For our research project we have to gather data about our research question. What I have chosen to explore, and what has been a common theme in my writing this year (mostly because it interests me), is the role of technology in education. I plan on asking students what their opinions are on technology in the classroom. I also want to find out how much these students use their phones and laptops inside and outside the classroom. I will probably ask how much these students use their devices for educational purposes and also other uses like social media, then compare these numbers.
I figure that most students waste the most amount of time on social media, because I know I do and that is what I see most often. Things like snapchat and facebook and Instagram are really big at this school and I often find myself scrolling through meaningless data on the reg. I kind of want to explore this relationship between social media and education, but I am not too sure how to incorporate that into a survey. I will probably come back to that idea later in my essay or analysis.
What I will be focusing on in my survey for now is just the basics. I want to get some data from students to back up any claims that I will make in the future. It will be mostly questions of how many hours people spend on certain devices and for what reasons and how often they are distracted by devices in class.
The problem that I have faced though is distributing my survey. I do not know how I am going to get a decent amount of students to take my survey and get enough data where I can make claims based off of it. I do not want to post it on facebook because I always see other students doing that and it always kind of bothers me a little bit. What will likely end up happening is me just sharing it with the group messages that I am in and asking friends to take it.