Even if you have not used the internet before this class, you have probably heard many of the ongoing debates over issues such as privacy, free speech, indecency, fair access and so on. Samuelson, Oppenheimer, and Turkle certainly offer a few topics to focus on as well. In The Presence of Others Lunsford notes in her comments on the Oppenheimer article:
In addition to my own concerns about how best to use technology in education, I chose this essay partly because I am drawn to Oppenheimer's sense that we -- people like you and me -- must take responsibility for how technology will be used, both in and out of schools (255).Use one of the above to focus a discussion of what you understand about a particular issue you would like to address in your research paper.