Although higher education still offers a lot of career opportunities it’s still facing a lot of issues but those problems can be addressed through the inclusion of technology.

ide fYou will need to write a persuasive essay that makes an argument about an educational issue. What is an important recent development in education? Or what is a question about education you want to explore? You will need to create a thesis about an educational issue, and then write a persuasive essay that displays developed critical thought and convinces the reader of your argument.
You are free to choose any education topic of your choice, but if you cannot choose one of your own, you may answer the question: How has contemporary technology affected education?
Requirements:
The essay needs to be between 4-5 pages (about 1,300-1,500 words), 12 pt font, Times New Roman, double spaced, paginated, and have a title.
All sources must be cited using MLA format. (Cite sources in parentheses at end of sentence OR as footnotes.)
A bibliography or work cited page is required.
To support your argument, you must use between three to six sources from the required material we’ve read and watched this semester for class. (At least three; at most six.) You can choose from all material up until Class 5:
Essays: “Live and Learn” by Louis Menand, “College Calculus (What is College Worth?)” by John Cassidy, “Get Rich U” by Ken Auletta, “The Order of Things” by Malcolm Gladwell, “Wrong Answer” by Rachel Aviv
TED Talks: “Let’s Use Video to Reinvent Education” by Salman Kahn, “What We’re Learning from Online Education” by Daphne Koller, “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” by Ken Robinson, “Build a School in the Cloud” by Sugata Mitra

Notes from me:

– I have attatched my outline which contains my thesis, topic sentences. Important note on the first paragraph, my professor said that the thesis should be in one of the first few sentences and it should be clear. Feel free to edit my thesis and topic sentences to provide more concision and complexity to the issue.
– After discussing my outline, it is said that my paper seems to simple and just seems like a B to B+ paper right now, it needs complexity and other ideas but using ONLY these current sources only. Perhaps ideas that weren’t discussed in class.
– My general thesis and ideas lack complexity and outside of the box thinking.
– Stick only to the sources, the outline has an overall idea how to use the sources.
– MLA format for sources.

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