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"How Technology, Demographics, and Global Economics Are Converging for the First Category 6 Business Revolution"
... "In this chapter we have tried to substantiate the new promise and imperatives of collaboration. We have argued that the coming together of a global platform for collaboration, a generation that grew up collaborating, and a global economy that enables new forms of economic cooperation is creating the conditions for a perfect storm that will drive deep changes in the strategy and architecture of firms" (p. 63)
As educators, we see and interact with a generation of students well before they enter the workplace. Are schools preparing students adequately for this "new" world? Are we helping students "connect to external ideas" or develop "collaborative habits?" Can you share an example from your classroom that demonstrates this?
Please post your 3-2-1 reflection and ideas or examples as a comment.
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3 Things I Learned:
a. The old way old business/education was that of the "walled garden" mentality. That each of us had our own way of doing things to reach the same goal. But now this mentality will lose out in a mass collaborative world.
b. How firms/people are becoming collectively intelligent. That the collaborative whole is now exponentially greater than the sum of its parts.
c.How the NetGen is on a constant quest for newness and how it is blowing the doors off of the traditional business model.
2 Reasons Why it is Important:
a. I really feel that the classroom can act as a walled garden. Are we really sharing as teachers.
b. By being collectively intelligent as educators the kids will benefit immensely.
1 Things I will Try and Do:
a. Infuse more review of teaching materials/strategies with my team.
3 things I learned:
a. Gen Web has a whole new way of communicating and thinking. They are more interactive, less passive; more collaborative, less proprietary.
b. The authors use some cool metaphors for the web like "a playground of information" and "a shared canvas where every splash of paint contributed by one user provides a richer tapestry for the next user . . ."
c. this Gen Web forces us to rethink how we perceive things like privacy and copyright.
2 things that apply to me as a teacher:
a. this generation is changing what it means to have "media literacy."
b. does this change what we mean by "plagiarism?" Will we be forced to reconsider how we define this?
1 thing I will try to do:
I'm going to try to get more plugged in to this social network phenomenon--i. e. my own facebook page, mash-up, etc.
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