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Chapter 7: What Knowledge Is of Most Worth

Useful knowledge changes as societies change - road guides in China, black cabs in London

Technology brings more customers and more value - eBay, music and sports entertainment, the World Cup, global movie releases

Price matters in a more global market, and it is the main reason for outsourcing

Rare talents made available on a global scale make them economically vialble - growth of individual entrepreneurs

We need to cultivate skills and knowledge that are not available at a cheaper price in other countries or that cannot be rendered useless by a machine

Chapter 8: Global Competence and Digital Competence

Statistics show that most young Americans lack geographical knowledge and global awareness

This lack of global knowledge and skills results in lost opportunities and revenues, and threatens our national security

Definition of Global Competence from Fernando Reimers, Harvard Education Professor: I define Global Competency as the knowledge and skills that help people understand the flat world in which they live, the skills to integrate across disciplinary domains to comprehend global affairs and events and to create possibilities to address them. Global competencies are also attitudinal and ethical dispositions that make it possible to interact peacefully, respectfully, and productively with fellow human beings from diverse geographies. > 1. Knowlege of the nature of the virtual world > 2. Positive attitude towards the virtual world > 3. Ability to use different tools to participate and lead in the virtual world > 4. Ability to create products for the virtual world
 * Digital Competence defined by Yong Zhao:

Chapter 9: Catching Up or Keeping the Lead: > Instead of instilling fear in the American public about the rise of other countries, bureaucratizing education with bean-counting policies, demoralizing educators through dubious accountability measures, homogenizing school curriculum, and turning children into test takers, we should inform the public about the possibilities brought about by globalization, encourage education innovations, inspire educators with genuine support, diversify and decentralize curriculum, and educate children as confident, unique, and well-rounded human beings
 * Statement for Zhao: Two paths lie in front of us: one which we destroy our strengths in order to catch up with others on test scores and one in which we build our strengths so we can keep the lead in innovation and creativity.