LA-283 PROJECT 2
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  TASK:
 
  You have been shown two major ways of accessing
  information from online sources.  These ways are (1)
  conferencing/bulletin-board systems (with NETNEWS as the
  example), and (2) internet information systems/CWIS
  (with GOPHER and the World Wide Web as examples).
 
  You have also been shown how to create ASCII text files
  using an ASCII text editor -- such as the MS-Windows notepad
  application.
 
  The task for project 2 is to utilize one or more of these
  online information sources to gather information that you
  will use to create an informative essay.  This essay
  should contain 4 parts:
 
  - introduction (what are you going to inform the reader
    about)
 
  - body (the information you present, ie - your informative
    essay)
 
  - a summary of what you just informed the reader about
 
  - a 2-3 paragraph appendix explaining how you gathered the
    information for your essay using the networked
    information sources mentioned above.  THIS APPENDIX IS
    MOST IMPORTANT!
 
 
  HOW TO DELIVER PROJECT:
 
  The completed essay should be posted to your class private
  newsgroup (private.la283.1  or  private.la283.2  or
  private.la283.3  or private.la283.4).  
  Your grade will be returned to
  you via electronic mail.  (To your popmail account.)
 
 
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  DUE DATE: is up to your section instructor
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  IMPORTANT NOTES ABOUT PROJECT 2:
 
  (1) The informative essay may be about any subject you
      wish -- AS long as the subject material is derived
      from either NETNEWS, GOPHER or the WORLD WIDE WEB.
 
  (2) The appendix is MANDATORY!  You must explain how you
      found the information, how you constructed the essay,
      and how you formatted and delivered the project.
      Which groups did you search?  Which dead-ends did you
      encounter?  How did you decide on the subject you
      picked?
 
  (3) We expect to receive college-level essays for this
      project.  The essays should contain everything that a
      hardcopy essay would contain, including title, your
      name, date and section headings.
 
      Needless to say -- we expect grammar to be good,
      spelling to be correct and the papers themselves to be
      worthy of a college student.
 
 
  GRADING CRITERIA:
 
  Project 2 is worth a total of 8 points.  We expect that
  the completed project will be a formatted essay worthy of
  a college student.  The following criteria will be used in
  grading the completed essay:
 
  - completeness of project - all 4 sections complete -
    approx. 150-300 words of text - file correctly named -
    students userid, name and date at top of project file
 
  - construction of project - correct grammar - no
    misspelled words - no run-on or incomplete sentences -
    no jargon or slang (unless it is relevant)
 
  - formatting of project done well
 
  - submitted on time