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HUMU 250: Final Multimedia Presentation

This term, we are discussing and analyzing many ways in which digital technologies are fundamentally influencing or changing society. Now, you will take what you are learning and teach others (you will need to select a specific audience).

This assignment has several parts:

First, select one of these topics (you are encouraged to select your own—but if you do, you must clear it with your instructor!)

1. The impact of the use/growth/spread of digital tools and/or the use of social media (“crowdsourcing” might be an example).

2. The impact of 3-D printers: (http://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_harouni_a_primer_on_3d_printing.html)

3. The impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

4. The impact of GIS

5. The impact of Big Data (social media that collects and sells your data, for example)

6. The impact of driverless cars/trucks/trains/airplanes

7. The impact of robots (Anybots, for example, or Elder Care Robots).

8. The impact of digital automation

9. The impact of smart grids

10. The impact of the Internet of Things (IoT)

Second, choose one of following areas: education (elementary, secondary, or post-secondary), law, law enforcement, psychology, business, healthcare, construction, engineering, computer science or any other field in which you have an interest. Be as specific as possible in terms of the field you are covering. For example, instead of “medicine” you might look at “cardiology” or “organ transplants.”

Third, explain how the use of your chosen technology in your chosen field will affect society at large?

Example: How will digital automation impact healthcare? How will robots impact national defense? How will crowdsourcing help solve engineering problems? (Your thesis will be your answer to this question or these questions).

Then explain how you know. You will need research to support your thesis (a minimum of three authoritative sources), but it’s up to you to synthesize and cite those sources for the audience.

When you have chosen all three parts of the assignment and have determined your thesis statement, you will compose an 8-10 minute multimedia presentation. This is roughly 20-25 narrated slides and one additional slide for your References list (APA format) at the end.

The presentation should not require the listener to click anything to move forward through the slides or to start the audio narration—it should be something you could run on a loop.

This assignment is worth 200 points.

NOTE: Your previous assignments have prepared you for this final assignment. If you turned everything in, you will have had ample time to write, revise, and practice your narration (script), compose the first two slides with audio narration tied to relevant graphics (mini-presentation), and write/present your introduction and thesis statement (proposal, script, and mini-presentation).

Resources:

“How to Sound Natural When Reading a Script: https://seanwes.com/podcastdude/050-how- to-sound-natural-when-reading-a-script/

“Garr Reynolds: Sample Slides”: (author of Presentation Zen) https://www.slideshare.net/garr/sample-slides-by-garr-reynolds/7-beforeafter

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