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The 2006 flat classroom project combined group discussed how information is changing, uploading, and personal learning networks.

Uploading, personal learning networks, and the changing shape of information are affecting our world. This is a page from the 2006 Flat Classroom Project.

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This article illustrates the positive aspects of educational blogging. The author uses actual students' and teachers' reactions to show how the changing shape of information has increased the capabilities of schools. Basically, the article explains how educational blogging has impacted how students and teachers communicate and learn.

summary about the book.

" Thomas Friedman's examination of the influences shaping business and competition in a technology-fueled global environment is a call to action for governments, businesses and individuals who must stay ahead of these trends in order to remain competitive."

This website gives you a brief summery of chapters 1- 15. I am in chapter 4 group D. If you are in my group please reply.

A new PEW report about the most desired skills of 2020. Things like focus, critical thinking and collaborative skills are on the list. This is an important paper to read as we shape education. Not much on this report indicates doing well on a standardized test will prepare you. "software designer Fred Stutzman said the future is bright for people who take advantage of their ability to work cooperatively through networked communication

"The "Big Idea" in The Lexus and the Olive Tree is found on page 232 where Friedman explains that: "if you can't see the world, and you can't see the interactions that are shaping the world, you surely cannot strategize about the world." He states that "you need a strategy for how to choose prosperity for your country or company.""

The Lexus and the Olive Tree is a 1999 book by Thomas L. Friedman that posits that the world is currently undergoing two struggles: the drive for prosperity and development, symbolized by the Lexus, and the desire to retain identity and traditions, symbolized by the olive tree. He says he came to this realization while eating a sushi box lunch on a Japanese bullet train after visiting a Lexus factory and reading an article about conflict in the Middle East. Friedman leads the reader on an international quest for a new understanding of the often misunderstood and misapplied term "globalization" by tapping on to stories of his actual experiences in interfacing with many of the global movers and shakers. He proposes that "globalization is not simply a trend or fad but is, rather, an international system. It is the system that has replaced the old Cold War system, and, like that Cold War System, globalization has its own rules and logic that today directly or indirectly influence the politics, environment, geopolitics and economics of virtually every country in the world."

Social Support Network for people who are quite ill. Could inspire a video scene?

Patient-led, positive, and private health communities dedicated to patients, family, friends, and caregivers of those coping with chronic, life-shaping illnesses and conditions.

Last years project.

"Professors who wish to engage students during large lectures face an uphill battle. Not only is it a logistical impossibility for 200+ students to actively participate in a 90 minute lecture, but the downward sloping cone-shape of a lecture hall induces a one-to-many conversation........."

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This article uses examples to illustrate the changing shape of information for schools. Computers are used constantly in today's classroom and increase students' creativity. Computers also provide blogs for students to communicate on.