ABSTRACT
There has been a tremendous amount of pressure put on teachers and administrators to focus on everything else in education. The focus has been ramped up on data, differentiation, and individualized instruction. The future of learning is a lot like the past of learning, it centers around the human/social side of curiosity, creativity, and adaptation. Technology connects us to new tools, resources, and information. It also bridges the time and global gap between people. Author's first experience with global collaboration was during the Flat Classroom Project. With many amazing global collaborations going on like the Global Read Aloud and some awesome new global collaboration platforms, it's important to remember that technology may lay the bridge between people. Social media, blogs, and online communication has revolutionized the way we talk, work, and collaborate with each other.
