futureofwork

We have discussed how mega-trends have changed the nature of business and learning. Business Week published an issue about the future of work. This is //your// future.
=Part 1:=

===[|Listen to the Business Week podcast] (see note below for podcast location), read the article, [|Which Way to the Future], and answer the following questions on your Ning blog.===


 * If you are completing this activitiy in class:** the podcast can be accessed in the V drive of the 149 lab.
 * If you are completing this activity from home**: you can also stream the file from the wiki: [[file:BW The Future of Work.mp3]]


 * 1) What is changing about the workplace in America?
 * 2) What type of people will continue to be employed? What characteristics will they have?
 * 3) What do you find most interesting that was discussed?
 * 4) Are you personally optimistic or pessimistic about future employment opportunities for you and why?

//* Activity adapted from Vicki A. Davis ([|Cool Cat Teacher blog].)//

Select any one of the following articles below to react to in a blog posting (1-2 paragraphs in length) on your Ning blog. The question you should consider is: "How does the information presented in the article connect to the information contained in the Business Week podcast and what does it mean for __your future__?"

More Research about the Changing Workplace

 * [|Web 2.0 Kids Have Stiff Work Demands]
 * [|A Look Backward at the Future of Work] (slideshow)
 * [|The End of Work as We Know It]
 * [|The Changing Work Equation]
 * [|Power in Numbers: How wiki software is reforming bloated bureaucracies and changing the face of communication]
 * [|The Wiki Workplace]
 * [|NPR Young Workers More Tech Savvy]
 * [|NPR The Generation that Can't Wait to Move Up at Work]