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Pre-Writing Worksheet, Gage CWII

Your final paper must discuss the intersection of technology and identity in some

way. Use this pre-writing worksheet to help organize your ideas.

1. Think about the technology that you chose to research. Perhaps it was one

specific technology, or maybe you looked at several technologies in a field.

If you researched more than one, you may need to narrow and focus your

topic since this research paper is relatively short. Using a separate sheet of

paper or word document, define your concept of technology without using

the word “technology”. This should help you to be more specific. For

example, is your “technology” social media, video games, drones, or

prosthetics? Use specific words to describe your “technology”. What does

the research say about this “technology”? Write a little about that.

2. Think about your concept of identity. How will you define identity in your

paper? Write about identity without using the word “identity”. Again, the

focus is to get you to discuss these terms without using the general term, to

use specifics. Are you looking at a specific population or age group? For

example, are you looking at teenagers, the elderly, diabetics, etc. Maybe,

you are researching an industry or a field. Write about the “identity” that

will interface with the “technology” that you have chosen.

3. How do the aspects of “identity” and “technology” interact with each other

in the research? What specific elements do you want to inform people

about? Write about this.

4. Lastly, consider what you want people to know or do about this topic. You

are writing to be more than informative. For example: raise awareness,

correct a misperception, call attention to a gap in the research, make a plea

for further research, advocate for change. Write about what you want

people to do or know about these aspects of “technology and identity”

without using those words.