IDS 403 Final Project
Milestone Two Guidelines Final Project Outline
Overview and Prompt
For your final presentation, due in Module Eight, you will
devise a plan of action for addressing a local or global technology issue of
your choice. In Module
Three, you will be submitting a presentation outline for
this project.
Your assignment is to submit a 2- to 3-page outline of the
presentation you will give as part of your final project. Think of it as a
script with notes to help add
context to the points you will be making. It need not
include complete sentences or paragraphs, but it should contain enough detail
to allow your instructor to
offer you some feedback. While you may organize the outline
however you choose, be sure to address the following:
I. Introduction: For this part of the assessment, you will
examine the role of technology in society and how it influences aspects of
culture and the
individual. You will explore a topic that has been discussed
in this course (technology as control, identity, gender, class systems, etc.)
to help guide your
analysis.
A. Analyze how social practices have shaped technology and
how technology has begun to shape social practices. In other words, how has
technology changed the everyday operations in modern
societies?
B. Analyze the influence of technology on society as a force
for social change.
C. Analyze how technology has influenced the behaviors and
operations of individuals in your discipline of study or area of interest. In
other words,
look at the influence of technology through the lens of your
discipline.
D. Explain how a topic that has been discussed in this
course has or has not shaped our interactions and usage of technology through
an
interdisciplinary lens.
E. Explain the positive and negative aspects associated with
a topic that has been discussed in this course through an interdisciplinary
lens.
F. Using relevant research or diverse perspectives, assess
how emerging technologies have brought about societal issues.
II. Issue: For this part of the assessment, you will
introduce the issue and how it relates to technology and any of the topics that
have been discussed in the
course.
A. Using appropriate research strategies, describe a social
or global issue that is related to technology.
1. What is the origin of the issue?
2. What is the issue about?
B. Using appropriate research strategies, describe the
target population of the issue.
1. Who is impacted by the issue?
2. What is important to know about them?
C. Using appropriate research strategies, explain how the
chosen issue relates to a topic that has been discussed in this course.
1. In other words, how can you connect the social or global
issue you have chosen with a topic that has been discussed in this course?
2. How does it inform your understanding of the issue?
D. Using relevant research or diverse perspectives, assess
how the chosen issue is impacting the target population.
E. Utilizing interdisciplinary approaches, predict how the
chosen issue will change or will not change in the future. Be sure to justify
your prediction.
III. Plan: For this part of the assessment, you will offer
recommendations and a plan to improve the issue, and strategies for
implementing your plan.
A. Make recommendations for how the current issue could be
addressed so that it no longer adversely affects the target population.
B. Explain how current technology could be utilized to
address the chosen issue.
1. Is there new or updated technology that could be used to
address an issue associated with older or outdated technology?
2. Could the technology associated with the chosen issue be
utilized in different way(s) to address the issue?
C. Imagine you are in charge of addressing your chosen
issue. Explain how you would implement your plan through an interdisciplinary
lens.
D. Explain the benefits of your plan and justify why your
plan would be preferable. Be sure to support your justification with relevant
research or
individual perspectives.
