Com155 R4 Appendix D Selecting Topic Brainstorming-1

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Appendix D

Selecting a Topic and Brainstorming Worksheet

Complete the following and post as an attachment.

|What two objects, people, subjects, or concepts are you going to |Online education VS Traditional Education |
|compare and/or contrast? | |
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|What are the similarities between the two objects, people, | Weather a student is an online student or a student attending a |
|subjects, or concepts? List as many similarities that you can |regular class One can expect to complete assignments and |
|think of. |readings, attending tests in an online classroom, just as in a |
| |regular classroom. Both for the most part will use the same text |
| |books for each class regardless if it’s online or not. In both |
| |settings there are teachers there to help you and talk. |
|What are the differences between the two objects, people, |Online are more flexible allowing students to do a lot of their |
|subjects, or concepts? List as many differences that you can |work at their own pace or wherever they are. Attending an online |
|think of. |school you lack communication and interaction somewhat. The way |
| |things are today you at least get fast paced interaction but |
| |still nothing beats hands on and face to face. Online students |
| |need to be able to sort of teach themselves from reading books |
| |and materials. They must also keep themselves motivated |
| |considering they do not need to attend a certain class at a set |
| |time each day. |
|Are you going to focus on similarities, differences, or both? |Both, I think the only way to write a compare contrast essay |
|Explain your rationale. |style is to do just that compare the two. I want to show exactly |
| |the benefits and downfalls of online and traditional schools. |
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|What do you want your readers to learn and understand after |I want readers to understand that online schooling is just as |
|reading your essay? What is the purpose of your essay? |difficult if not more difficult than attending a traditional |
| |school. I want online schools to be just as accepted in this day |
| |and age as a brick and mortar school. The purpose of my essay is |
| |to compare the 2 to help someone like myself decided if going to |
| |school online is good for them or not. Who knows I could change |
| |my mind after the first 2 years of school and want to move to a |
| |brick and mortar school for the next 2 years. So this will help |
| |me as well to do the research and get a firsthand look at all the|
| |good and bad things about online VS traditional. |
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|What 3 parallel points of comparison and/or contrast will you |I would like for my 3 parallel points to be Flexibility, |
|address in your essay? For example, if you were going to compare |interaction and communication and learning and skills |
|and contrast two teachers, your parallel points might be |development. |
|teacher’s homework policy, teacher’s classroom conduct policy, | |
|and teacher’s demeanor. | |
|Explain why this is an appropriate and workable topic selection |I think this is a good topic selection because it is something |
|for the final assignment. |that many people have many different opinions about. This topic |
| |can be picked apart all day and there are so many differences and|
| |similarities to consider. |
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