Week 1-2

What is the general purpose and reasoning behind incorporating global projects, education, and collaboration into the classroom?

The Kids. The kids are the future. Globalization and collaboration are important for students to learn about. They will be left in the dust if we don’t bring more attention to these topics. The purpose is to make a better world. Yes it is true that our student need to be educated about these topics to be able to compete with other nation’s students for jobs. However I think the video was trying to say that it’s not a competition but more of a collaboration to make the world a better place.

In the video, The World is Flat, Freidman said the only untouchable asset was creativity. He gave two examples of creative. He suggested that we can have positive creativity but need to have programs in place to support it. It should begin in the classroom.

I believe teachers who resist technology don’t understand how depended our future is on it. I also believe that children and students communicate throught technology therefore a student center teaching method would absolutely need to include technology. The truth is the students don’t need us to teach them about globalization, they will discover it on their own. This is the purpose of incorporating these themes for more responsible outcomes.