Technology for education

Create an argument about students and technology. You can be for it, or against it, or somewhere in between, but you should have good reasons for whatever position you choose to take. Your finished essay should be between 750 and 1000 words long, and should have a clear and defensible thesis. Your thesis cannot be too narrow because you might not be able to find enough to say about it to make it to the required length, but likewise your thesis cannot be too broad because how would you stay under a thousand words? “The New Marshmallow Test” suggests that our technological devices are a distraction, one which we perhaps are as helpless to resist as the children with the marshmallows. Now, it turns out that the temptation of the marshmallows may not be telling us exactly what they thought, but that doesn’t change the fact that we have a problematic relationship with our technology. You can think probably think of lots of examples of the pros and cons of mixing technology with education. Don’t limit yourself to college students—think about other age groups, too. How young is too young to spend time with electronic devices rather than with other kinds of activity? How much time is too much time for various ages to spend looking at screens? What has been made easier, faster, better? Convenience aside, can you learn just as much from looking at a screen as you do from being in a room with other students and a teacher? More? Less? Think about it and then choose a thesis for which you can provide a few pages of support in the form of examples, anecdotes, whatever you’ve got. You don’t have room to argue both sides of every possible aspect of this enormous topic, so whittle it down to one arguable statement in area you know about, and then persuade me that you’re right! You should indent each paragraph five spaces (one tab) and you should not leave a blank line between paragraphs. · Have an interesting and relevant title centered two spaces above the body of your work. · Each paragraph should have a topic sentence. Each sentence should contain support, details and examples or quotes and factual information before opinions are given. Your paragraphs should be thought-provoking and have substance and detail. Develop your ideas. · Your conclusion should not just be a restatement but rather some conclusion that you have drawn and that the reader will accept as a result of your thesis and support.