For Friday read 537-546

Summarize in detail!!!!!!

For Thursday - May 15 - 534-537

1. Explain the no guns allowed and no cell phone allowed phenomenon.
2.What is your take on "technological advanced primitivism. What is the next step (predict here)?
3. What is a technological determinist? Are you one?
4. Friedman admits that he knows the wolrd is not flat. What does he mean?
5. What does Friedman say is the single most trend in the world today?

Read 515-530 for Wednesday. Questions to follow.

1. What is continuous partial attention. Do you suffer from it?
2. Do you agree or disagree that all this new connectivity has social downsides? Explain why you feel the way you feel.
3.What are four effects of the age of interruption? How do you feel about them?
4. What are four rules of dealing with the ill effects of the ease of connectivity?
5. Talk a little about resumes and how they work in a world of walls and how they are in a flat world.
6. Overall, do you think the benefits outweigh the trade-offs when it comes to ease of connectivity. Explain your answer.

Chapter 13 - blog for Monday, May 12

Read the chapter and comment on the following:
Social activism, give examples of successes
What is guiding the reputations of companies in the flat world?
What is the old and new paradigm according to a Washington lobbiest?
What could you do to initiate change for a cause you care about?
Tell about Muhammad Yuus and microcredit?
What is http://www.endeavor.org/?
Where did Jeremy Hockenstein go to make a difference? What did he do there?
What did the two teachers do to teach colaboration? Were they successful?
What is the old industrial approach to politics in the USA? What is the new approach?
Which do you prefer?
What is the significance of Friedman telling us about Bahrain and the impact Google Earth has had?
Tell about the HP-Dell-IBM allianace and what it is doing.
Do you think it is a good thing or not?
Summarize what Rob Watson, chairman and CEO of Ecotech International says about what he learned in Business School.

For Friday, May 9

Read chapter 13 and thoroughly summarize what Friedman is saying.

Read chapter twelve, pages 477-488

What NEW thinking is Friedman bringing out in this chapter?

For Tuesday read the last three RULES.

In a short sentence, summarize each of the 9 "RULES".

Finish up on the rules for friday, May 2.

Summarize all the rules in just a few words.

Comment on rule 5 and 6 for Thursday

Read 449-457 - for Wednesday, April 30

Talk about the next two rules.

For Tuesday - April 29 read 441-449

Talk about the first 2 rules that companies live by in a flat world.

Short reading, 433-437, for Friday April 25

What does Nayar about what has and is happening in India? When done right, what does globalization have the potential to do? Does this excite you as it does Friedman? Why or why not?

for Thursday - April 24

Read 420-433. Summarize.

For Wed. - April 23

Read 411-420 and summarize. Pick out and comment on an interesting observation.

For Tuesday, April 22

Read and summarize 400-410.

Read 391-400

Talk about the cushions worth keeping.

Begin reading This Is Not A Test - 374-390

What new things is Friedman saying? What does he continue to say?

Read 365-373 for tuesday April 15

Summarize this section.

For Friday Dirty little secret #4, 5, and 6

Summarize each little secret.

Read Dirty Little Secret #3

Summarize

Read - Dirty Little Secret #2 for Tuesday, April 8

Summaraize what Friedman is saying about education

Read 343-349 "Dirty little secret #1"

Summarize the reading in detail.

Read pages 337-343

Summarize what Friedman is saying.

Read 329-336

Name and talk about the reasons Friedman says the USA is able to produce jobs and educate people to thrive in a flat world. Discuss at least 10 things.

We're BACK!! Read 316-329

1. Talk about a liberal arts education - What is it and how can it help you?

2. Talk about what things the right side of your brain are good at and how that can be helpful in a Flat World.

3. Describe what Clough did at GA Tech to change the campus and tell why he did it.

Read 308-316 Due 11:30 am on March 21, 2008

Summarize each section:
*Tubas and test tubes
*Which classes do I take to learn how to learn
*Navigation
*CQ+PQ>IQ

Due March 20, 2008 - 11:30AM - READ 300-308

What are the new ways that math is being used?

Who is hiring new math grads?

Name two "Ordinary" jobs that require the use and basic understanding of math.(that Friedman is talking about)

What % of jobs in the next ten years will require proficiency in algebra, geometry, data interpretation, probability and statistics?

Explain Friedman's reason for talking about morphing. What is he getting at really?

Read 285-300 - We're halfway there!

What is something you can work on right now that will help you in a "Flat world" (according to Friedman)

What is the NEW definition for 24/7/7?

What is the great synthesizer?

What is the great explainer?

What is the great leveragers?

What is the great adapters?

Who are the green people?

Finally who are the passionate personalizers?

Read 278-285

Who are the new "Middlers"? What is new about them? What does Alan Blinder, a Princeton economist, say will characterize international trade?
And finally what are some jobs that right now are untouchable? Name one that was untouchable a few years ago but now things have changed.

For Thursday, March 13

Read America and Free Trade starting on page 263. Read through page 277. Summarize what you learned.

From Command and Control to Collaborate and Connect

Read 249-259 - Write a detailed summary of these sectons. What is Friedman saying that he has already said? What is he saying that is new?

Due Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 11:30am

Starting on page 243, thoroughly discuss the chapter, Where do companies stop and start? Talk about five things that surprised you.

Who is Exploiting Whom? - Due March 7 - 11:30AM

In your opinion, who is exploiting whom? Use the reading starting on page 240 to understand what I am asking you to comment on.

Also comment on Friendman's prediction about companies like Boeing?
Do you know what has recently happened to Boeing's bid to build planes for refueling in mid-air? (military contract)

The Great Sorting Out - Due 3/5 at 11:00 AM

Compare the views of Karl Marx with the flattening effect that is going on throughout the world.
What is Friedman referring to when he talks about frictions? Are there some frictions worth protecting? If so what are they?

What is an industry that has completly been transformed as a result of the world becoming flat?

Can you think of any others? If so, what?

Next discussion due Tuesday, March 4 - 11:30AM

On page 228, Thomas Friedman talks about "The Other Triple Convergence".
Comment on the following:
What were the three things that came together to create the "smoke screen" that Friedman refers to that distracted or hid from the public the flattening effect that was happening throughWhout the world?

Who is Gregory Mankiv?

Who is Nobuyuki Idei?

Paraphrase Carly Fiorina's prediction about the future.

Due Wednesday - February 22 - by 11AM

Summarize "How do you say zippie in Chinese" AND "From Russia with Love". Your summary should be complete!

Convergence Three

Talk about eduaction, zippies, the Cold War, the new workforce numbers, where are highly educated and motivated people competing to live and Rajesh Rao.

Convergence Two

For Thursday, February 21 describe convergence #2 and what horizontalization is.

The Triple Convergence - page 200

In a nutshell what is it and talk about Convergence #1. This is due Wednesday, Feb. 20, by 10AM.

The Steroids

Talk about each of the six "steroids" Friedman mentions in flattener #10. These comments are due Friday (Feb 15) by 10:30AM.

Flattener #9 - Informing

Mike will start the discussion about "Informing".

Ethan will lead the discussion on Flattener #8 - Insourcing

This is due by Sunday evening 10PM- February 10, 2008

Flattener #7 Supply-chaining discussion led by Ethan

Flattener #6 led by Scott

Discussion for Friday February 1, 2008 -"The World is Flat" flattener #5

Flattener #4 - lead by Josh and Joseph

What is your reaction to flattener #4?

Summarize Flattener #3

Flattener #2

Summarize what Thomas L.Friedman says about flattener #2.

Flattener #1

What is your reaction to the significance of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the emergence of an operating system from MIcrosoft.

"The great challenge of our time"

What is it and do you agree?

Homesourcing

What skills do you have that could be homesourced?

reading 1/9/08

Summarize the next ten pages.What are the names of some of the multinational companies that are now doing business from India and other places?

1/08/08

Comment on the next ten pages of "The World is Flat". Did you find anything troubling? What?

"The World is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman- Jan 7, 2008

Summarize what you learned from your first reading in ths amazing book.