Image source: Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the BPL
Recently I have had the opportunity to read and watch Thomas Friedman talk about his thoughts on why the world is flat. I think that the world being flat makes it a more level playing field for people and countries than ever before. People are able to easily communicate with other people from all over the world. People are also able to connect to the internet through their smart-phones. I see this changing everyday life by allowing people to constantly be able to communicate with each other. We can collaborate with each other at different times of the day and different areas in the world. I think educating your students on how to fully embrace and engage these technologies that have made the world flat is an extremely important task. You can learn so much from other people and that can be incorporated into education through programs such as the Flat Classroom Project.
