Choosing a topic is your first step in the research process. In some classes, your professor will assign you a topic. In other cases, you will be asked to choose a topic on your own. In this class, you will be choosing your own research topic. You have many possibilities: any topic that relates to technology and education is fair game!
The first step in choosing a topic is to consider what you are interested in. I highly recommend selecting a topic of personal interest to you. If you choose something interesting, you will enjoy the research process more and you will feel more invested in the end result. You may even get a better grade!
To come up with a topic for this course, start by brainstorming a few things that you are interested in. Then, consider how your interests connect to technology. If you're not sure how your topic might relate to technology, try doing a quick Google search for your topic and the word technology, or ask your professor and/or your librarian for advice.
Choosing a topic that relates to current events is another good strategy. If something is covered a lot in the news, chances are that scholarly researchers are writing about it, too. As such, choosing this type of topic will make it easier for you to find articles to cite in your paper.
Try using the links below to browse the news in order to get topic ideas.
The video below from the New Literacies Alliance explains how you can use the 5 Ws (who, what, when, where, and why) to come up with a good research question.
