Intro To Comp Sci Assignment

Assignment Instructions

· Purdue Online Writing Lab Link:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/   

Instructions:  

 

Find one article on any course related topic (computer or information technology). You may use the Library link in the classroom. The article should be relevant to a course topic and from a creditable source. You may choose your article from independent reading and research; or you may search the Internet. Also consider the following:

  

The magazine Smart Computing in Plain English:

www.smartcomputing.com/

 

 A more technical publication is PC Magazine:

 

www.pcmag.com - (Solid State Drive) SSD –Topic I chose from here. (I’ve attached a discussion from my earlier post. But you can choose SSD from other links in here, as long as there are references from the links. Thanks.

  

See also:

http://www.itworld.com/

http://www.pcworld.com/

www.howstuffworks.com/

 

 

www.geek.com

 

At

 

www.pcpitstop.com

 

Summarize the article in your own words and include information in your paper on how the article relates to course concepts. Discuss the course material. Demonstrate you have read the textbook and you understand how to relate your research to current events. Use the appropriate APA citation to illustrate when you move from the article summary to material from the textbook.

 

Your article summary should not exceed 3 pages. Turnitin is used in this class to assess the originality of your work--you must have less than 15% Similarity/matching. Paraphrase instead of using direct quotes to reduce your matching percent to 15% or less.

Submission Instructions:

Written communication is an essential tool for any professional. As with any skill, writing well is the result of practice followed by feedback and the use of relevant and appropriate sources. Therefore, the quality of writing is graded as part of this assignment. See your syllabus for more guidelines. It is easy for students to plagiarize – cut and paste right into a text document.

 

"Many college papers are published on the web and students can even become members of e-groups which, for a small fee, promise to deliver 'A+' papers on every topic. Ways to cheat are abundant on the Web."

Rubric	Points
-Content & Development (Relate back to the textbook and concepts using APA in-text citations) – 50 points	50
-Organization (Introduction/Summary) – 20 points	20
-Format (Your article summary should not exceed 5 pages. Turnitin is used in this class to assess the originality of your work—you must have less than 15% Similarity/matching. Paraphrase instead of using direct quotes to reduce your matching percent to 15% or less.) – 10 points	10
-Grammar, Punctuation, & Spelling – 15 points	15
-Readability & Style – 5 points	5