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Alexis Niemi

Professor Riley

English 1201

May 24, 2019

Research Proposal

The reason I have chosen the topic of technology is because technology is a part of our

everyday lives now, and it is something that I am very interested in. I feel as though any job I get

in the future will require me to use technology, whether it is sending an email or making a phone

call. All future employers will probably require their future employees to have a knowledge of

how to use technology. We live in such a technological era I feel as though the topic of

technology is a very important topic to focus on for this future research paper. Using technology

as my topic makes me excited, because I know as I am writing this future research paper I will

actually be writing about something I care about. The reason why chose to focus on technology

in the classroom is because I feel as though it has had a direct impact on me throughout my years

of schooling.

At my high school every student in the whole school was given an Chromebook. This

allowed us as students to do our homework online, and to have access to online resources to help

further our learning. Being able to use the Chromebooks everyday gave me, and the other

students, the opportunity to further our knowledge on to use technology. We gained skills such

as how to work google or how to send an email to our teachers. This helped me gain skills that I

continue on using throughout my college career as well. I saw the impact technology can have if

it is implemented into the classroom for the right reasons. Without my high school implementing
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this form of technology I do not think I would have gained the necessary skills to be successful

in the future.

I feel very strongly about this topic because I do feel as though implementing technology

into the classroom is helping students to be much more successful in life. I saw the impact that

technology had on my life, and I felt as though my teachers implementing technology into the

classroom really helped me gain the necessary skills for life after high school. Before even doing

the research I think this topic has a ton of potential to have solid evidence to back it up, because I

saw the impact technology had on my life. Since I have experienced technology in the classroom

first hand, and saw that it benefited my life, I think doing this research will be very interesting to

me. I believe this topic is widely a controversial one because not all people believe technology

should be used in the classroom. Based off of my own personal experience I believe technology

should be somehow implemented into all schools for educational purposes. I already know

technology has benefited my life, but I need to know if it has benefited others as well. Just

because it has benefited me, which is something I already know, I am confident in finding

research that will show it is benefiting other students as well.

There is still so many things I need to know or learn about this topic. All I know as of

now is it has benefited one student, and that is me, but I hope to learn if other educators and

professionals in the education system feel as though their students are benefiting from

technology in the classroom as well. I hope to gain insights as to whether or not technology

should be used in the classroom. I hope to start with some academic journals, or some

professional educators that published their own documents on this topic. I still have a long way

to go, but I am hoping to gain knowledgeable insight on the affect technology has on the

classroom environment.
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My two research questions I am proposing are “How is technology affecting students in

the classroom? Is it causing students to be more successful or less successful later on in life? Or

“How are students benefiting from technology being implemented in the classroom? And are the

benefiting any more or less than those students who are experiencing the traditional classroom

environment which is without technology?”