my progress

So far I have ten sources and counting. The topics I’ve considered are Technology in classrooms (all ages), Technology in classrooms in young children, how it can be beneficial to children and why education needs to be made more interactive than lecturing. The topic I picked it how interactive education is beneficial to children in k-12. I haven’t yet developed my paper but I’m in the works of it.

The topic I chose is how influential technology can be for students. I chose to narrow it down to the younger ages being that this is where education starts. I have three sources so far but I'm working on more. I have the bill that the Legislative history of the Teach act. The TEACH act is the break down of how long it took congress to administer the educational bills of putting computers in every classroom. I also have the teachers as well as the parents take on how beneficial thus us for children.
There are two names i have to look up and mention or even interview them in my paper. They're names are James Gee and Marc Prensky. These two are really big on media.

The articles I chose to write about are "Technology in the Classroom","Does the use of technology improve a child's learning experience in the classroom", and Distance education and the teach Act.
These articles all show the importance of why computers are needed in classrooms. As well as the advantages to having them. Many state it makes classes less boring and more interactive. "Distance education and the teach act" is an article describing the legislative laws that were put into place to get more computers in the classrooms.

My topic is, How technology influences students." My focus is going to be on children in elementary schools. This period is important for children these ages. We can see what works for children and how fast certain things are picked up.