Economy+and+the+21st+Century

__ Old Adage: __ “Get good grades, go to college, get a job, make good money.” __ New Adage: __ “Intrinsic motivation and persistance” =21st Century Skills= =National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NET*S)=
 * Keys to Success and Happiness told to students: **

How Right-Brain vs. Left-Brain Thinking Has Impacted Society and Education  There have been enormous societal advantages of the Information Age: opening up educational opportunities across socio-economic and ethnic stratifications and increasing the standard of living.

===**Daniel Pink [|Abundance, Asia & Automation] ** === However, due in part to three causes - Abundance, Asia, and Automation - a shift is occurring away from the Information Age towards the Conceptual Age. ** How to Survive in the Conceptual Age **  Ask Yourself: 1. Can someone overseas do it cheaper? 2. Can a computer do it faster? 3. Is what I’m offering in demand in an age of abundance? ** Articles: ** ===[|21st Century Skills: The Challenges Ahead] by Andrew J. Rotherham and Daniel Willingham ===
 * ===Editor's Notes from the 21st Century Skills article ===

Activities:

 * ===Game of Evolution ===