ONE, to familiarize you with the Marriage and Family Resources available on the Internet. There is a vast amount of information on a great variety of sociological topics, sociology itself, and realities which can be understood sociologically. Awareness of this (as well as for other subjects and disciplines) can aid you immensely in your educational endeavors.
TWO, to find out just which of these resources you find most interesting, useful, and/or challenging...to see which ones get your attention the most...and why.
2. Also, compile a list of ten (10) OTHER sites you suggest warrant a closer look (but without details).
1. Indicate the "title" of the site...
2. Provide the "address" (the URL) for each...
3. DESCRIBE what's there...what's on this site? (including internal "links")...
4. EXPLAIN what's there...why you think its a good/useful site...and possible implications and/or purpose you see about it.
For the LIST of TEN SUGGESTED sites:
1. Provide the NAME and URL
2. Provide a short descriptive sentence
1. Go to an Marriage and Family Room in TSS and branch out from the sites listed there. In general, I don't want you to use these sites in your lists, but if one or two are that compelling to you, fine. I suggest you use these sites as portals (jumping off points) to find other sites. My point here is that your "searching" shouldn't be limited to what I've already found--that sort of defeats one of the purposes of the assignment itself.
2. Use Search Engines to search for both general and particular subjects. Think of these as the "Subject" heading in an old library card catalog. There are many good search engines available, Google is one of the best individual ones. Some even use multiple engines at the same time...Dogpile is one such search engine.
3. There are some "mega" sociological sites with numerous links relevant to our course--these are very useful.
Go to the Sociology Room for some of them (i.e. Sociosite, Sociological Tour thru Cyberspace, etc.)
1. Although you may have more than one selection on any given topic, I want a variety of topics and issues represented. Don't just focus on one or two issues--and don't just get numerous entries from one source.
2. "Site" can also mean relevant articles/essays--not just websites. However, don't overdo this--a couple or few articles is fine, but explore websites primarily.
3. URL's are "case (upper/lower) sensitive" and very specific...please record them carefully (i.e. Write clearly!). I will want to visit some of them and even the slightest error will prevent me from doing so.
4. Length is up to you...but remember, this assignment IS worth 100 points.
5. If you want to include "printouts" from sites...ok. But...do this very sparingly...don't print out and turn in page after page from the site...be selective. Do it to enhance your presentation, if you'd like. But--especially don't substitute printouts for the description or even the evaluation I've asked for above.
6. I suggest you work on this assignment "along the way" instead of "all at once" (i.e. the night before its due). You'll have more time to sift, sort, and evaluate if you do it a little at a time. You might even want to do some searching as we cover the various topics and chapters--that would be a good way to organize your thoughts. Keep a running list and select when it gets closer to the due date.
