Exploration of Technology and Its Effect on Life, School, and Workplace

Factors, Forces, Connections, and Questions

• Student expectations for technology extend into the classroom, with learning in general, with student services
• Technology's effect on the curriculum
• Distance learning becoming more mainstream
• Social media
• Technology and its effect on how work is performed is dynamic and evolving

References, Evidence, Support

• The College of 2020: Students, Chronicle Report, June 2009
• ITunes is largest record store in U.S.
• Textbooks are bought on Amazon
• Online shopping is rivaling Fifth Avenue/the Mall
• Research is performed on Google rather than in the library