Reflection on Research

John Gibison
Moody
ENC 1102-0112
6 April 2010
Reflection
Reflect on your research done to date. Do you have any concerns with it? What do you think about the conversation so far, how do you see yourself entering it?
I have found many scholarly articles that deal with my topic of does socio-economic status affect digital literacy of children. There have been a variety of different methods used in order to attain the data pertaining to this topic. I have found articles with surveys and questionnaires, experiments and even a project. In addition to all the various methods of obtaining results, the research came from all over the world – Australia, North America and Europe. To me those two characteristics of the research really increase the validity of the results. There are some minor problems I have found with the research. Some of the research does not isolate the socio-economic status as its only variable that it measures. Also some of the research states that the study either was not long enough or did not have as many people participate as planned. This doesn’t concern me as much because I am using a number of sources, which diminishes that problem.
One thing I would like to do a little more of is link the research I have used to the readings that have been done in class over the semester. When the final paper is finished, I feel that those links will set my paper to the level I want because the readings given in class are so well known and impacting.
The conversation now seems to be simmering because the Digital Divide is becoming so apparent. People are concerned and the roots of this problem and the roots are being dug up. I am entering the conversation to solidify the relationship between socio-economic status and children’s digital literacy. My input to the conversation would be on what actions can be taken to minimize the gap from this aspect.