If technology moves at the speed of sound, then its impact can be said to move at the speed of light. During the first twenty years of human and machine collaboration, technology isolated people to some extent, leading to an inner search for meaning between the two. In fact, there was less collaboration, not more. The present, however, is much different, as educators, students, and institutions strive to overcome technology shock and begin to consider the possibility of using technology for widespread collaboration. The results of the collision between technology and education in the global domain are better relationships and more equal educational opportunities. The questions discussed in this essay are relevant to all long-time students and educators seeking to embrace technology and increase communication between people. having similar interests and desires to move forward with their personal goals. So many nations and people have remained uninformed and uneducated for far too long and visionaries in education and technology recognize the wasted opportunities presented by humanity's greatest invention. This population, students and teachers, envisions collaborative power and seeks facilitation “through increased efficiency and effectiveness” (Courville, 2011, p. 3). They are a worthy audience for this topic because they embrace all the hopes that arise from the appropriate and timely use of the tools that exist today. A clear understanding of the direction education and educational institutions are heading, due to emerging technologies and technologies. global participation requires looking at where we are. The past use of new technologies is, at the very least, a... middle of paper......-30.Courville, K. (2011). Technology and its use in education: current roles and future prospects. Presented at the Recovery School District Technology Summit 2011. Baton Rouge, LA. De Ferranti, D., Gill, I., Guasch, JL, Maloney, WF, Perry, GE, Sanchez-Paramo, C., & Schady, N. (2003). Closing the education and technology gap. Washington, DC. The World Bank. Park, Yeonjeong (2011). An educational framework for mobile learning: categorizing educational applications of mobile technologies into four types. International journal of research in open and distance education. Volume 12.2. 79-102. Sheehan, T. and Taylor, E. (2010). Perspectives on the future of learning. Ashridge Business School. Retrieved from http://www.ashridge.org.uk/website/IC.nsf/wFARATT/Perspectives%20on%20the%20Future%20of%20Learning/$file/PerspectivesOnTheFutureOfLearning.pdf