Essay 3 Instructions & Final Draft Submission

SUBMIT YOUR FIRST DRAFT OF ESSAY 3 TO: Essay 3 - FIRST DRAFT

Our next essay assignment will be broken into two submissions:

1. A 750-word essay, and
2. A pecha kucha presentation

These are instructions for the 750-word essay FINAL DRAFT.

At this point in the semester, we are exploring a variety of issues surrounding the uses of technology to establish community.

For this third essay, you will choose a social media platform with which you are not familiar and use it for 2-3 days to assess its use, community building, platform requirements, and more. (See list of allowed social media apps.) 

For this essay, you will analyze this social media platform. (See analysis questions for apps.) I encourage you to research the history of use and creation about your social media platform. Also consider the requirements for use, its portability, its features, its intended audience, its tone, its privacy statement, and more.

Due March 1 - for in-class post

You must have selected your social media app and begun using it.

First Draft due 3/8, 11:30am -- submit here

Final draft Requirements (due 3/20, 5pm):

Since we've had to move around our semester due dates due to instructor illness, let's put a little breathing room into our due date for Essay 3. The presentation is still due on 3/15 at 11:30am along with the presentation that day. However, so you can have time to come see me for questions about Essay 3 and get feedback from your peers on presentation day, the final draft of Essay 3 is now due on Sunday, 3/20, at 5pm.

• Use of active voice
• No use of first person
• Two outside sources
• MLA in-text citation style (+ quotes)
• Works Cited
• 750 Words not including the Works Cited

You must submit both portions of this essay in order to receive a grade. Failure to present on the day of the presentations will earn a zero on the entire final project (including the essay). Failure to submit an essay, even if you present, will earn a zero on the entire project.

Because this essay is worth 50 points, below is the letter grade breakdown according to points (in case you want to keep it straight).

45-50 points = A

40-44 points = B

35-39 points = C

30-34 points = D

0-29 points = F