Empathy: The 21st-Century Skill

http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/2010/program/search_results_details.php?sessionid=51697279
Developing countries have a sense of urgency for using the internet not for search for stuff in google but rather extablishing relationships

The main focus: globalize the curriculum
eg principal who finds teachers around the world to connect for each teacher in the building

children should graduate with a network of people they can tap beyond school
knowledge and skill is not enough

schools in developing countries students work harder than teachers;

biggest bank in the world moved from london to china
ceo: what skill to be successful in banking:
"easy, it's empathy" "most important skill are people who can hold different views at the same time--that is the most important skill"

military has learned the most important mission is not to win the war but rather win the peace

education needs to change the mission:
in a global economy, you cannot make test scores your mission; if NCLB wins, the us economy loses

stunned at how many kids do not understand the grammar of web search; there is a basic skill set
root zone database of country codes

read british students essays on american revolution; that should be first assignment; site:sch.uk

teachers worry about students cut/paste: not a problem if you give an assignment where they can't plagiarize

staff development for teachers on how to change assignments for students
compare contrast american british versions; have students send their ideas to a teacher in britain; not all respond but students find connection

if we teach teachers to use internet what is the mission? its not teh internet, its for kids to think globally; using google docs collaboratively internal rather globally and give a cult

our kids have to manage relationships; our response is to block the most powerful relationship building tools; the tools needed to become the us president are blocked



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