電気通信大学 AE2Y I: Spring semester final presentation & writing assignment・前学期期末プレゼンテーション・作文

Hello!

How are you? Today I will show you our spring semester final presentation & writing assignment. 

While as before, I have given you the handout about the assignment, I am posting it here as well to help remind all of you about what you can do for the assignment.

Topic & task

Think about a problem or controversy (問題、議論) in an area of science or technology – for example, a problem in research, or technological application - and prepare a short presentation, with a written reaction, about it.

You can choose to make a one-sided reaction, or two-sided argument, for the problem or controversy. 

Here are some examples of some problems or controversies:

• False data in the research of Haruko Obokata and the trouble of her research institute 
• The use – and misuse – of private data by social media companies such as Facebook
• The ways in which social media has spread fake news and other false information
• The pros and cons of internet access by children and younger people
• Earthquake building construction in Japan and whether it is good enough

You do not have to limit yourself to one of these topics – but these are good examples of problems or controversies in science and technology.




This time, write a little more than before: A separate, short 2-3 paragraph reaction about the same topic - basically a written version of your presentation topic. You also have a choice this time of handwriting or typing up on Word about your reaction. 

Guidelines

Like before, you have a choice of making an A3-sized poster or short Power Point display. We will use the same guidelines as we did in the presentations we have done so far this semester.

Deadline (締め切り) 

We will do these on July 17th (7/17), so you have three (3) weeks to do these. 

Good luck! I look forward to seeing, and reading about, your arguments and reactions to your choices of topics.

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