21st Century Skills

1. GLOBALIZATION
Amanda Rowe
Ashley Dunham
Hope Jones
Katy Spry

2. WHAT IS GLOBALIZATION?
“…a process of interaction and integration among the people,
companies, and governments of different nations…”
when something covers, involves or affects the whole world

3. GLOBALIZATION’S IMPORTANCE
& ROLE IN EDUCATION
The United States is falling behind in education, globalization can
help the United States rebuild it’s failing education system by taking
ideas from other countries
Learn from experiences in other parts of the world
Allows us to teach different perspectives and views
Enables us to compare local events to global events
Needed to prepare students for jobs that require new skill sets
To compete globally

4. TECHNOLOGY &
GLOBALIZATION
Desktop Publishing: creating a wiki could allow communication and
sharing of information between your students and students across
the globe
Facebook: another way for your students to communicate with
students in other countries
Digital Imaging: creating images which allow your students to see
different global landmarks
Robots: create a robot that represents a particular country other
than the United States
YouTube & Storytelling: create a class video to send to a classroom
across the world and ask for one in return
TOOLS WHICH COULD BE USED TO PROMOTE THE PILLAR

5. USING
TECHNOLOGY TO
PROMOTE
GLOBALIZATION
SKYPE
 We will be using Skype to contact other
classrooms around the world.
We will learn about their culture and
classrooms.
We will send emails and pictures
throughout the year to stay in contact.
 School lunch around the world.
 Explore 6 other countries using
the internet, books and magazines
to see what types of food they eat.
 Display the countries on the
bulletin board with a sample of
what their lunch tray might look
like.

6. WORKS CITED
http://www.globalization101.org/what-is-globalization/
http://kidworldcitizen.org/2012/08/24/where-in-the-world-is-
your-food-from/
http://www.oprah.com/food/School-Lunches-Around-the-World-
Gallery-Steven-Stern