Objective: Write a digital technology plan for a fictitious small business. You will expand your knowledge & understanding of digital technology AND demonstrate your mastery of MS Word concepts by writing a technology plan for a fictitious small business. Selecting technology and information management tools and demonstrating proficiency with application software and hardware are important measures of computer literacy.

The technology plan you create will describe the small business and provide an overview of how the business will utilize digital technology to support their operations. You must use CREDIBLE SOURCES – TEXTBOOKS, GOVERNMENT WEBSITES OR JOURNALS ONLY – to justify your technology choices. In addition, the technology plan will include foundational definitions and descriptions of the technology concepts covered in your course textbook.

** This assignment must be completed using MS Word. In addition to providing an opportunity for you to demonstrate your understanding of how technology can be used to support business operations, this assignment also assesses your proficiency with MS Word. You can use the computers on campus if you do not have access to a PC with MS Word.

Technology Plan Structure: Cover page (the cover page is NOT page 1); page 1 will contain the Table of Contents only; the remaining pages will include the technology plan content and technology concept descriptions; the last page will contain the References list only.

Grading: 100 points (see rubric below)

Formatting and Proofing Requirements:

1. Your report must be typed, double-spaced with page numbers, and justified alignment.
2. Must include a cover page, using the MS Word cover page feature, with the following assignment information:

a. Your full name, the current date, the course number, the time your class meets, and your business name

3. Must include a table of contents using the MS Word table of contents feature (requires the use of Heading 1 styles).
4. Must include a picture or image that is centered with wrapped text and a distinctive picture style.
5. Must include a picture or image that is right aligned with wrapped text and a caption.
6. Must include a table that you created with rows and columns that is formatted with a distinctive table style.
7. You must include in-line citations (APA format) and a properly formatted References list (APA format) which

   includes all sources reference, including the class textbook and the person you interviewed.

8. Must include at least 5 sources made up of: the class textbook, at least 1 government source, 2 journal articles, and the person you interviewed. Include any other additional sources that you used. All book and article sources must

   have specific authors.

9. Wikipedia or any other “wiki” sources cannot be used. Blog sources cannot be used.
10. Spellcheck your plan using the MS Word spellchecker and grammar checker. Make any necessary corrections.
11. Proofread your plan to identify context and grammar errors that were not detected by MS Word.

Include the following information in your Technology Plan:

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