EDUC 6163: Week 2 :: My Personal Research Journey

This week I was asked to share my research topic and reason why I chose the topic. I will start by sharing what I wrote for Application 1 Part 2 since it pretty much called for the same information. I am open to suggestions as to how to narrow things down and get something more concise. Anyone have any expertise in this area or know anyone who is? I could use all the inside information I can get! I would love to share ideas and knowledge! Thanks!

My Research Topic

Young children and technology (hand held devices, online media, etc) with the three subtopics of:

1. How young children learn the language of technology and develop technological prowess through consistent consumption/use

2. How technology changes/helps/hinders/influences young children’s language development through consistent consumption/use

3. How young children help shape/contribute to/influence the way technology advances

            The professional reason why I am drawn to young children and technology is because I see education changing very quickly due to technology’s influence on how information is disseminated and shared and young children adopting the technology almost as rapidly as it changes. I see something happening in young children who grow up in this extremely “wired” world and I want to be on the cutting edge, so to speak, of researching how children develop their technological prowess alongside their physical, cognitive, and social development.

            The above reason is also the reason why I know this research will be significant to families and the 

early childhood education field. As technology changes, we are changed by it. I want to find out if young 

children who are exposed early and often to technology grow into young adults who then mold and shape the 

way technology changes/is used/is consumed.