Part III: Red Roads, Blue Roads

Check here for the grade key that you will use to grade your classmate's Part III (and this is the key they will use to grade your work!).

Summary of Work due: a neat printed copy of your work -- due (TBA in class)

• from your web browser of choice, one copy of a laser-printed, neat, error-free web page
• obviously, you must convert your stuff so far to HTML
  • make a new HTML file; copy the HTML source from *this* web page into your new page
    (in your browser, select the View-menu, select Source)
  • now cut and paste the content from your Part II document into the new HTML file
• you MUST still use grammar and spell checkers, how?
• make a READ ONLY bibliography - that is, include a reference only IF you've READ it (unless a classic book which you read part of)
• use a consistent format for your references (see examples)
• the requirements for Part III are given below

• assume a lay audience, elaborate in your summary -- teach the community something

Your summary goes here. Just the facts, ma'm. Don't give me your opinion here. Summarize the issue for the reader. Don't ramble. Work on this!!!!

You must have more information here than you submitted for part II.

At this point, you should have at least 5 solid and current quotes.

TALK DIRECTLY TO YOUR AUDIENCE HERE -- like a politician would:

Here you want to explain why someone should be informed about this topic and thus why they should keep reading! For example, start this with: "Why you need to know about ...."

This is where you can ramble about what you think.

This is where you should think about how you will organize your topic-specific information.

At this point, you should have at least 10 keywords that are critical to understanding your topic.

• Books - at least one (must be dated later than 1985 unless it's a classic!)
• Magazine - at least two (2) articles
• Periodical - find one (1) reference in the journal Communications of the ACM (under the C's)
• Newspaper - must have at least 5 (keep more OR your best ones)
• www - these will be easy to find; concentrate on the above!!

"Red Roads, Blue Roads" is a metaphor for the strategies for getting to various knowledge destinations. On (old) maps, blue highways are the back roads - like with the traditional book in the library, they take more time to traverse but offer great depth. Red Roads are more direct routes like our Library's Electronic Resources. Both shut one out of various infomation-neighborhoods but give faster access to where you want to go. Superhighways, of course, could be the web and/or search engines which can get you somewhere in a hurry. As indicated in the References section above, this project requires some of each type of "road." Thanks to Grace Baron in the Filene Center for her insights and reference to the book Blue Highways by William Least Heat Moon.