Description
- Solo project
- Hard minimum of 550 words
- Soft maximum of 700 words (hard maximum of 850 words)
- Focuses on a single topic/innovation and its impacts
- Discusses the social, cultural, and/or economic impact of the chosen topic/innovation
- Reflects on the effect(s) of the chosen topic/innovation
- Uses a minimum of three external sources with proper citation in MLA format
- At least three of the sources must be dated January 2017 or later
- One source may be Wikipedia, if necessary
- Primarily comprises of your own thoughts and writing
- Works Cited/Reference Page not included in word count or page limit
Your essay should include details to address each of the following categories. To help you do so, you might answer some (but need not answer all) of the following questions:
- DEFINE THE PURPOSE:
- What is the innovation you are focusing on?
- What is the context for the innovation?
- What social issue was this innovation meant to address?
- Does it resolve problems of a certain kind in a particular community?
- Does it improve quality of life?
- What motivated the creation or development of the innovation?
- POSITIVE & NEGATIVE IMPACTS:
- What has happened as a result of this innovation, intentional or unintentional?
- Are there any long-term or short-term concerns for this innovation?
- What major impact(s) has it contributed to in society, economics, or a particular culture or subculture?
- TECHNICAL ELEMENTS:
- How might we understand this innovation using levels of abstraction?
- How does this innovation relate to other innovations?
- What algorithms are involved in this innovation?
- DATA:
- How is data collected as input relating to this innovation?
- How is data calculated into output?
- What is the output data used for?
- How is data mutated in relation to this innovation?
Topics from past papers have included artificial intelligence (AI), Facebook, smart farming, the internet, the Tik Tok algorithm, robotic teachers, and online security.