“As Thomas Friedman
notes in The World Is Flat (2005), we
are living in a time when learning and innovation are increasingly global. To
be prepared for the fast-paced, virtual workplace that they will inherit, today’s
students need to be able to learn and produce cooperatively.” I feel that this
quote is significant because students should learn at an early age that it is
imperative to have the ability to communicate and work collaboratively with a
group of people in order to succeed in today’s workforce. Teachers should
instill this trait in their students, it will not only allow them to work more
efficiently while in school, but it will also be a necessary when they embark
in any given profession. We need to prepare students for today’s ever changing
workforce, we should not focus only on getting students prepared for the
upcoming six weeks test, semester, end of course test or state standardized test,
we should focus on preparing our students for their future as productive
working citizens.
Citation: Pitler, H.,
Hubbell, E., Kuhn, M., & Malenoski, K. (2007). Using technology with
classroom instruction that works. Alexandria, VA: Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development, 139-154.
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