Wednesday, October 10, 2012

The World is Flat


The world is flattening as we speak.  I have concluded that in fact the world is flat.  My class and I have been reading the book The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman.  I have learned many things about the world flattening.  The world is being flattened through many steps called flatteners.  I have many mixed emotions about the world slowly flattening.  I thought to myself how could my world be flattening, and then I hit me.  With all of our technology I could believe it.  
Many people were shocked to hear such news.  I also was not very shocked because of all the new innovation and technology we have, it makes sense that it could make the world flat.  I have learned many things through this topic and project my class and I had to do.  I learned that as technology gets more advanced the world slowly flattens.  I say this because we can video chat across the world faster than ever and we can get news here in our country, just as fast as in the country that is being affected.  I would say that this unit definitely showed me that our world is way more advanced and will be so advanced in the future that we won’t want to even leave our houses.
I am definitely excited for the flat classroom project and I cannot wait to get started.  I am a little nervous about whom my partners are and if they are going to follow through with their part.  I am a little confused on how this project is going to work because how do we share our information with one another.  I am eager to meet my partners and get to work.   

7 comments:

  1. Wow Zach that is so interesting! Im glad to hear that you are having a good time in this class and learning new facts about our everchanging world and technology. I think the biggest flattener is uploading because it allows anyone from anywhere to upload whatever they want. Video chat is deffinately changing technology because it allows people to not be in the same room and have a face to face conversation. Im very excited to see more blog posts from you!

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  2. I am also nervous about this project because I don't personally know anybody that is on my team and I am always a little shy around people I've never met before. I also agree with Chase because Uploading changes every website we visit online.

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  3. I am also confused on how this project will work and how we will share information with our partners. I am eager to get to work with my partners as well.

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  4. That was me at the beginning of the project and I'm still a little confused but I'm getting there. How did your research project go? My project for Flat Classroom Project is globalization and outsourching and it will be easier because I sorta have a backround on that how about you?

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  5. I hope that every day it becomes more & more clear on the goal that we are trying to accomplish. Strong blog post - good content. Keep up the good work, Zach!

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  6. Thanks everyone for commenting on my bog. My project has been going really well and I have just the right amount of backround, thanks Emily for the great questions. And thanks again everyone for commenting!

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