Part 1: Project Topic and Resources

1. Choose a technology to question in your final project in preparation for your presentation at the Online Technology Conference and answer the following questions about it:

• What is it?
• Why did you choose it?
• At this point, what do you think the answers to Postman’s five questions will be? Why?
• What steps will you take to answer the questions?
• What obstacles (if any) do you see in your way to answering the questions?

Your responses should be at least 400 words, in total, adhere to MLA style guidelines (Times New Roman and size 12 font, 1 inch margins), and should be carefully edited and proofed for standard use of English.

1. Create an analytical annotated bibliography of resources you will use for your project. These must include at least six scholarly resources. The annotation for each source should be at least 150 words.

General assistance with annotated bibliographies and MLA citations can be found on the UMUC website at the below links.

• How to Write an Annotated Bibliography: http://sites.umuc.edu/library/libhow/bibliography_tutorial.cfm
• MLA Citation Examples: http://sites.umuc.edu/library/libhow/mla_examples.cfm
• The Purdue Online Writing Lab (Purdue OWL) also has good resources on writing Annotated Bibliographies, including how to summarize, assess, and reflect:
  • Overview: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/
  • Sample MLA Annotated Bibliography: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/03/
• Additional assistance with MLA formatting can be found at Research and Documentation Online, 5th edition: http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/webpub/Ektron/ReWriting_basics%202e/rewritingbasics2e/resdoc5e/RES5e_ch04_o.html

Due Date for Part 1: This submission is due during Week 2, with the final day of submission being the Sunday of the second week (11:30pm ET). Please see the Course Schedule for the exact final due date for this submission.