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Creating Global Competency by Infusing Media Asset Projects
into your Classroom
byDarla Kay Hill
Education Consultant
QUESTIONS
• What does it mean to you?
• Why is it important?
• Are you currently addressing it through your teaching?
• Is it easier to see in some subjects vs. other subjects?
• How does technology enable the infusion of global competency into teaching?
A BIT ABOUT ME
• 20 + years in K-20 education• online faculty and curriculum developer/reviewer• e-learning consultant and edtech strategist
• Peace advocate• Model United Nations • The Student Peace Alliance• Congressional District
Representative for the creation of a US Department of Peace
• University of Peace in Costa Rica
GLOBAL COMPETENCY
“The 21st Century isn’t coming; it’s already here. And our students have the opportunity and challenge of living and working in a diverse and rapidly changing world. Public schools must prepare young people to understand and address global issues, and educators must re-examine their teaching strategies and curriculum so that all students can thrive in this global and interdependent society.”
~ former NEA President Dennis Van Roekel
GLOBAL COMPETENCY
• the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to navigate and succeed in today's interconnected world
• the acquisition of in-depth knowledge and understanding of international issues, an appreciation of and ability to learn and work with people from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds, proficiency in a foreign language, and skills to function productively in an interdependent world community
GLOBAL COMPETENCY • INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS
• world history• socioeconomic and political systems• other global events• individual actions effect others
• APPRECIATION OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY• understand people from other cultures• acknowledgement of others’ points of view• view cross-cultural differences as a collaborative opportunity
• FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
• COMPETITIVE SKILLS• higher-level thinking enhances creativity and innovation in a world
market
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT • ECONOMIES ARE BECOMING MORE INTERDEPENDENT
• AMERICAN SOCIETY IS BECOMING MORE DIVERSE
• GLOBAL CHALLENGES ARE BECOMING MORE COMPLEX
• GLOBAL COMPETENCE ENHANCES OVERALL ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
• CAN SERVE AS GATEWAY FOR SUBTOPICS• CULTURAL COMPETENCE• HUMANE EDUCATION• CONFLICT RESOLUTION• SOLUTIONAIRE LEARNING• DIGITAL FOOTPRINT
MEDIA ASSET PROJECT• background
• (sample) Media Asset Project instructions:• select a topic• think of the topic through a global lens in some way• create a digital representation of your topic
• presentation, website, blog, movie, etc.• Phase 1: list your topic and what you are creating• Phase 2: draft project with at least 4 sources, one being from
outside the US• Phase 3: final project• Phase 4: sharing/presenting of final project
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RESOURCES AND TOOLSDIGITAL FIELD TRIP
• Partnership for 21st Century Learning (P21)
• Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS)
• UNESCO
• International Education and Resource Network (iEARN)
• ePals
• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
• Virtual Field Trips
DIGITAL FIELD TRIP • Taking It Global
• Skype
• TeacherMatch
• Global Oneness Project
• Solutions Journalism Network
• Global Collaboration Day
• TedX
• Unimersiv
• Google Docs / Google Earth
• Resources within your community• international students• retired individuals• businesses• cultural centers
• churches• museums• indigenous cultures
WHAT CAN WE DO • align teacher preparation programs with global perspective
• create opportunities for global teacher collaboration
• design and support professional development programs with global focus
• identify new ways to foster international exchanges
• expand the teaching of foreign language
• benchmark educational systems, standards, and community/family support systems against high achieving countries
Darla Kay Hill, M.A. M.S.Education Technology Strategist and Consultant | Speaker |
Presenter_______________________________________________________________________________
2203 Aspen DriveTraverse City, MI 49686231 342 [email protected]
Skype: [email protected]://[email protected]://www.linkedin.com/in/darlakayhillhttps://twitter.com/immersivewave
REFERENCES
• National Education Association
• Partnership for 21st Century Learning (P21)
• National Association of School Psychologists
• National Center for Cultural Competence