Assigned+Task

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You are tasked with producing a support website for individuals with a specific genetic disease. Your group will choose a disease to focus on and then research the causes and effects of that disease. The website you will design should target a general audience; that is, assume that the readers of your wiki have limited knowledge of genetics and inheritance patterns. You are going to have to explain inheritance to them! As part of your support site, you will include a “Discussion Forum” for readers to post questions and communicate with each other. Each group will be responsible for posting questions on two other groups’ wikis and then answering the questions posted on their own wiki. Remember, these questions must be relevant to the disease being discussed.

Make sure you follow all directions on this sheet and include everything listed here. Good luck and have fun!

Your wiki must contain, but is not limited to, the following pages:

o Introduce your disease
 * · Introduction/title page **

o What is a genetic disease? o What causes genetic diseases?
 * · Background on genetic diseases **

o Molecular causes of this disease? o Mode of inheritance of the disease? o Talk about effects and symptoms of the disease o When and how was it first discovered? o Prevalence of the disease o Does anyone famous have this disease?
 * · Etiology of your team’s disease **

o What treatments are currently available? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">o Is it curable? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">o Is prenatal testing available? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">o Discuss any current research being done on the disease.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">· Treatments and current research for disease **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">o Provide a list of support and informational sites for this disease (include at least four sites) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">o Provide a discussion forum for people to post and respond to others who have this disease or want more information. (Don’t worry: it <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">will just be your classmates on this forum.)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">· Patient and Family Support Resources **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">o Cite all your references!!!
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">· Works Cited **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">These are just some ideas. You must include these but are welcome to add more.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Your group must include at least two multimedia elements, one of which is original. They can be audio, video, or animation. However, they must enhance the educational value of the wiki. The original element must be something that you have produced yourself. Videos can be linked from other websites, but these will not be counted as your multimedia element. For more detailed information about what to include in your project, see the rubrics included under the Evaluate tab of this site.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">You will be responsible for maintaining a journal describing what you have done to help the group throughout the process. In addition, group members will peer evaluate each other. Make sure you are consistently contributing to the group project. The journals and peer evaluations will contribute to your final grade.

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