Initial digital media writing
For this assignment you are being asked to write one short writing entry, published on the World Wide Web.
Choose one of the five topics listed below. Write two or three substantial paragraphs about the topic you choose.
Your goal is to write an informative background to the topic and to express your informed opinions about the topic.
A common way to do this is to have the first paragraph give factual, background information that describes the topic and
provides any necessary definitions. The second paragraph (and third, if needed) expresses your opinion about the topic
that comes from your research into the topic. You are expected to take a position about the topic and argue for your
position.
You will be able to edit your entry as often as you wish up until midnight at the end of the deadline date, January 18.
Your name will appear with each entry you write. Remember that everything you write can be viewed by anyone who has
a computer and an Internet connection. Some of the topics are about people who are currently alive and who therefore may
stumble across what you have written about them.
As always, be careful about using other people’s ideas and words. Use quotations as needed. Include URLs as
hypertext links as needed. Formal documentation is not required here, but you must be clear about where everything
is coming from.
Your entries will be graded on organization, the quality of writing, the depth, accuracy, and concision of the research communicated, and the clarity of the expression of opinion.
- Bob Dylan
- John Green (author)
- La traviata (opera)
- Coal-fired generating stations in Ontario
- Nanomedicine