Advantages and Disadvantages of Technology
the following downloadable Essay Draft Chart, create a 4-paragraph rough draft of your Academic Essay. Your draft should not use any sources at this point and instead should answer questions like: Why do you think this change has happened? or What effects do you think this change has had? Use your own thoughts and ideas to explore these questions but also try to not rely on informal first person (I, me, my, we, us, our) or second person (you, your) and instead attempt to write objectively and formally by using third person.
Think of this draft as an opportunity to try out the hypothesis you established in your preliminary thesis, to explore and examine the point you want your paper to make about the change you have selected to write about, and to learn what you do and do not know and what you need to learn about your topic in order to more successfully write about it.
Essay Draft Chart
Your 1 and ½ page double spaced draft should do the following:
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Identify the change and its relevance
Establish your thesis about the cause or effect of the change
(don’t worry, though, if you are having trouble writing an attention-grabbing introduction at this point--focus on your thesis)
Paragraph 2
Establish Topic Sentence about first cause or effect
Use paragraph development strategies like PIE to support the topic sentence and explain why you think this cause or effect is relevant
Paragraph 3
Establish Topic Sentence about second cause or effect
Use paragraph development strategies PIE to support the topic sentence and explain why you think this cause or effect is relevant
Paragraph 4
Establish Topic Sentence about third cause or effect
Use paragraph development strategies like PIE to support the topic sentence and explain why you think this cause or effect is relevant
Complete the following downloadable Research Plan Chart and include it at the end of your Unit 6 Assignment. This Research Plan Chart will help you identify the specific research information and evidence you will need to locate to support the ideas or claims in each of the body paragraphs of your draft.
Research Plan Chart
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What research information/evidence will I need to locate in Unit 7 to validate this main point and supporting ideas?
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Body paragraph 3: Main idea (cause or effect of the change)
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Essay Draft
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Essay Draft
Technology has become ubiquitous, and people are using it in different aspects of their lives. Despite improving operational effectiveness and efficiency, it adversely influences individuals’ memory. In particular, the overreliance on technology makes people refrain from thinking critically, when it comes to remembering things. Individuals cannot memorize simple things, including calculations and formulas. Since the Internet is readily available, many people prefer to get connected to the web to search for what they want to know. As such, over-relying on technology has adverse effects on individuals’ ability to memorize things in the short and long term since they can always get the information they want on the web.
Smartphone technologies have significantly contributed to constant web access. Indeed, they encourage people to remain connected to the web. Notably, many individuals, including young and older adults, stay on the Internet for an extended period. For example, some use it to research, others to stay in touch with virtual friends via social media