1. Technological Change

• We often accept new technologies without thinking about how they will change our life.
• Often the change is so slow, we don't notice the changes.
• Choose one technology in your life: cell phone, TV, video, computer, the Internet, etc.
• Be sure it is a technology that you use a lot.
• Go here for an example of the positive and negative aspects of automobiles.

2. Pre-writing

• Make 2 columns.
• In one list one way the technology you chose has improved your life.
• Look into the future and try to predict other possible good effects this technology will have on your life.
• In the other column, list the ways the technology has had a bad effect on your life.
• Look into the future and try to predict other possible negative effects.

3. Writing Your Composition

• Write a comparison/contrast composition that uses the information your have put in your columns.
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