The topic of the research paper is “how does information technology impact family, eldercare, and parenting issues, and
potential ethical and privacy issues introduced by the use of information
technology and information systems in this area?” I have attached detailed instructions as well. Thank you!
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Research Paper Using Word
This assignment has two goals: 1) have students increase their understanding of
ethical issues related to the use of information technology through research, and 2)
learn to correctly use the tools and techniques within Word to format a research paper,
including use of available References and citation tools. These skills will be valuable
throughout a student’s academic career. The paper will require a title page, NO
abstract, three to five full pages of content with incorporation of a minimum of 3 external
resources from credible sources and a Works Cited/References page. Wikipedia and
similar general information sites, blogs or discussion groups are not considered
creditable sources for a research project. No more than 10% of the paper may be in the
form of a direct citation from an external source.
A list of topics from which students can choose is provided below.
Topics for Research Paper
The focus of the paper should be on the following:
1. how information technology supports or makes possible biometrics and its
various implementations, and potential ethical and privacy issues related to the
use of biometrics.
2. how information technology supports or makes possible the development of
artificial intelligence (AI) and intelligent agents (such as Siri, Cortana, etc.) and
potential ethical and privacy issues related to AI.
3. how information technology supports or makes possible the development of
robots as intelligent as humans, smart machines and the IoT, What potential
benefits and risks can/will robots introduce?
4. how information technology supports or makes possible genome-based
treatments for curing diseases, and potential ethical and privacy issues that
might result from use of such treatments.
5. how information technology impacts family, eldercare, and parenting issues, and
potential ethical and privacy issues introduced by the use of information
technology and information systems in this area
6. how information technology has enhanced the use of computer-assisted
education in the elementary school classroom, and the possible positive and
negative impacts this enhancement provides.
7. issues facing the IT Manager or Security professional (e.g., privacy, ownership,
control, accuracy, and security) in an environment where information technology
is constantly expanding and changing.
8. how information technology plays a role in the era of Edward Snowden, Chelsea
Manning, WikiLeaks, et and the impact on defense information systems
9. how information technology plays a role in the rise (and fall) of cryptocurrency
and the positive and negatives of switching to the bitcoin environment.
If there is another topic that addresses ethical issues as related to information
technology that is of special interest to you but one that is not in the list above, request
permission from your instructor before selecting this alternate topic.
Writing Quality for the Research Paper
* All Grammar, Verb Tenses, Pronouns, Spelling, Punctuation, and Writing Competency
should be without error.
* Be particularly careful about mis-matching a noun and pronoun. For example, if you
say “A person does this…” then do not use “their” or “they” when referring to that
person. “Person” is singular; “their” or “they” is plural.
* Remember: there is not their, your is not you’re, its is not it’s, too is not to or two, site
is not cite, and who should be used after an individual, not that. For example, “the
person WHO made the speech” not “the person THAT made the speech.”
* In a professional paper one does not use contractions (doesn’t, don’t, etc.) and one
does not use the personal I, you or your. Use the impersonal as in the previous
sentence. It is more business-like to say “In a professional paper one should not use
contractions,” rather than saying, “In a professional paper you don’t use contractions.”
*Remember: spell-check, then proofread. Better yet, have a friend or colleague read it
before submitting it. Read it out loud to yourself. Read it as if you are submitting it to
your boss.
You can find instructions on how to use the References tool in Word on a PC or
on a Mac in the separate file attached here.
Complete rubrics for this paper are found in the table on the next page.
Element #
01
02
03
04
Requirement
Open Word and save a blank document with the following name:
“Student’s First InitialLastName Research Project”
Example: JSmith Research Project
Paper should be
– double-spaced,
– margins are set to 1” (left, right, top bottom),
– 12 point Arial type is used for all text
– headings, if used, are bold but in 12 point Arial type
Body of the paper is at least three full pages and does not exceed
five typed, double-spaced pages. The 3- 5 pages does not include
the title and reference pages and these are not included in the page
count of the body of the paper.
Title Page which shows title of the paper and the author’s (student’s)
name. The title and author’s name should be centered horizontally
and vertically on the title page.
At least three (3) APA formatted in-text citations.
If you are not familiar with APA format, it is recommended that you
use the References feature in Word for your citations and Reference
List or refer to the “Citing and Writing” option under the
Resources/Library/Get Help area in the LEO classroom.
Points
Allocated
Comments
1.0
This is the font in normal
paragraphs. Heading and title
fonts may be in bold, but
should remain in 12 point font.
1.0
Charts and other graphical
information are not included in
the page count.
0.5
Title must be appropriate for
content
1.0
These can be anywhere in the
document, but the citations
must be relevant to what is
being referenced and the APA
format is used correctly.
It is important to review the final format for APA-style correctness
even if generated by Word.
At least two (2) informational footnotes.
(Note: APA Style does not use footnotes for citations; however, APA
style does allow for the incorporation of informational footnotes)
05
06
Footnotes are not used to list a reference! Footnotes contain
information about the topic to which the footnote has been attached.
References Page using APA format for references. The References
must be on a separate page from the body of the paper. To ensure
1.0
1.0
These can be anywhere in the
document, but the
informational footnotes must
be relevant to the associated
text. The purpose of this
requirement is to effectively
incorporate the information
and demonstrate that you can
use the MS Word footnoting
functionality.
All works listed must be
incorporated within the writing
Element #
Points
Allocated
Requirement
that the References page is separate from the body of the paper, use
a hard return (CTRL Enter) after the end of your paper body and the
start of the References page.
Comments
of your paper as specified in
APA style
If you are not familiar with APA format, it is recommended that you
use the References feature in Word for your citations and Reference
List or refer to the “Citing and Writing” option under the
Resources/Library/Get Help area in the LEO classroom.
07
08
09
10
It is important to review the final format for APA-style correctness
even if generated by Word.
REMEMBER: Every source listed on the Reference page must be
cited at least once in the body of the paper. And every citation needs
to have a matching source listed on the References page.
Describe the topic and ethical issues as they relate to the use of
Information Technology. How does technology support your topic?
What are the issues that technology introduces to this specific topic?
Discuss the trends and ways individuals and/or organizations are
impacted by the issue or are working to prevent the impact. Is this a
topic that has been made possible only because of advances in
technology? Or has the topic been part of technology development
since its beginning? Is the issue you are exploring helpful or harmful
to individuals? To society in general?
Paper must be well-organized and clearly written in a style
appropriate for college level work. Review the notes at the beginning
of project description (Writing Quality for the Research Paper)
Paper should be grammatically correct and contain no spelling
errors. Direct quotations should not exceed 10% of total words used
in the paper.
TOTAL:
2.0
2.0
2.0
1.5
13
Although you should use the
Spell Check and Grammar
Check function in Word, this
will not catch all errors – you
are ultimately responsible for
proofreading.
APA Requirements for This Class
Much of the information below comes from the APA Tutorial, available through the
Effective Writing Center, under the Resources tab above. For this class, the main focus of
APA formatting is on citations and references, and papers with incorrect citations and/or
references will lose points on the grade.
APA format is more than simply using in-text citations and full references. Writers apply
APA format to their work for the following reasons:
!
Providing in-text citations and full references tells readers what sources were used
to write an article or book.
!
Using APA format ensures consistency in the conventions writers use and readers
expect in publications.
!
Including in-text citations and full references credits writers in their field for the
research they have conducted.
!
Using APA format protects writers from being plagiarized and from plagiarizing
others.
The reference list gives the reader the information necessary to locate and retrieve any
source you cite in your paper. Full references are always listed on a separate page at the
end of a paper and match one-to-one with a citation that appears in a paper. Every source
you cite in the paper must appear in your reference list; and, every entry in the reference
list must be cited in your text. If you review other sources, but do not cite them, they are
not included in the reference list. The reference page is labeled as: References centered
and bolded and always plural. Each reference appears in alphabetical order by the first
word, and no numbering is used. Each entry is double spaced, with the first line at the
margin and the second and subsequent lines indented one-half inch. Use double spacing
between entries.
For full examples of how to create correct APA citations and reference lists, go to:
http://www.umuc.edu/library/guides/apa.shtml
Another excellent, concise guide to APA citations and references list can be found here:
http://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/writing/apa
A note about the References tool in Word
On a PC/Windows system (based on Office 2010)
When you need to create a citation (giving credit for work that you are referencing), you
click on References, then on Insert Citation. The next step is to add a new source.
When you get to the “Create Source” window, it is suggested that you click on the
“Show All Bibliography Fields.” Here is a sample Source screen.
Once you have entered all the source information, click on Bibliography and then Insert
Bibliography.
This is the citation:
(Joseph, 2000)
This is how the source is entered into the References list:
Joseph, J. (2000, October). Ethics in the Workplace. Retrieved August 3, 2015, from asae-The
Center for Association Leadership:
http://www.asaecenter.org/Resources/articledetail.cfm?ItemNumber=13073
Other fields on the source page would be used for a journal article or an article from a
periodical.
On a Mac/OS system (based on Office 2013)
From the MAC Help files:
To add a citation, a works cited list, or a bibliography to your document, you first
add a list of the sources that you used.
Add a source by using the Source Manager
The Source Manager lists every source ever entered on your computer so that
you can reuse them in any other document. This is useful, for example, if you
write research papers that use many of the same sources. If you open a
document that includes citations, the sources for those citations appear under
Current list. All the sources that you have cited, either in previous documents or
in the current document, appear under Master list.
1.Open up your Word document.
2.On the Document Elements tab 1 , under References 2 ,
click Manage. 3
3.At the bottom of the Citations tool, click
Citation Source Manager 4 .
1
, and then click
2
3
4
4.Click New.
5.On the Type of Source pop-up menu, select a source type.
6.
7.
Complete as many of the fields as you want. The required fields are
marked with an asterisk (*). These fields provide the minimum information
that you must have for a citation.
Note You can insert citations even when you do not have all the publishing details.
If publishing details are omitted, citations are inserted as numbered placeholders.
Then you can edit the sources later. You must enter all the required information for a
source before you can create a bibliography.
8.When you are finished, click OK.The source information that you entered
appears in the Current list and Master list of the Source Manager.
9.To add additional sources, repeat steps 3 through 6.
10. Click Close.The source information that you entered appears in the
Citations List in the Citations tool.
Edit a source in the Citations tool
You can edit a source directly in the document or in the Citations tool. When you
change the source, the changes apply to all instances of that citation throughout
the document. However, if you make a manual change to a particular citation
within the document, those changes apply only to that particular citation. Also,
that particular citation is not updated or overridden when you update the citations
and bibliography.
1.On the Document Elements tab, under References, click Manage.
2.In the Citations List, select the citation that you want to edit.
3.At the bottom of the Citations tool, click
, and then click Edit Source.
4.Make the changes that you want, and then click OK. If you see a message
that asks whether you want to save changes in both the Master list and the
Current list, click No to change only the current document, or click Yes to
apply changes to the source of the citation and use it in other documents.
Remove a source from the Citations List
Before you can remove a source from the Citations List, you must delete all
related citations.
1.
In the document, delete all the citations associated with the source that
you want to remove.
2. Tip You can use the search field to locate citations. In the search field
3.On the Document Elements tab, under References, click Manage.
4.At the bottom of the Citations tool, click
Manager.
5.
6.
, and then click Citation Source
In the Current list, select the source that you want to remove, and then
click Delete. The source now appears only in the Master list.
Note If the Delete button is unavailable, or if you see a check mark next to the source in the list, th
the source again.
7.Click Close. The source that you removed no longer appears in the Citations
List.
Step 2. Insert, edit, or delete a citation (optional)
Insert a citation
1.In your document, click where you want to insert the citation.
2.On the Document Elements tab, under References, click Manage.
3.In the Citations List, double-click the source that you want to cite. The
citation appears in the document.
Add page numbers or suppress author, year, or title for a specific citation
Use this option to make custom changes to a citation and keep the ability to
update the citation automatically.
Note The changes that you make by using this method apply only to this citation.
1.Click anywhere between the parentheses of the citation. A frame appears
around the citation.
2.Click the arrow on the frame, and then click Edit this Citation.
3.Add page numbers, or select the Author, Year, or Title check box to keep that
information from showing in the citation.
Make manual changes to a specific citation
If you want to change a specific citation manually, you can make the citation text
static and edit the citation in any way that you want. After you make the text
static, the citation will no longer update automatically. If you want to make
changes later, you must make the changes manually.
1.Click anywhere between the parentheses of the citation. A frame appears
around the citation.
2.Click the arrow on the frame, and then click Convert Citation to Static Text.
3.In the document, make the changes to the citation.
Delete a single citation from the document
1.
2.
In the document, find the citation that you want to delete.
Tip You can use the search field to locate citations. In the search field , enter part of the citation.
3.Select the whole citation, including the parentheses, and then press DELETE.
Step 3. Insert or edit a works cited list or a bibliography
A works cited list is a list of all works you referred to (or “cited”) in your
document, and is typically used when you cite sources using the MLA style. A
works cited list differs from a bibliography, which is a list of all works that you
consulted when your researched and wrote your document.
Insert a works cited list or a bibliography
1.In your document, click where you want the works cited list or bibliography to
appear (usually at the very end of the document, following a page break).
2.On the Document Elements tab, under References, click Bibliography, and
then click Bibliography or Works Cited.
Change a works cited list or a bibliography style
You can change the style of all the citations contained in a document’s works
cited list or bibliography without manually editing the style of the citations
themselves. For example, you can change the citations from the APA style to the
MLA style.
1.On the View menu, click Draft or Print Layout.
2.On the Document Elements tab, under References, click the Bibliography
Style pop-up menu, and then click the style that you want to change the
bibliography’s references to.
All
references in your document’s bibliography change to the new style.
Update a works cited list or a bibliography
If you add new sources to the document after you inserted the works cited list or
bibliography, you can update the works cited list or bibliography to include the
new sources.
1.Click the works cited list or bibliography. A frame appears around it.
2.Click the arrow on the frame, and then click Update Citations and
Bibliography.
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