califsand
Distinguished member
- Joined
- Sep 21, 2007
- Messages
- 237
- Diagnosis
- 01/2004
- Country
- US
- State
- ca
- City
- sant barbara
Hi everyone,
Despite how intense things are, I am back in school... not really what I want to do right now but maybe it's a good thing for me. Anyways, I'm a writing major and right now I'm taking a class on writing about Technology. It's not really my thing but I suppose that a writer should be well rounded enough to write about anything, right? It's a great program and good that they push me out of my comfort zone sometimes!
I'm posting here because I have to come up with a research topic to write a paper about. I want to write about ALS and need to pick some type of recently, or currently used technology, research it and then write about its effectiveness. My thought that as caregivers, there are many people in here who have experimented with new technology with your PALS, to help them communication, breathe, get around, etc. and I was hoping you may have some suggestions. Below are details:
"The first thing you need to do before researching or writing a proposal or report is decide on a topic. The topic should have to do with some relatively recent technological innovation. Do not pick something so new that there is not enough research to merit reporting. For this reason, do not pick an innovation that is not yet widely in use or still being researched (nanotechnology, for instance).
Make sure that your topic addresses a recent technical innovation that you are interested in and meets the following criteria:
"Recent" means the innovation was developed no more than five years ago.
Your topic must be about an innovation that is currently in use. This means you cannot do a topic that is about a theoretical or experimental innovation like teleportation, establishing a base on Mars, or nanotechnology.
The focus of your research should be the innovation's effectiveness or lack of it, not the moral, political or other dimensions of the innovation."
My Dad has been bedbound for a while and prior to that he refused to try out any of the ALS medications or devices that many of our PALS have used. Can any of you reccommend any technology that you have used that has been a help? I would like the paper to be positive and show that technology really can improve quality of life for some people. If the paper is good enough I can publish it after my class is over and help raise awareness not just about ALS but about things that can help those that suffer from it. Any ideas would be really appreciated!
Thanks ahead of time,
Sandy
Despite how intense things are, I am back in school... not really what I want to do right now but maybe it's a good thing for me. Anyways, I'm a writing major and right now I'm taking a class on writing about Technology. It's not really my thing but I suppose that a writer should be well rounded enough to write about anything, right? It's a great program and good that they push me out of my comfort zone sometimes!
I'm posting here because I have to come up with a research topic to write a paper about. I want to write about ALS and need to pick some type of recently, or currently used technology, research it and then write about its effectiveness. My thought that as caregivers, there are many people in here who have experimented with new technology with your PALS, to help them communication, breathe, get around, etc. and I was hoping you may have some suggestions. Below are details:
"The first thing you need to do before researching or writing a proposal or report is decide on a topic. The topic should have to do with some relatively recent technological innovation. Do not pick something so new that there is not enough research to merit reporting. For this reason, do not pick an innovation that is not yet widely in use or still being researched (nanotechnology, for instance).
Make sure that your topic addresses a recent technical innovation that you are interested in and meets the following criteria:
"Recent" means the innovation was developed no more than five years ago.
Your topic must be about an innovation that is currently in use. This means you cannot do a topic that is about a theoretical or experimental innovation like teleportation, establishing a base on Mars, or nanotechnology.
The focus of your research should be the innovation's effectiveness or lack of it, not the moral, political or other dimensions of the innovation."
My Dad has been bedbound for a while and prior to that he refused to try out any of the ALS medications or devices that many of our PALS have used. Can any of you reccommend any technology that you have used that has been a help? I would like the paper to be positive and show that technology really can improve quality of life for some people. If the paper is good enough I can publish it after my class is over and help raise awareness not just about ALS but about things that can help those that suffer from it. Any ideas would be really appreciated!
Thanks ahead of time,
Sandy