Proposal Format

Question 1

There are a multiplicity of geographies that are contained in the world. None are more important or more intriguing than the other. All geographies are a matter of personal or group interest and perspective. Your assignment is to choose a topic that you may explore using geographic concepts and visualization techniques to inform your audience about its importance.

Phase 1 – Map Journal Proposal

Create 1 proposal idea. Your proposal must be 3 paragraphs in length only and must:

• Give a title to the project
• Provide a clear description of the map journal project
• Explain in detail the geographic significance of the project; and
• Highlight the data sources that will be accessed

Use paragraph headers. For example, Project Description, Geographic Significance, and Data Collection Source(s). A model example of the proposal format is provided as a courtesy to follow. A failing grade will be administered to submissions that have fewer than three paragraph statements.

Question 2

Now that you have cast your votes for the Alternative Energy Plan, it is time to explain your choices to the class. Please make a post of at least 200 words in which you

• Identify (briefly) the plan elements on which you voted.
• Explain why you selected each one.
• Reflect on this week’s discussion in a few sentences. What did you learn this week? How did the activity compare, in your opinion, with the more typical discussion board format used in other weeks of this course?

You will not be able to view others’ posts until you have made your own.

At the end of the week, the Instructor will post the winning Alternative Energy Plan, which will include the top four ideas selected by the class. In cases where two action items are judged by the Instructor to be nearly identical, he or she reserves the right to combine the ideas into a single one (and add votes together) in order to determine the winning ideas.