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The four converging forces are changing education by infusing technology in the classroom.  As this four forces change, so does education.  Technology opens up different opportunities to teach students and for students to learn.  As teachers, we need to be mindful of the 21st century technology so that we can be effective in using these new teaching strategies in the classroom.  Technology can help prepare these students to get jobs and be successful in the real world.

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The four converging forces are encouraging the change of the traditional practices of teaching. We need to adapt our teaching methods to the 21st century and prepare students for the future of this technological world.

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The four forces are about using more creative thinking and problem solving. The chapters talk about how our society is changing and that the way we teach the next generation needs to change with it. The four forces focus on bringing technology into the classrooms and having students learn by doing. Society has been stuck in a way of learning for a long time and has not changed. Since society is changing the way we teach needs to change with society.

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The “four converging forces” are changing education by implementing a powerful force that teachers need to identify when creating experiences or lesson plans for students. In the text, “Educational accountability and standardized testing systems that primarily measure performance on basic skills such as reading and math” (35). This is an interesting quote because standardized testing relates to the idea of being a cookie-cutter teacher that matches only the standards and then moves on without really providing quality experiences that students can take with them after leaving your classroom. This is one resisting change that can be adjusted by having teachers focus on the life experiences and not solely the standards that match what they are doing. Each of the four converging forces represent a different component of the changes in education today compared to the past that teachers need to adapt to and be flexible with.

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The four converging forces are changing education in many different ways. knowledge works is changing in that we constantly need workers  specially in technology who work using many different fields. Such as web conferences, email, text messages, etc. Thinking tools are constantly changing for our times and we are learning to adapt with them. Like how much more space a computer as, and how a processing speed is constantly getting faster. Digital Lifestyles are adapting everyday. Some grew up around digital media, and are constantly growing. We want our classrooms to continue to grow and learn through technology and fight back against these resisters.

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The way the four converging forces are changing education is by incorporating the digital universe into the classroom. The four converging forces are knowledge work, thinking tools, digital lifestyles, learning research. They are helping to incorporate hands-on learning in the classroom and incorporating real-world learning. This is important because they will more likely pay attention if they are moving and involved and active vs just sitting still and listening.

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The speed of change in education is almost mind boggling, our students are exposed to so many more diverse subjects and technologies than we were when we were their age and in my opinion this is making the teacher’s job more challenging. We are going to have to adapt how we teach to accommodate the perspective and background of our students. This also will make our jobs more fun in my opinion, giving us the opportunity to be creative and integrate these newer skills.

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The four converging forces, Knowledge work, Thinking Tools, Digital Lifestyles, and Learning Research, are changing education by allowing students to learn through digital work that has them using knowledge from other content areas to gain information on other tasks that are happening in the classroom. Through the use of the force’s students are able to grow as learners as well as teachers.

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The four converging forces include; knowledge work, digital lifestyles, thinking tools, and learning research. These four forces are changing classrooms in a beneficial way that veers away fro traditional teaching and learning. These new methods allow are ways of teaching to help our new generations in a more advanced way. With these forces students are the new and improved way to teach so why would teachers not adopt this new method of teaching.

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The four converging forces is changing education from the traditional aspects we have always know into a technological field. We must teach students to be proficient with technology in order to succeed in this job market. This means we must be able to use technology proficiently in order to teach it.

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The four converging forces are changing changing education to help student better personalize their work allowed it to be viewed globally. It is more hands on force for children to learn as they are being "taught".

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The four forces are changing education because they are forcing “outdated” styles of teaching to become more modern and these new styles of teaching spark the student’s interest more. In the book, the authors stated, “nuts and bolts and manufacturing economy to one based on data, information and knowledge”. I really liked this because it shows how much technology has advanced over the years. These advancements have allowed our students to grow up and learn about things, such as coding, which wasn’t even available in the 70’s. I find these forces to be absolutely incredible and I’m excited about teaching in a world with such advanced technology.

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The four converging forces are knowledge work, thinking tools, digital lifestyles, and learning research. These four forces are changing education by forcing schools to reevaluate what it means to teach students for the future. It is forcing education to promote convergent thinking that helps students "create and innovate new products and services that solve real problems and meet the needs of real customers" (24). To further explain, traditional educational practices teach students like they are an assembly line. New education needs to teach them how to be creative and function in a constantly evolving society. It is also changing education by promoting hands-on learning, student directed teaching and project-based learning.

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·      Creating experiences that are real world like with media supplies a more authentic context for learning.  This will increase the chances that a student will remember the lesson.  This could also be applied to “Bower the Builder.” Students are able to see how the context applies to a real world job.

·      Hands on learning is better than simply memorizing facts.  It allows the students to retain information better.

·      Building on previous schema is an important first step in creating mental models.

These forces are changing learning and should be utilized more.

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The four converging forces are changing education by forcing educators to think beyond the basics. Each of these components need to evolve new and improved ideas for students to continue being interactive with their classroom. It goes beyond just teaching them a lesson, but making sure they can use it throughout life and adapt to upcoming technology.

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An example of change should be more interactive educational practices, not constantly doing desk work. Students should be given the proper education that they deserve. Making it similar to what people experience in the real world would help them have a better understanding.

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The reading talks about how students need more realworld environment experiences to learn and take keep the information with a person. It would be better suited to teach in different ways rather then having students sit and regurgitate information that they wont remember outside of class. It would work better if subjects are taught by involving computers or different activities.

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The four converging forces in education are making teachers think more about how to "keep up with the times". Technology is changing rapidly and websites are not up to date a lot so you need to find websites that you like and find ones that are like that one. Using these helps your students for their futures by having to help in their society and community. The biggest goal as a teacher is to know what is going to be helpful for your students for their future so that they can be successful in life.

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The "four converging forces" are changing education because they are each different and one of a kind. They challenge teachers and schools to break away from traditional pen and paper work to more hands on activities that can involve computers and technology. These forces are paving a new path of education, and allows for students to become more creative than ever.

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The four converging forces are changing education because it challenges the educational system to go away from traditional learning that modeled after factory assembly lines. It promotes thinking outside the box and utilizing other resources. It is better reflecting modern habits and lifestyles, and adapting to what we now know, which is different from even what our parents knew.

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The “four converging forces” are changing education because they are better reflecting what is being done in the present. They are different from what has been done in the past because they have adapted to current technologies and practices. It would not be very intelligent to stay stuck in the past because the world is constantly changing. In order for students to get the best possible education, it needs to be focused on the current world.

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The four converging forces are changing education because teachers now have to think about what the students want when teaching. Students want to be doing more hands-on and interactive learning rather than just sitting in a classroom being lectured. It is important for students to be learning more about things they can apply to the real world!

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The four converging forces are changing education through transforming work and learning. They are challenging the education to create better techniques and improve ideas for students to learn. These forces are far from perfect but they are bringing growth of technology in the classroom.

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In the reading the authors talk about how we are preparing today's students for tomorrow's jobs. Teaching students how to effectively utilize technology will increase their abilities of getting a job in the future because eventually everything will be digital. Technology has become a part of our society and will continue to grow.

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The "four converging forces" are changing education because they are adapting to world and how it is changing everyday. It is having teachers use ideas from the past and make them useful for the present. The main idea of the "four converging forces" is to prepare students for the future jobs. Technology has impacted how the students learn and how the teachers teach. Technology is now used almost everyday in the classrooms.