How have new technologies had an impact on education? What impact might they have the future? While change can always have both positive and negative effects, has the impact of specific technologies on education been mostly positive or mostly negative, and for whom? To have a more specific and focused paper, choose a specific type of technology and a specific level of education.
Sample Topics/Ideas for the Technology and Education Option:
- Should more assistive/adaptive technology for people with disabilities be incorporated into schools? What schools would most benefit from greater assistive technologies? Why are these technologies important?
- Should teachers incorporate social media/cell phones/computers into the classrooms? Are these new methods of communication a neglected and vital resource that most teachers are simply too old-fashioned to take advantage of? Or are they mostly a dangerous distraction?
- How important is it for students to have technology in the classroom? Is it essential to a modern student's education, or are there more important things on which we should spend our education budget?
Essay Structure:
- Introduction: includes background and context-makes the reader interested in your topic
- Thesis: your main claim
- Body Paragraphs: research and support for each of your claims and reasons, explanation and support for your assumptions, answers to possible objections.
- Conclusion: review major points, a summary of what you learned, and/or a call to action and possible solutions.
Essay Requirements:
- 4-5 pages in length, and at 1200 words (minimum). MLA format, 12 pt. Times New Roman font.
- At least 3 different outside sources, all sources MUST be quoted and cited. No individual quotes may be longer than 4 lines. No block quotations are permitted.