Paper Assignment
Your paper has three parts. It aims to help you reflect on several aspects of the course. Most importantly, your paper should describe the work you did related to both your work on the election and your work on the Census. I will also ask you to reflect on the educational implications of all you have considered in the course.
A meaningful number of points will be given based on how well your paper is written.
Part A: When describing your work on the election (learning about voting and candidates and issue ), I would like you to answer the following questions: (This part of the paper should be roughly 3 pages). Be sure to answer each question to the best of your ability. It is fine for you to answer each question as a short answer question - with several sentences for each question. You do not need to turn parts one or two into an essay. Also, please attach copies of the digital communication strategy that you developed.
a. What was the goal of the work you did related to the election?
b. Why did you choose this goal? Please draw on at least 3 readings (could be from early in the course or the recent readings) to explain why you believe this goal was important and how it related to the health of our democracy.
c. What digital strategies did you use and why did you think they would be effective.
d. How effective did you think they were - what evidence do you have?
e. Did you learn anything from trying these strategies - if so, what? If you were to do something differently, what might you do?
Part B: When describing your work on the Census, I would like you to answer the following questions: (2-3 pages). Be sure to answer each question to the best of your ability. It is fine for you to answer each question as a short answer question - with several sentences for each question. You do not need to turn parts one or two into an essay. Also, please attach copies of the face-to-face and digital communication strategies that you developed.
a. What did you do (both online and in your face-to-face work) to try and educate others about the Census and to get individuals to complete a pledge card?
b. Why did you adopt these particular approaches? Draw on readings and other materials where appropriate to support your rationale.
c. How well did these face-to-face and online approaches work?
d. What insights did your experiences with the face-to-face and digital efforts leave you with when it comes to potentially important differences between face-to-face and digital approaches?
Part C: Finally, in this course, you have read a good bit about the role that digital media can play in our civic and political lives. You have also tried to use digital media to promote informed and engaged voters and to promote knowledge and engagement with the Census. In this course, we have also discussed the importance of an educational agenda related to digital engagement.
For the last component of your paper, I would like you to reflect upon the course as a whole (4 Pages). This answer should be an essay.
Specifically, in this course we discussed how the digital revolution is changing the ways individuals a) learn about issues (including challenges posed by misinformation), b) discuss and share their perspectives related to issues, and c) mobilize or motivate others to be engaged with one or more issues. Pick one of these topics (a, b, or c). Drawing on the readings and on other aspects of the course tell me why you think it is important that educators teach students about this topic (a, b, or c). Also, drawing on the readings and other aspects of the course as well as on your own experiences, please tell me what you think educators should do to address this issue and support students. In structuring this answer, you can also let me know what age group of students you think educators should focus on. Please, when describing the educational approach, be sure to include enough details that a reader will have a clear sense of what teachers would do. (4 pages).
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
a. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
c. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.