Select one (1) of the following topics in which you will base your responses in the form of a term paper:
- Network Neutrality
- Web2.0
- Wireless Technology
- Broadband Convergence
- U.S. Telecommunication Policy
- Internet Security
- IPv6
- WWAN
- WLAN
- DNSSEC
- WAN
Write a ten to fifteen (10-15) page paper in which you:
- Compose an executive summary highlighting the paper’s contents and reasoning for your chosen topic.
- Conduct a SWOT analysis by analyzing the strengths, weaknesses, application opportunities, and threats from competitors of the chosen topic.
- Evaluate the current ethical and legal concerns surrounding your topic.
- Select one (1) ethical or legal concern surrounding your topic, take a position on the issue, and provide rationale.
- Analyze the improvements over the last two (2) years to your communication technology topic, and suggest an improvement based on its current usage.
- Predict the future role of the communication technology you’ve selected for both personal and commercial use.
- Create a diagram that illustrates the communication structure of your chosen technology in Visio or its open source alternative software. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
- Use at least eight (8) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
- Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.
- Include charts or diagrams created in Visio or Dia. The completed diagrams / charts must be imported into the Word document before the paper is submitted.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
- Evaluate the ethical concerns that communication networks raise in a global context.
- Use technology and information resources to research issues in communication networks.
- Write clearly and concisely about communication networks using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
| Points: 160 | Term Paper: Networking | |||
| Criteria | Unacceptable
Below 70% F |
Fair
70-79% C |
Proficient
80-89% B |
Exemplary
90-100% A |
| 1. Compose an executive summary highlighting the paper’s contents and reasoning for your chosen topic.
Weight: 5% |
Did not submit or incompletelycomposed an executive summary highlighting the paper’s contents and reasoning for your chosen topic. | Partiallycomposed an executive summary highlighting the paper’s contents and reasoning for your chosen topic. | Satisfactorilycomposed an executive summary highlighting the paper’s contents and reasoning for your chosen topic. | Thoroughlycomposed an executive summary highlighting the paper’s contents and reasoning for your chosen topic. |
| 2. Conduct a SWOT analysis by analyzing the strengths, weaknesses, application opportunities, and threats from competitors of the chosen topic.
Weight: 15% |
Did not submit or incompletely conducted a SWOT analysis by analyzing the strengths, weaknesses, application opportunities, and threats from competitors of the chosen topic. | Partially conducted a SWOT analysis by analyzing the strengths, weaknesses, application opportunities, and threats from competitors of the chosen topic. | Satisfactorily conducted a SWOT analysis by analyzing the strengths, weaknesses, application opportunities, and threats from competitors of the chosen topic. | Thoroughly conducted a SWOT analysis by analyzing the strengths, weaknesses, application opportunities, and threats from competitors of the chosen topic. |
| 3. Evaluate the current ethical and legal concerns surrounding your topic.
Weight: 10% |
Did not submit or incompletelyevaluated the current ethical and legal concerns surrounding your topic. | Partiallyevaluated the current ethical and legal concerns surrounding your topic. | Satisfactorilyevaluated the current ethical and legal concerns surrounding your topic. | Thoroughlyevaluated the current ethical and legal concerns surrounding your topic. |
| 4. Select one (1) ethical or legal concern surrounding your topic, take a position on the issue, and provide rationale.
Weight: 15% |
Did not submit or incompletelyselected one (1) ethical or legal concern surrounding your topic; did not submit, or incompletely took a position on the issue and did not submit or incompletely provided rationale. | Partiallyselected one (1) ethical or legal concern surrounding your topic, partially took a position on the issue, and partially provided rationale. | Satisfactorilyselected one (1) ethical or legal concern surrounding your topic, satisfactorily took a position on the issue, and satisfactorily provided rationale. | Thoroughlyselected one (1) ethical or legal concern surrounding your topic,thoroughly took a position on the issue, and thoroughly provided rationale. |
| 5. Analyze the improvements over the last two (2) years to your communication technology topic, and suggest an improvement based on its current usage.
Weight: 15% |
Did not submit or incompletelyanalyzed the improvements over the last two (2) years to your communication technology topic, if any, and did not submit or incompletely suggested an improvement based on its current usage. | Partiallyanalyzed the improvements over the last two (2) years to your communication technology topic, if any, and partially suggested an improvement based on its current usage. | Satisfactorilyanalyzed the improvements over the last two (2) years to your communication technology topic, if any, and satisfactorily suggested an improvement based on its current usage. | Thoroughlyanalyzed the improvements over the last two (2) years to your communication technology topic, if any, and thoroughly suggested an improvement based on its current usage. |
| 6. Predict the future role of the communication technology you’ve selected for both personal and commercial use.
Weight: 10% |
Did not submit or incompletelypredicted the future role of the communication technology you’ve selected for both personal and commercial use. | Partiallypredicted the future role of the communication technology you’ve selected for both personal and commercial use. | Satisfactorilypredicted the future role of the communication technology you’ve selected for both personal and commercial use. | Thoroughlypredicted the future role of the communication technology you’ve selected for both personal and commercial use. |
Weight: 15% |
Did not submit or incompletelycreated a diagram that illustrates the communication structure of your chosen technology in Visio or its open source alternative software. | Partiallycreated a diagram that illustrates the communication structure of your chosen technology in Visio or its open source alternative software. | Satisfactorilycreated a diagram that illustrates the communication structure of your chosen technology in Visio or its open source alternative software. | Thoroughlycreated a diagram that illustrates the communication structure of your chosen technology in Visio or its open source alternative software. |
| 8. 8 references
Weight: 5% |
No references provided | Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices. | Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices. | Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices. |
| 9. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements
Weight: 10% |
More than 6 errors present | 5-6 errors present | 3-4 errors present | 0-2 errors present |
