K12 Online Conference: " Going Global: Culture Shock, Convergence and the Future of Education," presented by Kim Cofino

This presentation gave a great view of Education in Southeast Asia, and a view into what education is like at international schools.
-Students in Asia incorporate foreign culture within their lives, while still maintaining their own cultural traditions
-Global brands are found everywhere thus demonstrating how the world is becoming 'smaller'
-When people move to a different cultural environment they experience different levels of discomfort. International schools allow students to feel more comfortable with each other, and allows them to gain perspectives from all different types of cultures.
-People need to be open minded about their culture and others
-In Asia technology is everywhere, but in education it's blended with traditional educational concepts.
-Education in Asia is moving towards a collaborative teaching and learning approach.
-The students of the future are going to have to become more like international school students. We have to become world learners.