I just thought I would share a few thoughts about her presentation as I plan to go into more depth in my learning summary. After viewing this conference, I wish I had seen this at the beginning of the course. She presents three issues that would serve as a worthwile introduction to see what it is, how we get through it, and how to participate in it.
She is speaking not only to us as teachers but I felt the same experiences as the students are, experiencing culture shock, trying to acquire convergence skills, and learning how to delve into the future of education. I too identify with the shock of going global but I also see the need as a teacher to help students through it too. I also realize the essential skills of flexibility, confidence, independence, an appreciation of others will help me adapt to my own growth of global collaboration and communication. Lastly, I now see what Dennis Richards was having us do from the start-from the first class-to build our own learning community. To use RSS Reader, to join social networds, start our own blog, attend online conferences, and use twitter to build our network and to expand our interests to make real time connections with other educators across the world.
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