.

• Format your paper using the guidelines provided in the West Writing Style Handbook.