Global+Education

How would you define global awareness? I would personally define global awareness as being educated in areas outside your of your own county. 9.2 My initial view of global awareness did not include nearly any of the depth of the article. One of the opening paragraphs goes into further detail siting many authors and while I agree with them, most of my teaching and lessons mimic the belief of Freeman, 1993;Pike; Tye & Tye, 1992. To what extent would you say global awareness is an important 21st century skill? I can't imagine what the past few weeks would have brought us if it wasn't for 21st century skills. All over the news we have read and watched how blogging, Face Book, and Twitter have played a key role in bringing down Egyptian's Presiden, Mobarak, and now several other Middle East "dictators". 21st century skills allowed protesters to communicate, organize, and stand strong as a unit. Finally with out those technologies many people across the world would not have the global connection to these life altering events. 9.2 When electronic technologies are integrated into social studies learning, they offer the potential to promote cross-cultural understandings and awareness in areas such as equity, diversity, and discrimmination among both students and teachers (Merryfield, 2000). I believe this quote can summarize the reason why the Malden Social Studied department took on this course. The article only solidifies why teachers must do their best to keep up with the ever changing technologies. //On a side note, I appreciate all the websites offered to their readers.//
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I am so excited about this Google Map feature! I had no idea this was possible. I would like to use this next year along with my paper dolls the students create. I will have each student write a blurb about themselves and their heritage and enter their information onto my map. I am sure students, parents, and administration will enjoy reading about the students. I especially like how the students will be able to pinpoint exactly where in the country their families derived, not just a generic blind guess. This will fit in perfectly with my immigration unit.

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