Networking+as+a+Skill

[[image:epsy556-group5/How_America_Works.jpg align="right" caption="How_America_Works.jpg"]]Networking as a Skill
The skills required by employers has continued to evolve. While the work force of our past were primarily required to perform routine tasks specific to their job area, as of 2000, the abstract tasks have taken precedence with both manual and routine tasks taking a dive (see chart at right).

These findings must play a major role in how the educators train their students. The major hurtle for most educators will be to train their students for a work force that hasn't even been imagined yet. Within his Edutopia article "World Without Walls:Learning Well with Others," Will Richardson (2008) states "...//we as educators need to reconsider our roles in students' lives, to think of ourselves as connectors first and content experts second." //The role of the educator is shifting right along with the American work force. In order to move students towards the ability of the "abstract tasks" that will be required of them as adults, teachers must first model these skills.

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