For this task, I chose online learning as source supported recommendation.

The Task

Paper 1 is athesis-driven, source-supported recommendation to the District 81 SchoolBoard, regarding the use of technology in education.

The Scenario

Spokane'sDistrict 81 School Board has asked you to join their Technology Taskforce as acollege or high school student-representative. The TechnologyTaskforce has been tasked with exploring and updating the Board's stanceon technology use in education. They are looking to make a moremodern statement about technology in education, dealing with a range oftechnology-related issues (see the list below).

As the student-representative,your role with the taskforce is to provide a recommendation about one ofthe technology issues below. It's your choice. The SchoolBoard members are the audience. As the only student-representative on thetaskforce, the Board is interested in your experience as a student, aswell as your insight and response to two early articles aboutthe affects of the internet, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.byNicolas Carr and "Get Smarter" (Links to an externalsite.)Links to an external site.by JamaisCascio. Your recommendation must make a claim about an issue (yourthesis) and support it with your experience and the two articles.

You have aspecial insight as a student or former student. Whether you are fromSpokane, a different town, a private school or were home schooled, use theexperience as an advantage to your ethos! If yourecently attended high school, then you have an accurate view of studentstoday; if you went to high school long ago, then maybe you could use theexperience section to argue for the need for more technology literacyin the classroom or less of it in order to acquire a goodfoundation. The point is that your experience can easily be used tosupport a variety of positions.

Yourrecommendation can be in favor or against an issue. A middle groundmight be appropriate too. You don't have to support or oppose theissue broadly; you could recommend limited use for certain classes, grades, orsituations. For example you could argue for laptop use only in English orAP courses, or electronic textbooks for the main classes, or social mediaonly under certain circumstances, etc.

Technology-RelatedIssues:

·Student use of smart phones

·Use of social media for students,teachers, and/or administrators

·Smart classrooms

·Trading textbooks for the electronicversions

·Laptops for all students

·Online courses for students

·Others options? check withme first before venturing to a non-listedtopic

The Details

·Roughly 3 to 5 pages inlength

·Typed and double spaced, using TimesNew Roman font, size 12 font, 1-inch margins

·Include a title that announces topicand hints at thesis

·Integrate and Cite in MLA thetwo sources:

o"Is Google Making Us Stupid?" (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

o"Get Smarter" (Links to an externalsite.)Links to an external site.

·Include a correctly formattedWorks Cited page that lists both essays used in your paper

oThe Works Cited page does not counttoward the required pagelength.