CTS COMPUTER LITERACY GRADE 8: April 2015

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

PICK FROM ONE OF THESE TOPICS FOR YOUR RESEARCH PAPER

What are the long-term effects of living in a technological world? Are these mostly negative or positive?
Are children under 12 now growing up in a different world than college-age students did? How is it different, and what does that mean for them?
What is the most important new technology for solving world problems?
How has social media helped solve and create problems in countries outside the U.S.?
Will governments like China continue to be able to control citizens' access to the Internet and social media?
How do social media, texting, cell phones, and the Internet make the world bigger? Smaller?
What are the implications of ever-increasing globalization through technology to the global economy?
Technology is changing so quickly that we are frequently using computers, software programs, and other technologies that have frustrating glitches and problems. Is there a solution?
How does our experience of social interactions with other humans influence the way we interact with machines?
When does it become morally wrong to genetically engineer your child?
What are new ways people can use technology to change the world?
How is digital learning going to change schools and education?
Does the Internet need controls or censorship? If so, what kind?
Do digital tools make us more or less productive at work?
To what extent is the development of new technologies having a negative effect?
How will technology change our lives in twenty years?
Should people get identity chips implanted under their skin?
Should people in all countries have equal access to technological developments?