World Is Flat Response

Friedman's global outlook made me feel as if the future for America is bleak. Although i have always heard that America has been run by big corporations i have never really paid much attention to it. I feel like the only way to stop corporations from taking over the U.S. is by having an emphasis on education, i think it is the only way from keeping the U.S. from being over-run by these money hungry corporations. Yes, America is the land of the free, but how much freedom can there really be when there are a few select corporations that run everything. That just means that if one corporation sees things as unnecessary that they can go ahead and stop people from doing what they want, and the person has no ability to go anywhere else because a corporation has too much power! 

Shift Happens

The video shift happens really makes the viewer think about what they are watching. In a way it is kind of disturbing to think that most of the web sites that are most frequented today are websites that did not even exist 6 years ago. Another thing that i learned from the video that disturbed me was how much emphasis is put on technology. Do i believe that this is a good thing? yes it is a good thing but only up to a certain point. Technology is great to have but i also believe that it is important for people to know how to do things without technology. For example, i had to teach one of my younger family members how to find subjects out of an encyclopedia the other day because they had become so dependent on the internet to do their research. Therefore i believe that although technology is something that can and has helped people all over the world, there have to be steps taken to teach people how to do things the "old fashion" way. I think its amazing that i have  the ability to web surf, but one of the only reasons i feel so strongly about this is because i remember when i had to deal with dial up internet. I feel like knowing the past helps me enjoy the present.
I believe that i am a great fit because i will start my class by having students look for information through books and then slowly move them on to computers.