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I love the idea of using the resources within Edutopia and have students take part in a 5-Minute Film Festival before class each Friday.  This would be especially helpful if the video clip focused on a country that was part of a current event.  The goal here is to develop global citizens. Students would have"opportunities to engage with diverse cultural perspectives, build geographic knowledge, grow global competency, and develop the skills and knowledge necessary to consider and address our shared global challenges". (Cronin)

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One of the points brought to life in the article 10 resources for Global Learning was Lesson Plans. I know it sounds like the least exciting resource. As a charter School teeacher we have to write lesson plans for every lesson, every week. My last school partnered with idea stream where we were provided many resources and training. One was being introduced to their lesson plans. It allows you to introduce or tie in specific lesson on a global scale. The best part is they have done all the difficult work for you! They have many componets within their lessons such as videos, games, hands on componets, and assessments. Having a clear lesson plan really makes tying a subject into the global community simple and streamlined. I have thouroughly enjoyed using PBS resources wihtin my class and would encourage all to do the same,

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In the article "10 Tips to promote Global Citizenship" they mentioned linking issues that students can easily connect with such as food. I think that this is a great way for students to understand the real issues and for them to be more engaged. I also liked in the article, they mentioned using the current news as a platform to get kids talking and the conversations started.

I think that the way I would prompt students to make a global connection is using YouTube videos or current event new clips to get conversations started about current events that are affecting the world around the students. I think that in order to engage the students into the lesson, it's important for them to first understand the relevancy that the information has on their lives.

This website from PBS offers news updates for students to access, as well as Lesson plans, articles and other student insights about current news events that are happening around the world.

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In the article “10 Teacher Resources for Global Learning,” it mentions using comprehensive websites to teach about Globalization. Within my computer science class I teach students about how to research topics and how to navigate websites and so on. Offering comprehensive websites on topics I have chosen allows me to teach skills like creating slides presentations coupled with researching skills and learning about technology globalization for example. I really like the website that this article offered as it has really great information and straightforward explanations, especially regarding the technology globalization tab.

The website also offers technology globalization lesson plans and curriculum which I can integrate into my classroom for my middle school students.

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Information Technology
Introduction
In nearly every corner of the world, from Mumbai to Madrid, one cannot enter a café or walk down the street without seeing someone talking, texting, or surfing the Internet on their cell phones, laptops or tablet PCs. Information Technology (IT) has become ubiquitous and is changing every aspect of how people live their lives.

Recent advances in our ability to communicate and process information in digital form- a series of developments sometimes described as an "IT revolution"-are reshaping the economies and societies of many countries around the world.
Information Technology
IT is a driving factor in the process of globalization. Improvements in the early 1990s in computer hardware, software, and telecommunications greatly increased people's ability to access information and economic potential. While advancements in Internet-based tools over the past five to ten years, such as social networking websites, twitter, and other Web2.0 applications are changing the way people use and share information for personal, political, and commercial purposes. These developments have facilitated efficiency gains in all sectors of the economy. IT drives the innovative use of resources to promote new products and ideas across nations and cultures, regardless of geographic location. Creating efficient and effective channels to exchange information, IT has been the catalyst for global integration.

Products based upon, or enhanced by, information technology are used in nearly every aspect of life in contemporary industrial societies. The spread of IT and its applications has been extraordinarily rapid. Just 30 years ago, for example, the use of desktop personal computers was still limited to a fairly small number of technologically advanced people. The overwhelming majority of people still produced documents with typewriters, which permitted no manipulation of text and offered no storage.

Twenty years ago, large and bulky mobile telephones were carried only by a small number of users in just a few U.S. cities. According to a 2013 International Telecoms Union (ITU) World Report, there were 6.8 billion cell phone subscriptions worldwide at the end of 2012. Global mobile cellular penetration reached 96 percent in 2012 (ICT Facts and Figures, 2013). In some developing countries, mobile phones are used by more people than the fixed line telephone network.

But perhaps most dramatically, just fifteen years ago, only scientists were using (or had even heard about) the Internet, the World Wide Web was not up and running, and the browsers that help users navigate the Web had not even been invented yet. Today, of course, the Internet and the Web have transformed commerce, creating entirely new ways for retailers and their customers to make transactions, for businesses to manage the flow of production inputs and market products, and for job seekers and job recruiters to find one another. According to ITU World Report 2013, the total amount of users reached more than 2.7 billion (39 percent of the world's population) by 2013.

The news industry was dramatically transformed by the emergence of numerous Internet-enabled news-gathering and dissemination outlets. Websites, blogs, instant messaging systems, e-mail, social networking sites and other Internet-based communication systems have made it much easier for people with common interests to to connect, exchange information, and collaborate with each other. Education at all levels is continually transforming thanks to innovations in communication, education, and presentation software. Websites now serve as a primary source of information and analysis for the masses.

Globalization accelerates the change of technology. Every day it seems that a new technological innovation is being created. The pace of change occurs so rapidly many people are always playing catch up, trying to purchase or update their new devices. Technology is now the forefront of the modern world creating new jobs, innovations, and networking sites to allow individuals to connect globally. The timeline below shows the rapid transformation of how technology has accelerated within the last 20 years to 2012.

18 years ago: Internet commercialized

17 years ago: first mobile phone with Internet connectivity

15 years ago: Google named the search engine of choice by PC magazine

12 years ago: Blackberry launched

9 years ago: Facebook launched

7 years ago: Twitter launched

6 years ago: iPhone, the first of the smart phones, introduced

5 years ago: Groupon introduced

2 years ago: 17 million smart tablets sold - estimated that 100 + million by 2014

1 year ago: Google Glass announced

Every 60 seconds (so it seems): new apps, tailored to users' specific needs created

Next: Advances in Information Technology

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Information Technology Introduction In nearly every corner of the world, from Mumbai to Madrid, one cannot enter a café or walk down the street without seeing someone talking, texting, or surfing the Internet on their cell phones, laptops or tablet PCs. Information Technology (IT) has become ubiquitous and is changing every aspect of how people live their lives.

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In the article "10 Teacher Resources for Global Learning," it is suggested to use videos to teach about globalization.  I am a huge fan of using educational videos in the classroom because videos can help bring the outside world to students.  Videos can help children experience or learn about a topic in a way they might not be able to otherwise.  I am also a huge fan of using educational videos in the classroom because they're engaging!  Planning for and using engaging resources is a constant goal for any educator.

Over the next few weeks, my First Grade students (along with the rest of the First Grade students in my building) will be preparing for a "Holidays Around the World" play. The children will be presenting skits and songs about how different cultures celebrate the Holidays. While this is already a great global learning activity, we could enhance student learning by providing opportunities for the children to view videos about the different cultures. The videos will provide the children with more information than what the skits and songs provide them with. The videos will also help the children "see" what the Holidays are like in other countries. Here is an example video I'd like to incorporate.

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OI read the article "Three ideas for 21st-Century Global Curriculum". In the article, it suggests three ways to globalize your classroom: adapting to learners, rethinking learning spaces, and leveraging the role of play. There are many interpretations on what globalization of a classroom should look like, so this could be different for every teacher. One of the suggestions I would like to expand on adapting to learners. One way that can be done is utilizing different social media platforms in the classroom, such as Twitter, Google Hangouts, or video games. These are all ways that students can connect with other learners around the world! Our school also recently acquired Zoom videoconferencing technology, so it would be interested to try to video conference with another sixth grade class in another location sometime this school year.

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With remote learning and emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), social media is an integral part of education more than ever. There are many different ways to use social media for education inside and outside the classroom.

Because we believe in the power of social media to make nearly anything easier, we will share 15 ways to use social media for education, based on insights shared with us from top institutions.

Benefits of social media in education

Here are our top three benefits of using social media in education:

Benefit 1: Extends learning opportunities

Social media unleashes more learning opportunities. Online classes and remote jobs are the new norm, so teaching students to work from a distance becomes a necessity for digital literacy and preparing them for their careers. Social media platforms support educators in various ways from sharing announcements to holding live lectures.

Benefit 2: Create connections with students and alumni

Social provides a way for institutions to quickly and directly communicate with students, faculty, staff and alumni, fostering connections across various audiences. Social content can attract prospective students, keep parents informed, grow alumni networks, promote on-campus events and more.

Focusing on nurturing community and publishing engaging content can also help increase enrollment. According to our Higher Education Social Media Benchmarks for 2023 report, 41% of school officials can directly attribute increased enrollment to social strategy.

For example, Keele University said their campus photos on Instagram help students solidify their college decision. One student came to the university because she saw their posts on Facebook and it helped confirm her decision, later becoming a digital ambassador for the school.

Benefit 3: Build brand identity

Social supports and amplifies university branding. University marketing teams use social media to maintain a positive brand reputation for their institutions. With the right strategy, colleges and universities can attract more students, increase endowments, promote events or initiatives and improve alumni relations.

Social media in the classroom

From preschool to college, there are so many methods for using social media in the classroom to communicate and educate. Here are seven ways to use social media in the classroom across platforms:

1. Use posts to broadcast updates and alerts

Instructors and colleges can meet students where they are by incorporating social media platforms they're likely already familiar with like Facebook or X (formerly known as Twitter).

Have students follow a class Facebook Page or join a Facebook Group to view posts about course updates, homework assignments and tests. Universities can have publicly accessible pages dedicated to specific schools or departments that students can see even if they aren't active on Facebook.

When using social media for education, it's important to maintain a professional boundary. Email students a direct link to the Facebook Group for access and avoid sending friend requests. Groups are the perfect "home base," especially for online courses because it makes it easy to connect with students. Similarly, instructors and departments can use Posts on X to keep students informed.

2. Use live streaming for lectures and discussions

Instructors can use Facebook Groups, Instagram Live, YouTube Live or LinkedIn Live to stream lectures and facilitate more accessible learning. If a student can't come to the lecture hall, they can join online or review later. Adding live captions helps students who may be deaf or hard of hearing, non-native speakers, or learn visually. And platforms like Instagram and YouTube allow live streams to be recorded, providing students with review material for midterms and finals season.

Recorded live streams also widen the institution's reach and authority by making lectures available to scholars and professors from other colleges, states or countries.

3. Use X for class updates and more

X is a great option for providing quick updates and reminders to students. Teachers can create a single handle per class and reuse it every year, or they can create a new handle each school year. Use X threads to share resources like practice quizzes, interesting perspectives or thought-provoking quotes to foster critical thinking. Hashtags can mark specific discussions or chats with guest speakers.

4. Create a class blog for discussions and cross-channel learning

Blogs are another great outlet for incorporating social media in the classroom. Students can link to the class blog on other social channels. For example, a student might share a photo from their visual essay on LinkedIn to attract the attention of recruiters for job or internships. Using blogs as a semester-long assignment can improve students' short-form writing and critical thinking.

Don't feel limited to just an English or writing class; this use of social media in education can be transferred across all subjects. There are also several platforms professors can use to create class blogs, such as Tumblr, Medium or WordPress. The course syllabus, updates and resources can be shared on the blog as well.

5. Use Instagram for digital storytelling

Have students practice storytelling on Instagram by creating class-specific accounts where they can present photos or graphics (and delete them once the course is over, if they so choose). This can work especially well in visual-heavy classes: Have photojournalism students post essays or challenge the social media marketing class to create a faux-brand campaign.

6. Create a class-specific Pinterest board

Educators can use Pinterest to prepare and organize resources, lesson plans and worksheets for their classes in one place. They can also set up Pinterest boards for each of their classes and save pins that are relevant to lessons.

Create boards according to class or subject, and create sub-topic boards for weekly units, projects or worksheets. Pinterest can also be useful for students to curate a digital bibliography for research projects, papers or group assignments. Students can pin websites, books or videos to a board on a single topic and refer back to it when it's time to write an essay or thesis.

7. Prep for post-graduation and create alumni relationships

LinkedIn can help current students develop networking skills, craft their personal brand and connect with alumni. Flexing these career muscles could help them earn internships, gain mentors and secure job offers before they walk across the stage on graduation day.

Institutions can use LinkedIn for university colleges as well. For example, a business school may have several private LinkedIn Groups for regional alumni chapters to connect them with students and faculty for internships, fundraising, volunteer opportunities and events.

Encouraging students to post relevant articles, projects and research, internship experiences and other academic accomplishments helps the university develop social proof on the platform. This is also an excellent example of the importance of incorporating advocacy into your social strategy.

Social media for education marketing

Just as there were many ways to use social media in the classroom, there are also many uses for social media in education marketing. Social media marketing can help if you're looking to reach a larger audience for your college or university. Let's dive into how social media can empower education marketing.

8. Leverage TikTok creators and influencers for user-generated content

Although many public universities have banned TikTok from campus Wi-fi, some educators and institutions embrace the app to educate and connect with students. Student and teacher influencers can provide user-generated content that satisfies a prospective student's desire to see authentic content from their peers and future professors.

For example, Chapman University professor @itsmattprince went viral after challenging his class to earn 1 million likes on a TikTok video in exchange for canceling their final:

Fun, yet real-world applications like this illustrate the power of social influence-plus who doesn't love a canceled final?

9. Include social media links on your school website

In the Higher Education Social Media Benchmarks for 2023 report, we found that 68% of high school students use social channels to research schools. Many parents and prospective students will check a school's website first if they're interested, and offering even more ways to follow the school creates a different insight into campus life.

Make it easy for parents and students to find your school's social media profiles by adding links to the website's main navigation or creating a social media directory that houses them all in one place.

10. Give a glimpse into student life through photo and video

If you want to attract new students and parents to your school, share photos of campus events to showcase what they could expect. Use short-form video like Reels, TikTok or YouTube Shorts to help prospective students envision themselves attending college there.

Highlighting events, sports, extracurriculars and the beauty of campus can make your school stand out from the rest. While school and university websites tend to follow the same mold, social media allows you to be more unique and casual like this Barbenheimer-inspired post from the University of Georgia:

11. Create alumni community groups

Many alumni want to remain involved with their alma mater after graduation. Creating a dedicated community via Facebook Groups or LinkedIn Groups can increase engagement.

For example, the University of Newcastle has over 148,000 alumni. Their team features current students, staff and alumni to amplify the career opportunities that manifest from being part of their community.

Alumni groups, groups for different graduating classes or departments, and groups for different extracurriculars and organizations allow former and current students to engage and meet others with common interests. Take a look at our alumni engagement best practices guide to learn more ways to keep the school spirit flowing.

12. Incorporate a social media crisis strategy

How would you communicate to the entire campus during an emergency? Whether it's a fire, tornado or other immediate campus emergency, a social media crisis plan can help institutions proactively prepare. Keep parents and students updated on the situation by sharing information about the crisis and if authorities are involved. Many campuses have automated messaging alerts set up, but using social also enables people to be updated in real time.

Institutions can use social listening, which involves analyzing conversations and trends related to your brand, to aid with public relations crisis management plans. Seneca College leveraged Sprout's capabilities a few years ago when 12,000 staff members went on strike. Using Brand Keywords and the Smart Inbox, the social media team was able to sort through and respond to a deluge of inbound feedback from concerned students.

13. Use chatbots to support students outside of office hours

In our higher education social media playbook, we talk about the importance of social customer service. Using automated replies or chatbots can help the student body get their questions answered immediately, or at least guide them to a solution faster.

Keele University used chatbots via Sprout's Bot Builder to respond immediately to common questions about courses and bursary information. In the five months after using chatbots, nearly 500 conversations addressed a variety of topics from housing applications to international student services.

14. Iterate social strategy to create student-centric content

Using social media for education allows educators and marketers to meet students where they are by connecting on channels they use everyday. Social creates an opportunity for institutions to be more even more student-centric. But to keep students engaged, institutions will need to produce content that caters to the wants and needs of their audience(s).

If you want to manage your institution's social channels successfully, you'll need to iterate and improve your strategy by reviewing the top and lowest performing content.

Dartmouth College uses Sprout's Sent Messages report to determine content performance and iterate their overall social strategy as needed. After reviewing which posts performed well, they schedule new posts with similar content to inform their content calendar.

15. Manage your communities all under one roof

Social media empowers universities to bring their various audiences together. Many institutions have an extensive community of prospective and current students, faculty, staff and alumni, but this causes a common pain point: decentralization.

Since colleges and universities have multiple social media accounts, it can be difficult to manage them all seamlessly. However, using a social media management software centralizes multiple networks in one place, so overseeing various accounts becomes more manageable and scalable.

Texas A&M University, one of the largest public universities in the nation, uses social media to connect with these various communities. The university has hundreds of departments, 16 colleges and 19 NCAA sports, so using a social media management tool is essential. Their social team uses Sprout's publishing suite to discuss strategy, collaborate on content creation and provide feedback to interns all on one platform. In just six months, between August 2020 and January 2021, Texas A&M earned over 131 million impressions and 8.3 million content engagements across X, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram.

A tool like Sprout Social can help make social media management a breeze, regardless of whether you're a solo marketer or a full marketing department. Multiple users can use the Sprout platform to create content with consistent messaging and schedule posts across networks at the best time using our ViralPost® feature.

And the Post Performance report takes the guesswork out of identifying what content resonates because teams can pinpoint top posts and view engagement across channels.

Sprout enables you to monitor and manage multiple accounts across different networks, which is ideal for educational institutions. Each department or teacher at your school might have their own separate social media accounts for specific information, and a social media management tool can help you ensure the right posts are going out on each of these accounts.

And if there is news or content relevant to multiple departments, Sprout enables users to share the same content across multiple profiles with a single click.

Start using social media for education

Using social media for education goes beyond the classroom because it helps educators shape a modern holistic learning experience, build community and establish academic authority.

Take some of these ideas for a test drive, and sign up for a free Sprout Social trial to help you manage it all.

Jamia Kenan

Jamia Kenan is a Content Specialist for Sprout Social based in Atlanta, GA. When she's not writing, you'll find her talking about the Internet from the latest TikTok trends to NFTs and the metaverse. She also enjoys trying new restaurants, hiking and watching movies.

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From the article "10 Tips to Promote Global Citizenship in the Classroom" I liked their tip "use the news as a platform to discuss key issues." I think this is a great way to connect your subject to the real world and answer our student's number one question of, "When are we going to use this in real life?" If you can connect your subject matter to what is happening in the news and in the world, it will get students more engaged by making this connection with them. I currently do a "science in the news activity" with my students where they need to find one news article and explain to me how it connects to science and what we've been learning. My students seem to like this activity because not only is it connecting science to the outside world, but it also gives them choice by allowing them to choose whatever article they want to research. The "10 Tips to Promote Global Citizenship in the Classroom" article re-inspired me to keep integrating the news and that global connection into my classroom as much as I can!

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Newsela is a good resource to quickly find news stories from around the world, that you can choose the reading level of the article.  They come with activities and questions for the students to do while they read the articles, and you can assign them through Google Classroom. Have your students read about current events and trends around the world gets them to think more globally and recognize common themes and trends they see in the world around them.

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It's time to improve literacy skills during social studies instruction and ensure that readers of all abilities have what they need to access grade-level social studies concepts.

Join us on Thursday, December 7 for a look at scaffolded materials that provide extra literacy support while building key social studies concepts and skills.

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I like the idea from "10 Teacher Resources from Global Learning" to utilize more video clips with globalization themes into lessons. Many students are not exposed to ideas or perspectives outside of our country. It would be beneficial to give them a worldly perspective so that they can understand the experiences and points of view of others. It is educational to learn about others who are different than yourself in terms of culture, religion, economic background, etc. It would also play into emotional intelligence and help students to develop empathy for others who live very different lives them themselves.

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This has to be one of the coolest resources I have come across in a long time! As a future math and/or social studies teacher, Gapminder can be used for subjects relating to geography and sociology to statistics and algebra. This resource compiles real-world data with interactive videos, maps, and images. As this site integrates cultures from around the globe, it truly enables students to develop a sense of cultural sensitivity and empathy for the world outside the classroom.

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In the article "10 tips to promote global citizenship in the classroom", one of the first topics included discusses looking at statistics throughout the world and their effects of their countries. Immediately I thought of the different projects and work we do at our school with statistics in our math classrooms. A great resource I use with my algebra students is Worldometers.info. This website gives running statistics depending on the day of the year, time of the day, and events happening in the real world. We use these numbers and with some more research on individual countries, to teach a variety of statistical methods while really looking into the cultures around the world.

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World Population:

reached 8 billion on November 15, 2022 according to the latest United Nations estimates.

is projected to reach 9 billion in 2037, and 10 billion in 2058.

has doubled in 40 years from 1959 (3 billion) to 1999 (6 billion).

is currently (2023) growing at a rate of around 0.88% per year, adding around 70 million people per year to the total.

growth rate reached its peak in the late 1960s, when it was at 2.09%.

growth rate is currently declining and is projected to continue to decline in the coming years (reaching below 0.50% by 2048, reach 0 in 2086, and decline by -0.11% in 2100) .

a tremendous change occurred with the industrial revolution: whereas it had taken all of human history up to the year 1800 for world population to reach 1 billion, the second billion was achieved in only 130 years (1930), the third billion in 30 years (1960), the fourth billion in 15 years (1974), the fifth billion in 13 years (1987), the sixth billion in 11 years (1998), the seventh billion and eighth billion in 12 years each (2010 and 2022). During the 20th century alone, the population in the world has grown from 1.65 billion to 6 billion.

Sources for the world population counter: For more detailed information:

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In TeachThought article, 10 Teacher Resources For Global Learning, the staff suggests using John Green's video on Globalization.  For many years, I have used John Green videos in my classroom to review or support instruction.  While he typically speaks quickly, he does an excellent job explaining concepts.  I would consider using Green's globalization video in my classroom.

In my class, I have to teach students about the Colombian Exchange, which is the exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the New World (Western Hemisphere) and the Old World (Eastern Hemisphere).   Students research the origins of a variety of plants, animals, and diseases using the internet.  It is an excellent way for students to practice research skills and learn about the connectedness of the world due to the Colombian Exchange.  This leads to a great conversation about globalization later.

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As a social studies teacher, this kind of connection is something that fits right in to what I am trying to do with my classes on a daily basis. I like many of the tips offered in the article "10 Tips to Promote Global Citizenship in the Classroom". I think doing some research through the CIA World Factbook website would be a good way to start a lesson. A good way to incorporate different cultures into the lesson would be to have the kids work with different National Anthems around the world. The National Anthem can give learners a synopsis of history, religion, culture, geography, and many other aspects of a country. There can be multiple ways to design a lesson around this that include having the students write their own songs, perform their country's anthem, create a World Culture Day at school, and many other opportunities.

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When reading the article titled “Three Ideas for 21st-Century Global Curriculum” by Terry Heick, as a World Language teacher, I believe incorporating a globalized learning environment for my students has been quite easy for me to accomplish in my Spanish classroom. This prompt is right up my alley as I am a Spanish teacher and I use globalized learning techniques in different ways! In the article, Terry Heick developed three concepts for 21st Century Globalized Learning in the classroom. These three concepts include: “adapting to the learners”, “rethink learning spaces”, and “leverage the role of play” (Heick, 2012). These ideas demonstrate creating universal learning practices that are successful around our 21st century world. One way is as educators, we need to embrace and incorporate the different learning styles that students bring to our classrooms each day. By encouraging and welcoming new ideas into the classroom, generates a rich positive and engaging learning environment. Since I have been a Spanish teacher, I definitely embrace the concept of globalized learning.

In the article, “10 Teacher Resources for Global Learning”, I have utilized the collaboration approach by facilitating students to engage in meaningful educational opportunities with peers in countries around the world (TeachThought Staff, 2017). One way that I have used this approach is by Skyping students down in Costa Rica. At my previous school, we worked with a high school down in Costa Rica to provide our students with the opportunity to speak to them in Spanish. We developed this foreign exchange program last September where we contacted the high school in Costa Rica, and the other Spanish teachers and I skyped with the teacher in Costa Rica to develop a program for our students at our school to “host” the students down in Costa Rica for an entire month. We asked our Spanish students at our high school if anyone was interested in hosting a student from Costa Rica for a month. We had several students that wanted to invite them to stay at their homes. We then had frequent parent informational evenings in order to make this all possible! Once we had the list of students that would be hosting a student from Costa Rica, we then studied their culture, what they ate, famous cities and monuments, etc. before they came in January. When the Costa Rican students came to our school, the students were able to hold conversations in Spanish with the natives (from Costa Rica). My Spanish II students learned new conversational phrases from the Costa Rican students and felt confident while speaking Spanish in front of their peers. In addition, the Spanish teachers and I created different learning spaces when the students from Costa Rica came to our high school. We had dividers in our classrooms, so to encourage and promote collaboration we opened our dividers in our classroom and had multiple Costa Rican students speaking to both groups. My students even had the opportunity to develop questions in Spanish to ask the Costa Ricans!

As a World Language teacher, I got the opportunity to travel to Sevilla, Spain for a full (sixteen-week semester) to study abroad. As much as I was nervous and anxious to travel all by myself across the ocean blue, I gained a better understanding and appreciation of the Spanish culture. I have always wanted to go to Spain as (this was on my bucket list and I finally checked it off) to travel there, and I believe getting the opportunity to study Spanish and learn about their culture, history, art, etc. provides me the opportunity to share my experiences with my students. As a Spanish teacher, I think everyone should have to travel to Spain at one point in their life because there are many different dialects in the Spanish language. I learned so much during my journey to Spain and I am honestly wanting to go back there again!

Furthermore, I have also used Project-Based Learning Units with my Spanish students such as creating a Spanish restaurant skit, where the students were required to develop their own Spanish menu (they chose and researched a Spanish-speaking country), had to develop the prices using the local currency, and use their Spanish skills learned in class to develop a presentation. In the article, “Three Ideas for 21st-Century Global Curriculum”, under the section Leverage the Role of Play, “project-based learning also honors the concept of “play,” where learning is not tightly sequenced and scripted, but organic, and learners begin learning to manage their own time, focus and intellectual and creative output” (Heick, 2012). I believe this project allowed my students to be creative and research the country they wanted to learn more about (such as the specific cuisine items such as desserts, main dishes, appetizers, etc. in the country, the currency, how the phone number is written, etc.).

As a Spanish teacher, since I have gotten the opportunity to travel to Costa Rica, Perú, la República Dominicana (Dominican Republic), España (Spain), México, Honduras, etc. I believe providing our students endless opportunities to travel to different countries in groups for Spring Break trips or even a Summer Trip because they are trips of a lifetime, and you may never get the chance to return to that country. The trips that the World Language teachers sponsor and take our students on these excursions allow the students and teachers to gain a better understanding (learning experience) of their culture, their native language, cuisine, daily life, etc. Our world is constantly changing, whether that is moving to a certain country for a job, or working with Argentinian men/women on a business task, or in some cases, some people move to a country for a better life. The little things such as learning how to greet someone in their native language (such as Spanish or Portuguese) brings a smile to both of our faces, especially the students that do not speak English very well or at all. In closing, I definitely know that it can be very challenging at times to learn a new language, speak in the language, read and write in the language, but the rewards are even greater to me when I do learn something new such as Quechua (which is spoken in Perú).

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Three Ideas for 21st-Century Global Curriculum

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Blogger Terry Heick asks what it means to globalize education and then describes what a global curriculum might look like and how it might work.