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Homework #3

Instructions:

The student is to write a 1000 word essay addressing the impact of computing on individuals, organizations, and/or society in general. The topic selected for the essay must elaborate on how computer technology in general, or how a specific technology has affected lifestyles, the economy, the environment, politics, etc., and must be currently relevant.

Requirements:

The Essay Theme will be no more than 1 or 3 sentences clearly and concisely stating what it is you will be writing about in consideration of the previous section above.

The essay must, as a minimum, include the following elements:

· Title Page

· Student Name & Last Four Digits of ID#

· Title of Essay

· “For Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Professional Practices, CSE 4314”

· Date

· Pages are to be numbered.

· A description of the technology being addressed.

· Why this technology was chosen.

· A Brief History of the technology.

· Positive impacts of the technology.

· Negative Impacts.

· What is the future of this technology (where does itgo from here)?

· In-text citations and References.

Assessment Rubrics for Impact of Computing Essay

	Excellent (5 pts)	Good (4 pts)	Satisfac-tory (3 pts)	Poor (2 pts)	Unacceptable (1 pt)
A description of the technology being addressed	Informative and accurate Description.				Severely lacking information content and accuracy.
Why this technology was chosen	Convincing justification.				Failure to support choice of technology
A brief history of the technology	Comprehensive and accurate history, given word limit constraints.				Missing most important milestones, severely inaccurate.
Positive impacts of the technology	Comprehensive and accurate listing and good justification.				Missing almost all important impacts, severely inaccurate.
Negative impacts	Comprehensive and accurate listing and good justification.				Missing almost all important impacts, severely inaccurate.
Where does it go from here?	Thoughtful answer, justified by convincing arguments.				Entirely unconvincing answer, lacking support.
References	Correct use of references, supporting every claim in the text, correct formatting of references.				Almost no references, almost all claims not supported, severely problematic format.
Grammar	No mistakes, correct usage of English throughout the essay.				Frequent mistakes, more than 1/3 sentences contain grammar mistakes.
Spelling	No spelling mistakes.				Numerous spelling mistakes, more than 5% of the words are misspelled.
Organization	Good organization, following specified format, good transitions between parts.				Poor organization, poor adherence to the format, disjointed parts with poor connections/transitions between them.
Clarity	The point(s) of each sentence, paragraph, and section is(are) clear.				Confusing and unclear writing, at least half the content lacks in clarity.