Georgia State University's Center for International Business Education and Research is hosting a teacher-focused workshop in downtown Atlanta on integrating new technology tools into K-12 and college classrooms, according to Global Atlanta. Speakers framed the work as preparation for what they called the world's 'Fifth Industrial Revolution,' a phrase that has become shorthand for the next wave of human-and-machine collaboration in workplaces and schools.
GSU's Robinson College of Business sits in the heart of downtown Atlanta, and the CIBER program has positioned the campus as a hub for the kind of cross-disciplinary teacher training that public school districts cannot easily provide on their own. The workshop is part of an ongoing series that has drawn educators from across Georgia and the broader Southeast.
For downtown Atlanta, the workshop is part of a larger story about the city's growing role as a hub for education and workforce-development programming. CIBER's connection to the international business community gives the program a global lens that distinguishes it from purely domestic teacher-training programs, and that international orientation is increasingly central to how Atlanta teachers prepare students for export-oriented industries.
The broader policy conversation around classroom technology continues to move quickly, and CIBER's workshop programs are attempting to keep practicing teachers ahead of the changes coming to their classrooms. The next workshop session will be announced through the GSU Robinson College of Business calendar.
