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Step 1: Pick a Topic
Instructions: Find an example of modern science that either oversteps moral boundaries or has yielded unwanted consequences.
Examples:
  • 3D Printing
  • Genetically modified foods
  • Military robots 
  • Drones and surveillance 
  • Facial recognition software theweek.com/articles/737750/how-facial-recognition-technology-creeping-into-life
  • DNA technology
  • Social media www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/05/smartphone-addiction-silicon-valley-dystopia 
​                                     www.axios.com/sean-parker-unloads-on-facebook-2508036343.html
  • AI (Artificial Intelligence) 
  • Encryption technology 
  • Driverless Cars www.radiolab.org/story/driverless-dilemma/
  • Audio and Visual media manipulation www.radiolab.org/story/breaking-news/
  • Smart Homes (Alexa, Nest, etc.) 
  • Robot Factory Workforce theweek.com/articles/723258/when-new-coworker-robot
  • Chatbots futurism.com/a-facebook-ai-unexpectedly-created-its-own-unique-language/
  • Vaping http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A412232400/HWRC?u=mlin_m_walthamel&sid=HWRC
  • Bitcoin http://libraries.state.ma.us/login?gwurl=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A515945446/GIC?u=mlin_m_walthamel&xid=ada5648a​                                                                                  http://libraries.state.ma.us/login?gwurl=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A517848133/GIC?u=mlin_m_walthamel&xid=f370080a

Step 2: Do Research
Instructions: Do some research to familiarize yourself with the information that’s out there, and the opinions people have about this topic. Use the databases listed below - NOT GOOGLE. You should have 2 sources max.
  • Gale Federated Search
  • ABC-CLIO: Issues​
  • Gale: Global Issues in Context
  • Gale: Science in Context

​Some reputable news sources
​
​The Atlantic (www.theatlantic.com)
The New Yorker (www.newyorker.com)
Texas Monthly (www.texasmonthly.com)
Time (www.time.com)
Newsweek (www.newsweek.com)
The Economist (www.economist.com)
The Wall Street Journal (www.wsj.com)
The Washington Post (www.washingtonpost.com)
The New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
The New York Times Magazine (http://www.nytimes.com/section/magazine)
New York Magazine (www.nymag.com)
The Washington Times (www.washingtontimes.com)
Esquire (www.esquire.com)
Vanity Fair (www.vanityfair.com)
The Baffler (www.thebaffler.com)
Longreads (www.longreads.com)
Longform (www.longform.org)
Arts & Letters Daily (www.aldaily.com)
The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/us)
Aeon (https://aeon.co/)
Vox (https://www.vox.com/)
National Review (http://www.nationalreview.com/)

Take Notes and Cite Sources​
  • Owl Purdue: MLA Formatting and Style Guide

Step 3: Create Content
What is an Op Ed? 
http://www.ilovelibraries.org/school-libraries/how-write-and-place-op-ed-piece

Example of Op Ed
https://fns-prod.azureedge.net/sites/default/files/sample_op_ed.pdf

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