Bridging a gap through technology-- interaction and collaboration

My one of assignments is a collabrative project using technology. I think collaboration is sharing each other's ideas and somehow it needs a negotiation among members. Although there should be a main concept of group, individaul freedom and creativity should not be ignored. In this fashion, I feel this project is a great opportunity to show both collaboration and individuality using technology. Throughout the process, I realized technology plays a great role in connecting the world closer and closer. And I could not help relating this issue to my mission in dance education.

Having been studying in different countries, what I saw as a common problem in dance education is a lack of connection. The connection between practice and theory, connection between dance subject and other subjects, connection between school and community, connection between K-12 and higher education, and national and international connection. I believe that making connections should be conducted both horizontally (integration) and vertically (continuous growth). In order to achieve my mission, techonology seems to be a fundamental tool to increase artistic, professional, and educational connections all over the world. For example, technology would make students participate in professional conferences through the internet. Also, using resources from web, students can be encouraged to collaborate with other subjects, such as music, art, language, and science. Through the interdisciplinary, interactive, and collaborative approaches using technology as a tool, dance education is likely to make connections between practice and theory, connection between dance subject and other subjects, connection between school and community, connection between K-12 and higher education, and national and international connection.