Education dee assignment 3

Strategies in Using Source Material

Outcomes addressed in this activity:

Unit outcomes:

• Explore technology topics in the news and in professional journal articles.
• Practice APA quoting and paragraphing techniques.
• Apply citation and referencing skills.
• Identify proper formatting for APA standards.

Course outcome:

IT513-1: Illustrate information technology ideas with professional language and attribution.

Purpose:

In this assignment, you will practice various methods to use and identify source material, including quoting, paraphrasing, in-text citation, and full APA reference entries for professional journal articles. These skills will be valuable in all of your courses.

Assignment Instructions

Sources: Go to the More Tools section in the navigation above and choose Library. Once the Library search page opens, select the link in the left-hand menu labeled "Required Readings." Choose any three articles from the list, depending on your interest or curiosity. Should a link not work, report it to your instructor and then choose a different one from the list.

Format: Use the provided Unit 3 Assignment template. Download this to your computer, fill it in, make sure your content input has been saved when you are done, and then submit to the Dropbox. Do not copy and paste the template content into a new document; use it "as is." Again, it is fine to leave single-spacing for your paragraphs.

Assignments submitted without the use of the template as described here will not be graded. Note that APA document formatting will not be applied until the Unit 4 Assignment.

Before You Begin: Make sure you have read the Unit 3 Reading PDF and the APA 7th Edition Citation and Referencing TakeAway PDF. You may like to refer back to those documents as part of the proofreading process.

Requirements

Input your name in the template where indicated.

Quoting:

• Choose one source from the provided list.
• Pick three different direct statements of 25–39 words from the article. Do not look for quotes already presented in the article; your mission is to find direct statements in the article and quote them yourself. 
  1. Quote with parenthetical citation: Use in-text citation after the end-quotation mark and before the final sentence punctuation. Do not preface the quote with an introduction.
  2. Quote with narrative citation: Quote a different short part of the article. Start your sentence with “According to” or a similar introduction, and insert a proper citation as explained in the reading.
  3. Third quote: Quote yet a different part of the article. Use either parenthetical or narrative citation style. Edit the quote by correctly using brackets, an ellipsis, or [sic] as explained in the reading PDF. Note that if the original does not have an error, you cannot use [sic] and must instead employ either brackets for a clarification or an ellipsis to delete words. Reminder: British English spellings are not considered errors.

Paraphrasing:

• Choose two other journal articles from the same Library list. It is recommended that you pick articles that are relatively easy for you to understand, especially if you are new to the field of technology. Find a section of each article that interests you and write paraphrases.
• For each of your two paraphrases, separately: 
  • Compose a descriptive title (a phrase) in your own words. Use title case.
  • Write a paraphrase of 170–220 words. If it is difficult to meet the minimum length or to avoid writing more than the maximum, then a more suitable section (or section size) from the original article must be chosen.
  • Do not add more sources; each paraphrase must be from one source.
• Write the paraphrases in paragraph form (no lists, no added subheadings of any kind).
• Do not insert any quotes.
• Include proper citation as explained in the reading. 
  • If your paraphrase is just one paragraph, it will be rather long. This means you will need a minimum of two citations — one near the beginning and one at the end, plus citations for any sentences with numbers/statistics.
  • If you divide it into more than one paragraph, you must have citations in each paragraph, plus citations for any sentences with numbers/statistics.

Reference entries:

• Provide full 7th edition APA-standard reference entries for all three journal articles.
• It is recommended that you use the Library system to find the entry and then make corrections if necessary. You will likely have to look at each article to find more specific date, the volume, issue, and/or page numbers, and to verify authors' names. 
• Do not use Word's citation tool or other citation generators; you are expected to learn to create entries on your own.

For all parts of this assignment:

• Your writing must follow the rules for formal writing style, as explained previously.
• Do not use any first person (I, me, my, myself, we, us, or our).
• Do not use wording that may be considered emotional and do not insert opinion.
• Use of AI for any part of this assignment is inappropriate and considered an academic violation.

Directions for Submitting Your Assignment

• Use the given template.
• Name your Word document with the following convention: IT513-Unit3-LastName-FirstName (using your own name).
• Make sure you read all instructions carefully and review the rubric before submitting to the Dropbox for the Unit 3 Assignment.