These are projects completed in various non IST classes that I have taken. Use the navigation on the left ot filter these projects by course.
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This assignment involved comparing two potential solutions to a problem and recommending the best solution to a specific audience. I chose to compare building new dormatories and allowing freshmen to live off campus as solutions to the University Park on-campus housing shortage according to the critera of cost, physical space, and social impact.
This paper involved extensive research with the housing department on campus, the Office of the Physical Plant, housing departments at other universities, and the Residence Life program at Penn State. Additional internet research was conducted to determine the feasibility of the proposed solutions.
The recommendation report contains the following sections: Executive Summary, Introduction and Problem Statement, Description of Alternative Solutions, Solution Criteria, Evaluation of Proposed Solutions, Conclusions, and Recommendation.
NOTE: While the majority of information included in this report is accurate based on my research, some estimates were made for the sake of the assignment. Do not use this information as a basis for an proposing an actual solution to this problem without further research. Many other possible solutions to the on-campus housing shortage were excluded for the assignment.
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This assignment involved researching a technical device or process and describing it to a specific audience. I chose to write my technical description on digital cameras. This brochure is targetted at people who are currently using film cameras and are considering the switch to digital.
The brochure covers: “What Do I Need to Know?”, “What is a Digital Camera?”, “What are the Benefits of Digital Cameras?”, “How Do Digital Cameras Work?”, “What are the Types of Digital Cameras?”, “How do Digital Cameras Act Over Time?”, and “Who Should Use Digital Cameras?”. This brochure makes use of diagrams, tables, photos, definitions, and lists to clearly present the material to the reader.
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(note: this paper is formatted as a brochure and is best read when printed on two sides of a single piece of paper)
This paper is an instruction set that tells a user how to create their first webpage. The goal of this assignment was to determine an audience for an instruction set and to detail instructions for a task that this audience wants to perform. I chose to target my instructions on how to make your first website to small business owners who want to increase the visibility of their company.
The instruction set includes: terms to know, things you’ll need, time required, warnings, what you’ll learn, before you begin notices, steps to create your website, and troubleshooting tips.
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The goal of this paper was to research a specific topic related to globalization and discuss the issues associated with that topic. This paper deals with the controversial issue of outsourcing and how it is changing the way of doing business in a global economy. Issues covered in this paper include the current status of outsourcing, the benefits and disadvantages of outsourcing, trends, the changing nature of work, effects on the global economy, and ways to solve some of the issues associated with global outsourcing.
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This paper discusses the policy issues associated with online auctions and their relation to electronic commerce. Topics covered in this paper include: the history of eBay, types of items sold on eBay and how they can cause legal issues, problems with online auctions, phishing scams, regualation (and the lack there of) of online auctions, online auction fraud, and potential solutions to fraud issues.
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This goal of this project was to describe in detail an emerging telecommunications technology. This paper describes a variety of aspects relating to an important emerging technology: Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). The paper covers the history of VoIP, VoIP uses, the technology behind VoIP, global trends, VoIP providers, effects on the telecommunications industry, challenges of VoIP, regulations, and the future of VoIP. This project also involved a presenation covering the main aspects of the paper.
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This project involved finding a solution for improving the reputation of Penn State through the use of a fictional large monetary donation by an alum. My team decided to use this donation to build a monorail system for the University. Our presentation discusses the reasons behind this choice, its goals, as well as aspects such as the planned monorail stations and possible benefits and consequences.
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This assignment required giving a presentation on a subject of importance to business and professional communication. I chose to do my presentation on the aspects of cross cultural nonverbal communication, and how it can impact business communication.
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Our team was given a business scenario had to come up with a reason for problems in a group in the business. We determined the main problem was a lack of cohesion with the group, and this presentation explained the importance of cohesivness.
I created the Powerpoint presentation for this presentation
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This project involved taking pictures throughout the semester that represented important team building and communication terms.
I was primarily involved with creating the template for the presentation and worked with my team to write up the descriptions of the terms.
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This paper explores the definition of “progress” and whether or not new technology can always be considered “progress”
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This paper explains the problem with computer dependence in today’s society
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This paper explains how in order to effectively protect our environment, there must be a combination of the use of new technologies to control environmental problems as well as social and political change
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In this paper I describe the consequences of majoring in Information Sciences and Technology
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In this paper I describe my reasons for choosing to major in Information Sciences and Technology
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