Perusing a Master’s Degree is a lot of work.  Once the prescribed courses, or what I call work dues are paid however, there is this sense of things coming together, and leaving one with a feeling that only comes with setting a goal and seeing it through.

Such an accomplishment might reflect on one’s personal humility, after all, it requires the student be teachable.  Unlike like life as an undergrad though, there is no holding of the hand, thus it is not the task for the passive.  It does however, evoke a sentiment of gratitude for those who came into your life, and helped make it happen.

Once such due, is learning to conduct valid publishable research, on a micro level for one’s particular classroom or place of work or business.  Hence, this requires a course called Capstone Research Project, which subsequently led to the creation of this blog, which focus on 21^st century technology in the classroom.

For the most part, my blogs will focus on the varied steps, and pitfalls while conducting the research, but this first posting will be an opinion-based opener, to introduce the reader to the topic.

The specific theme of the thesis is students using Smart Phones in their school. These devices can not only save their schools on money, but also enhance the students learning experience. 

The rational as to how this is justified will unfold in this blog, but for starts, the topic giving impetus to this project, is the teacher’s comfort level with this device.

It poses the question, is cell phones the problem or is teacher’s attempting to over-regulate and micromanage, and even ban them the problem? 

It is this researchers belief these devices are obviously here to stay, and have built-in capabilities to assist students. Therefore, they are a part of life, and should be, and in many cases are already, integrated in to the learning system.

Thus, the research is designed to look at these attitudes, to begin identifying certain belief systems, in order to develop further research that examines this belief, or Taylor training that challenges the beliefs and anxieties, and even feelings of loss of control.