Our English Department contact is Ted Roggenbuck. [email protected]: Limit your paper to the time frame 5 years before your birth date to 5 years after. In that ten-year period I am looking for a computer related paper on the state of some aspect of computing. You might select:New technologies that impacted the computer field.The cost of computing.Computer crime.Computer applications.Programming languages.Who were the computer vendors and what was their position inthe market?Strange rule Number 1 Can’t check anything out of library related to any of these topics.Objective Number 1 Address the topic of plagiarism (figure out what it is and figure outhow to avoid it).Objective Number 2 Get the format of the references correct. (Sweat the details)Objective Number 3 Produce an “A” paper.Details: Double-space your article. Use at least two instances of summary, paraphrase and direct quotation. Four to five references two max from the web. At least one clearly from the library. Length 1400 to 1500 words including references (No more than five references). Give the word count. Include a hard copy of each reference you use (Limit this to just the part (page?) of each reference you use.) and indicate on your references where you are taking your “summary, paraphrase, and direct quotation” Turn in both a hardcopy and an electronic version (floppy preferred). We will have a real problem on trying to keep all of your stuff together if it simply is turned in as a pile or heap. Get a simple folder keep your stuff (paper, references, and floppy) together.Hints: Use the spell and grammar checkers and the word count features to make your life easier. Use the Writing lab to at least check what you have done before you hand it in. Read paper out loud to see if it flows. Read paper backwards one sentence at a time to prevent your memory from doing automatic corrections.Due Date:
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