CS006 Group Presentation

In this assignment, you will break up into groups of 4 people. Your team will research a new internet technology (see below for a list of options), then give a presentation on the topic. The presentation will be during your lab sessions on week 9.

The goal of the presentation is to explain to the other members of the class about the internet technology. Your presentation should answer each of the following questions:

  1. What is the technology useful for?
  2. Who would you use the technology you're presenting?
  3. How do you use the technology?
  4. Who developed the technology?
  5. What are the legal implications?
  6. What are the security implications?
  7. Are you glad the technology exists?

The presentation should last between 5-10 minutes, and every member of your team should be involved. A projector will be available, but you must email your slides to the TA by midnight the night before you give your presentation.

Topics

Here is a list of recommended topics. You may choose something else, but you must get it approved by the TA first. Different groups in the same lab section are not allowed to present the same material.

  1. bitcoin
  2. tor
  3. botnets
  4. html5
  5. presi
  6. Google docs
  7. RSS feeds
  8. web translators
  9. linux
  10. cool browser extensions (pick one, or two if they're related, and present them)
  11. dropbox/google drive/icloud
  12. checkout this list of web apps for more ideas

Grading

Grading on this assignment will be fairly tough. You must be both detailed and technical in your presentation. But you also need to present at a level that everyone will understand.

I recommend that every person focus on one or two of the questions above. Then, in the presentation, you can take turns talking about the part you focused on.

The rubric is:

CategoryPercent
Presentation is engaging 40
Material presented is correct30
Material presented thoroughly covers the topic30