Presentations will be given in the 5 May and 19 May classes. (No classes are scheuled for 12 May. It's "Reading Day".) Graduating senior must present on 5 May. There will also be a one-hour exam on that day.
Presentations to be individual, not group, presentations. The in-class presentations should last about seven minutes and be accompanied by a two or three page written discussion of the topic. "Overheads" for the in-class presentations should be generated in HTML format that can be placed within the class home page.
Presentations should relate to "e-Commerce" and databases. e-Commerce is the term being applied to doing business on the Net. Possible topics include concepts/protocols (SSL, SET, ODBC), software (transaction managers), case studies (amazon.com), etc. Chapter 24, Web Technology and DBMSs, is worth reading before selecting a topic. I suggest you read the trendy trade journals to find a "hot" topic.
Some topics may be too big for one person. It is possible for two people to partition a topic, but there should be a clear demarkation between the two parts.
Send email to Dean Brock before your presentation so that he may ponder your topic.