Session+9

**__Session Nine__**

**9.1: Global Education Opener**

//1) How would you define global awareness? // ﻿﻿Global awareness includes knowledge and understanding of current events occurring throughout the world and having a sense of the general implications of these events. It also includes a familiarity with geography and basic knowledge of the diversity of world cultures, religions and histories. ﻿Of particular importance is the study of how cultures interact and depend on one another. Globally educated students have an increased understanding of cultures different from their own and are able to see things from other perspectives. They are also able to communicate in languages other than English, adding to their sense of widened perspective.

//2) To what extent would you say global awareness is an important 21st century skill? Please explain your answer. // Global awareness is one of the single most important things a student can take from his or her education. As the world becomes increasingly interconnected through commerce, entertainment, technology and travel, the concerns and problems of far-away places are no longer so far removed from our daily lives. Students need global awareness so that they can understand these issues as they affect their own lives and the lives of others. Hopefully, globally-aware students will grow up to be globally-minded adults who work toward peaceful solutions for the world's greatest challenges. ﻿Global awareness will be absolutely necessary when our students join the workforce. As time goes on, creativity, facility with languages and technology and problem solving skills will become increasingly important attributes in a fiercely competitive job market.


 * 9.2: Readings on Global Education **

[|Journal Article: Fostering Students' Global Awareness]

**9.3: Google Maps**

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__Reflection __ I really enjoyed putting this map together. I decided to focus on a few important places in the French-speaking world as a way of introducing students to the French language and its influence around the globe. Aside from the obvious geographical knowledge students might gain from this, I feel that this is a valuable lesson tool because it can serve as a way into the topic of colonialism and its history and effects on today's world. This map presentation could also be adapted in order to be used with different level classes. It also might help to activate knowledge students have of some of the featured countries.

__Map Resources __

__[|Google Maps] __ __[|Scribble Maps] __

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**9.4: Use of Blogging**

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Blogger] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Edublogs]

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">﻿<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">__Perspective Blogging__ <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">﻿Perspective blogging is a sort of role-play writing assignment where students take on the roles of historical figures or even just regular people in a different time or place. This allows students the opportunity to consider what life would be like if they were living with other people's problems, thus offering insight into the event or culture being studied and adding to the students' global awareness.