Going Global: A Road Map for Bringing the World to Your Classroom

Lucy Gray The Center for Urban Going Global: A Road Map for School Improvement Bringing the World to Your The University of Classroom Chicago Friday, February 29, 2008 1

TODAY’S ITINERARY Looking at the Weather Report: Understanding Context for Global Awareness Mapping Your Route: Developing A Plan Finding Traveling Companions: Tapping Into Your Personal Learning Network Hitting the Open Road: Creating Successful Projects Friday, February 29, 2008 2

The Context Friday, February 29, 2008 3

+ The Connected Student Friday, February 29, 2008 4

Globalization We can no longer compete in the global marketplace as in the past. Outsourcing is the economical choice of corporations. Ingenuity and creativity will be valued in tomorrow’s workforce. Most of the jobs our students will have do not exist today. Friday, February 29, 2008 5

6 Aptitudes for Success Design – creative, engaging, beautiful Story – high-concept, high-touch Symphony – synthesis, big-picture Empathy – relationships Play – games, humor, but still serious Meaning – Maslow’s hierarchy, spirituality fulfillment Friday, February 29, 2008 6

The 21st Century Student Connected in innovative and new ways New Connections New Communities New Content Connected Individuals Virtual Communities Collaborative Communities Friday, February 29, 2008 7

Millennials Want to Learn… With technology With one another Online In their time In their place Doing things that matter Friday, February 29, 2008 8

Education Map of the Decade The KnowledgeWorks Foundation Friday, February 29, 2008 9

Trends, Hotspots, & Dilemmas Participatory Pedagogy Personal Digital Media Media-Savvy Youth Technologies of Cooperation Media Rich Pervasive Learning Integrating Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants Friday, February 29, 2008 10

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The Plan Friday, February 29, 2008 12

How do you prepare your students to be citizens of the world? Friday, February 29, 2008 13

Edutopia February/March 2008 http://www.edutopia.org/sage-advice-world-citizens Friday, February 29, 2008 14

First you help them define the term “citizen of the world”. Then you help them learn what being a good citizen means -- to themselves, to loved ones and family, to the school community, to the surrounding community. One’s actions can be directly linked to one’s values (beliefs, feelings, and actions that are important to us), so starting with a basic understanding of one’s values is essential to any meaningful discussions on citizenship. The global context is meaningless unless students are good citizens of their own nation. Friday, February 29, 2008 15

Right before our eyes, all that the education sector has controlled, dismissed, manipulated, validated, embellished, fictionalized, and ranked within an aura of tradition and ritual may be accessed by point- and-click. We need to stop chasing exponentially expanding content. Inquiry, problem recognition and solution, creativity, knowing one’s strengths and weaknesses, communication, and relationships are what students must be prepared for. Friday, February 29, 2008 16

Becoming a world citizen requires knowledge and experience of other cultures; U.S. schools do not provide knowledge or experience. Rather, they provide a cursory glimpse of others cultures; U.S. Schools do not provide knowledge or experience. Rather, they provide a cursory glimpse of others in order to exemplify how not to be American. “Diversity Day” does not create world citizens, it patronizes cultural difference and touts xenophobia, and always winds up pandering American culture as Eurocentrically defined. Only travel and immersion in other cultures creates world citizens. Friday, February 29, 2008 17

Prepare students to be citizens of the world by being one yourself. Teach from a global perspective. Friday, February 29, 2008 18

Traveling Companions Friday, February 29, 2008 20

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Project Creation Friday, February 29, 2008 23

Essential Tools Blogs Wikis Photosharing Sites Chat Video Google Tools Friday, February 29, 2008 24

Web Sites Think.com ePals Global School House TakingITGlobal Friday, February 29, 2008 25

Resources Friday, February 29, 2008 26

Favorite Finds A Night in the Global Global Education on a Village: Heifer Ranch | As the World Learns: Dime Education as a Vital Articles Edutopia Global Marketplace Represents the Future You Tube - The Web Sites Panwapa Davos Question AfterEd Always Learning:Step- Global Issues Club Blogs Skoolaborate by-Step Guide to Global Collaboration Live Blogging World Simulation Projects What Could It Be? AWNM Project Friday, February 29, 2008 27

Final Thoughts “... if we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.” -John Dewey Friday, February 29, 2008 28

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