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165 Points; Due Day 7, Week 11
 * Multimedia Presentation on Obsolete and Emerging Technologies **

Throughout this course, you will be working on a course project beginning in Module 1 and concluding in Module 6. For this project, you will search the supply or equipment closet in your workplace to find an obsolete technology that was an emerging technology when your institution bought it.

The objective of your course project is to discover why this technology became obsolete and is now in the supply closet, as well as the reasons for adopting the technology that replaced it. You will use McLuhan’s Laws of Media and the six prominent forces that drive emerging technology to analyze both the obsolete technology and the new, emerging technology.

At this point in your graduate program, you should know of many accessible digital options for demonstrating learning. You will present your ideas for this project using multimedia technology of your choice. Some of the technological options you might consider include video, Web page, or an interactive, multimedia PowerPoint®.


 * If you create a video, you will post it to a Web site that hosts videos, such as YouTube™ or TeacherTube™.
 * If you create an interactive PowerPoint®, you will post it to a Web site that hosts presentations that maintain your effects, such as AuthorStream.

The body of your multimedia presentation included the following:


 * Tetrad for the obsolete technology you selected
 * Tetrad for the emerging technology that replaced your obsolete technology
 * Excerpts from Interviews with decision maker(s) or IT specialist(s) who originally made the decision to purchase the obsolete technology
 * Excerpts from Interviews with teachers, employees, or any end users to ascertain why a technology became obsolete and was replaced
 * Analysis of your obsolete technology in reference to the six forces that drive emerging technologies
 * Analysis of your emerging technology in reference to the six forces that drive emerging technologies
 * Speculation about the future of this emerging technology in your industry
 * References (link in your presentation if possible; otherwise, include a reference page for your Multimedia Presentation)

The support documentation that will accompany your multimedia presentation in a document includes the following:


 * Title page with your name, student #, e-mail address, title of your Intervention Plan, and the date
 * Reference list using APA formatting
 * Interview questions
 * Consent forms for Interviewees
 * Summary or transcript of your interviews

Each paragraph should include citations to resources you have used to support your points, following APA formatting.