ISM 4220 PROJECT 2

DUE

Wednesday 2 April in class in CD format

The class schedule will change during the course of the semester.

Please ensure that you keep updated with the course work, due dates, exam dates,  assignments and lecture notes. Below you will see that last time it was updated.

LAST UPDATED: Thursday December 01, 2005 11:55:11 AM -0500

Choose a "cutting edge technology" that is relevant to business data communications, as per the examples in class, (Bluetooth, biometrics, dark fiber, latest CPUs, Tablet PC, wireless LANs, encryption, etc).

Please send an email to me with your choice by Saturday at 10:00 pm.

Those unable to cooperate by then will not have their project approved during Spring Break as I will be traveling out of the country.

Don't forget your subject line should start with ISM4220/Your name/

Then check back to see if it has been approved.

NB Only a CD is required - no hard copy.

1. Page 1

   1. Title of paper

   2. Student Name

   3. Student course number and course name

   4. Semester and year

   5. Name of University

   6. Name of Professor - correctly spelled

   7. Visible digital photo of yourself

2. Page 2 Table of contents

3. Page 3 Introduction

4. Pages 3-15 Main body guideline - which means your paper can be from 3 pages to 15 pages or even longer.

5. Include diagrams, photos, sketches , other visual

6. Page last but one - References - all references from both books, library and of course the web.

7. Last page - A one page executive Summary which should summarize your paper in one page.

1. Double spaced,

2. Fonts: Times Roman or Ariel

3. Font size: 12

4. Font color : black

5. Margins should be 1" either side

6. Spell checked

7. MS Word 2000 or XP

8. Any other applications should be from the MS family

9. CBA does not support Visio or WordPerfect

10. emailed by class time - and if necessary win zipped.

11. Hard copy should be brought to class. 

12. Project 1 needs to be presented in CD format  by due date

13. Project 1 must be presented in ONE file and saved as "yourname.doc"

14. Project 1 must have a color digital and visible photo of yourself

 MLA Check list

The bibliography or list of sources  is referred to as Works Cited under MLA rules.

1. Direct quotations

   Quote directly from your source if the original words are unique and distinctive or if they add authority to your point.

2. Ideas that are summarized or paraphrased

   Paraphrasing or summarizing a source is often preferable to quoting, for it allows you as the author to use your own style and voice in your research paper. Always remember to use parenthetical citations for such sources. just as you would if you were quoting them.

3. Ideas and opinions associated with a particular person 

   If you refer to specific concepts adhered to by one person, you must include a reference to this person.

4. Data that, in context of your paper, may be open to dispute

   If you cite statistics you need to include a reference to your source.

5. Results of surveys you have conducted as part of your research

   If interviews are personal, you may mark them "personal communication" in your bibliography.

6. Avoiding plagiarism

   Plagiarism is a serious violation of academic ethics and is grounds for severe penalty. To avoid plagiarism you must cite work that is not your own. For example, a student taking class notes, might omit to add quotation marks to a direct quote. Weeks later when they are working on their paper they may forget which words and phrases are their own and which come directly from the original source. Check with your professors which as to whether or not to cite them as sources for ideas. The individual professor might consider his ideas as part of the public domain of the class, in which case you could cite them without attribution.

    

7. I would like to point out the following form the Student Handbook 1.02 Plagiarism. "The deliberate use and appropriation of another's work without any indication of the source and the representation of such work as the student's own. Any student who fails to give credit to ideas, expressions or materials taken from another source, including internet sources, is guilty of plagiarism. Any student helping another to plagiarize may be found guilty of academic misconduct."

8. Works cited: Books The order is Author, Title, Publication Information:

9. Arrange the entries alphabetically by the author's last name or, when there is no author name, by the first significant word in the title.

   One author

   McDonald, David Francis. Cyber crime on the net. New York: Harper 2002

   Two authors

   Cranley, Janet F., Shamika M. Brown. Freedom on the Internet. Miami, Uinversity of Miami Press, 2001

    

10. Works cited: Article in a magazine or newspaper

    Mrad, Grace. "Cyber crime - Miami second in the nation" El Nuevo Herald 28 January 2002  

11. When citing internet sources, be sure to give credit;  

The University of Florida's IT department has developed a Website that provides information about Cyber crime ( "Cyber crime is constantly increasing")

 Good luck

Last updated: Thursday December 01, 2005 11:55 AM