The "Work From Home"Generation

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This post interested me and my students because it explicitly discussed the future of employment. Working from home is another avenue employers and employees have the opportunity to utilize due to commute and traffic concerns, flexibility, saving money (for the employee and the employer) and contributions to the environment, and finally productivity is increased due to the increased opportunity to stay focused on the job. The article also discussed the possible reduction of stress related to office politics as well. The downside to working at home that were expressed are the lack of brainstorming possibilities for the creative types, the fact that you never leave work and this can cut into family time, and the office dynamics will be missed so entropy will set in eventually. This article really struck me because colleges and high schools are already becoming "Cyber-based", so they are preparing students for their future. For example here are some school sites and work from home sites. In economics I can use this site to have the students measure the differences in what it costs to travel to work compared to the benefits of staying home.  

Work from home sites: http://www.alpineaccess.com/external/index.html

http://www.liveops.com/

Tips for working @ home with websites of opportunities: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/TakeControlOfYourLife/story?id=2621388&page=1

Online high schools: http://www.pinnacleeducation.com/

http://www.cyberhigh.org/