Final Exam Preparations

read this Special report: Technology and politics from The Economist to prepare yourselves

You may read it in its original linked above or in a version created for the final listed below.

  1. The Signal and the Noise
  2. Politics by Numbers
  3. A New Kind of Weather
  4. Politics by Numbers
  5. Connective Action
  6. How Cities Score
  7. The Data Republic
  8. Sources

For the final exam, come to class at 1400 on Friday, 29 Apr 2016, with a product that answers three questions:

Using the above readings as a source document, answer these questions

  1. what is the number one thing you should know about the foundations of information science and why it applies to something in these readings
  2. add in what is the second thing you should know about the foundations of information science and why again it applies to something in these readings
  3. add in the third thing you should know about the foundations of information science and why again it applies to something in these readings

You might want to review the semester's readings to prepare for this final challenge

You may use any format you wish (a standard paper, a powerpoint presentation, a prezi presentation, a movie, anything). The key, however, is that the "why" of your product should show me that you understand what we talked about in INLS201 by using examples we used and terminology that is used in the field.

I will be looking at your responses to see if you can back up what you say with examples from what we covered, but the "why" of why a topic is important goes beyond what we had in class and should reflect your thoughtful consideration of the topic and of your worlds.

A good performance will include the following components

  1. an overview that lays out the three big things that will be discussed
  2. three sections, each on one of the big things, with examples
  3. a wrap-up that restates in a short sentence why the three big things are the three you selected

If you want a custom final exam evaluation method, send me a note and we will make a contractual agreement about what you are to do instead of the above.

We will not review them during the final exam session, but I need to be assured that I have what you intended for me to have before I release you from the exam session.

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