WIRELESS COMMUNICATION PAPER

Description

Lab 2-3 Consider This: Your Turn

Wireless Communications Paper

Sample Grading Rubric

Part 1:

Consider This: Plan Ahead Guidelines

Grading Notes

Suggested

Percent

Score

1. Select a topic.

N/A

2. Research the topic and take notes, being careful not to plagiarize.

N/A

3. Organize your notes into related concepts, identifying all main ideas and supporting details in an outline.

N/A (notes are in Data Files)

4. Write the first draft from the outline, referencing all sources of information and follow the guidelines identified in the required documentation style.

a) Organize the sentences and paragraphs so that they have a natural flow.

· The paper should be organized into five sections: introduction, Wi-Fi paragraph, Bluetooth paragraph, NFC paragraph, and conclusion. (Note that students should organize list in introduction and conclusion to match order of paragraphs in paper).

5

· The title should be appropriate.

· The sentences within the paragraph should be organized so that they have a natural flow. (The notes in the Data Files are in random order and not in a natural flow. Students should reorganize the sentences in each paragraph.)

20

· Paper should be created according to MLA style.

30

b) Add citations where appropriate.

· Each supporting paragraph (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and NFC) should have a citation.

· Citation in Wi-Fi paragraph should reference authors named Brewer and Galens.

· Citation in Bluetooth paragraph should reference author named Adams.

· Citation in NFC paragraph should reference author named Nitz. This citation also should have page numbers 114-135 referenced because it is a book citation.

· Citations should be entered according to MLA style.

20

5. Create the list of sources using the formats specified in the required documentation style.

· Works Cited page should have three sources, as specified in the Lab 2-3 Consider This Your Turn Wireless Communications Notes file, formatted according to MLA documentation style.

20

(10% extra credit if students add their own footnote and source)

6. Proofread and revise the paper.

5

Part 2: Critical Thinking Decisions

This assignment requires students to explain why they made these decisions in creating their research papers:

· organization of notes into paragraphs

· organization of paragraphs

· where to place citations

· how to format sources

· if required, which source on the web to use for the footnote text

Students also should explain additional revisions required when they proofread the paper.

Notes for Wireless Communications Paper

Introduction:

· Popular wireless communications technologies include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and NFC.

· Some computers and devices communicate via wires, and others communicate wirelessly.

· Many users opt for wireless communications because it is more convenient than installing wires and cables.

Bluetooth (source: article called “How Bluetooth Communications Work.”, written by Latisha Adams, published in the August 31, 2017, issue of an online periodical called Online Technology. Viewed on September 21, 2017):

· To communicate with each other, Bluetooth devices often must be within about 33 feet but can be extended to about 325 feet with additional equipment.

· Devices that share a Bluetooth connection are said to be paired.

· A Bluetooth device contains a small chip that allows it to communicate with other Bluetooth devices.

· When connecting two devices using Bluetooth, the originating device sends a code to the connecting device. The codes must match to establish the connection.

NFC (source: printed book by Nicholas Michael Nitz called Near Field Communications, published in Seattle in 2017 by Pacific Press, specific pages used were 114-135):

· An NFC tag is a chip that can store small amounts of data. NFC tags are in a variety of objects, such as posters, ski lift tickets, business cards, stickers, and wristbands.

· For successful communications, the NFC devices or objects touch or are placed within an inch or two of each other. For example, two NFC-enabled phones touched together can transfer contacts, or an NFC-enabled phone can touch a parking meter to pay for parking.

· Examples of NFC-enabled devices include smartphones, digital cameras, television, and terminals.

· Credit cards, tickets, and NFC tags are examples of objects that also use NFC technology.

Wi-Fi (source: website titled Wi-Fi Communications and Technologies, published by Course Technology, written by Milton Leon Brewer and Lynette Galens in August 2017. Viewed on September 25, 2017):

· One popular use of Wi-Fi is in hot spots that offer mobile users the ability to connect to the Internet with their Wi-Fi-enabled wireless computers and devices.

· Wi-Fi, which stands for wireless fidelity, uses radio signals to provide high-speed Internet and network connections to computers and devices capable of communicating via Wi-Fi.

· In open or outdoor areas free from interference, the computers or devices should be within 300 feet of a wireless access point or hot spot. In closed areas, the wireless network range is about 100 feet.

· Many homes and small businesses also use Wi-Fi to network computers and devices wirelessly.

· To obtain communications at maximum distances, users may need to install extra hardware to extend or strengthen a wireless signal.

Conclusion

· Three popular wireless communications technologies are Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and NFC.

· Wireless communications use air or space to send communications signals.

· Many home and business users opt for wireless communications today.