Report format
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[Title: The title of the report is the page title, which is created when the page is first created. (Be careful in getting the title right, since changing a page title requires "moving" the page to a new page.)
[Begin the content of the page with the following byline, which includes a link to your user page on the site and the time of posting:]
By User Name
22:19, 8 May 2006 (PDT)
Contents |
Abstract
[Abstract of report: 150 words or less]
Description
[Objective description of the topic of the report, including who/what/when/where/how/why info. Include images or screenshots as appropriate and as allowed by fair use.]
Analysis and Evaluation
[Short essay that (in some cohesive order) contextualizes, analyzes, and evaluates the concept or object under examination. "Contextualizes" means that this section of the report should situate the topic in a context(s) that makes it clear why it is important that we think about it. (For example: "Open source software establishes a model of collaboration that is powerful because it connects historical patterns of collaborative creation with new patterns suited to a global economy." Here, "historical patterns" and "global economy" define the relevant context.) "Analyzes" means that this section of the report should unpack the parts or aspects of the topic in some interesting/useful way. An especially effective strategy is to unpack the aspects of the topic in a way that focuses on a particular problem or tension that is worth thinking about. (For example: "Certain features of open-source software follow old principles of communal gift-economies, but other features are individualistic or geared to a market-economy." Here, there is a plan for looking at the topic that will not just a flat "survey" or "top hits review" but a critical analysis of a specific problem. "Evaluates" has a specific meaning in the context of this course: every research report should conclude with a paragraph that speculates how the particular topic under examination affects the issue of "new modes of authorship." That is: what are the implications of this topic and your analysis of it for authorship in the future?]
Works cited:
- Link or citation
- etc.
