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Final Project Paper
This final project paper is due on Friday, December 16th. This should be something you have thought about, designed, and worked on from midterm to the end of the semester.
During the course, you will perform research which focuses on one of the following topics:
- Research the purchase of a computer or any peripheral device such as a scanner, printer, or digital camera
- Research the computer industry and computer industry careers
- Research on the history of the computer
- Evaluate and review a commercial software program
- Evaluate an academic or commercial Web Site
- Research on viruses and virus protection software
- Compose a list of Internet resources on any topic
- Power Point Presentation for work, family event, or another class using some of the skills learned in the Lab Tutorials.
- Any Excel project that applies the lab skills learned in this class using some of the skills learned in the Lab Tutorials.
- Any other computer-related topic (must be approved by instructor)
Projects may be something you have produced for work, another class, or personal use. This will allow for real application of some of the objectives learned
and will allow other students to hear about various applications of lessons learned.
You will type a paper to e-mail the instructor. This paper will be at least one and a half pages.
In this paper you will be expected to apply skills learned in the Word lab exercise to the paper such as: double-space, one inch margins, page numbering in
the page footer section, ect. No bibliography is required.
If this is a project from what you learned in one of the tutorial labs, (Excel or Power Point) the paper should describe the project, tell how you applied
some of the objectives learned in this class, or advise of any difficulties encountered.
You will post a description of the final project in the area of the message board labeled Topic: Topic: 17 - Final Project - Due 12/18/05 - FOR ONLINE CLASS ONLY
before finals week. Each student will also read and respond to two other student's final projects by 12/18 on the message board.
The Final Project is worth 100 points total. You have a possibility of earning 100 points from the Final Project itself and 50 points from your participation
in other student's final projects by responding to them on the message board.
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