Welcome to the College of Ed's Ning

[Bethany Smith]

I'm so glad that you have joined our professional learning community. Ifyou have any questions or would like to share how you are using this Ning. Please share!

[Charley Norkus]

I'm pursuing a M.Ed Social Studies; ECI 509T is my first course, and we'll be using Ning.

[Bethany Smith]

We are almost at 150 members! I am so excited that we have had so many sign-up and I hope you are all able to utilize this resource. Thanks for making this endeavor so much fun!

[Charley Norkus]

Global 1 - during the mid-1800's, a country England conquered a country India, and the result? English spoken in the 2nd largest country in the world. Global 2 - during the 1990's, a company, Hewlett-Packard, acquired hospitals in India and China as customers for its thermal imaging equipment – the result? HP set the standard for transmitting thermal images around the world. Global 3 - an individual radiologist in India contacts his cohorts in the U.S. and offers to help them double their business. In his book, The World Is Flat, Thomas Friedman explains this evolution of globalization and how the "flattening" of the world has made this venture possible: during their daytime, the American doctors digitally transmit their images to India, and then during his daytime hours, the Indian doctor reads, diagnoses, and sends his results back overseas, where they are waiting for his American friends when they arrive at work the next morning. The next step? NPR recently reported that American health insurance companies are now pricing out, encouraging, and actually arranging for their customers in need of major surgery to have the operation performed overseas. Yes, it is cheaper to travel to India, have an operation, and travel back to the U.S. than to have that same surgery performed here. Millions of Americans now buy their little blue pills overseas; would you consider doing the same for by-pass surgery? It might not be your decision.