https://padlet.com/akuznicki/culturaldigitalliteraciesresource Fostering global and cultural awareness through education... en-us 2023-02-11 21:30:46 UTC 2023-02-12 14:47:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f5fa.png akuznicki https://padlet.com/akuznicki/culturaldigitalliteraciesresource/wish/2477524412 National Geographic For Kids is an excellent web resource for teachers and students to use in the classroom. This website is great for all ages and can ignite curiosity and encourage kids to follow their interests in different animals, their habitats, different countries and cultures.]]> 2023-02-11 21:37:17 UTC https://padlet.com/akuznicki/culturaldigitalliteraciesresource/wish/2477524412 akuznicki https://padlet.com/akuznicki/culturaldigitalliteraciesresource/wish/2477526672 Teachers can easily access and use the content on National Geographic For Kids website to support different science and social studies standards. My suggestion for implementation would be to give students direct links to different animals on Nat. Geo. For Kids' website and have them create a digital summary of what they learned complete with pictures, summary of the animal and facts.]]> 2023-02-11 21:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/akuznicki/culturaldigitalliteraciesresource/wish/2477526672 akuznicki https://padlet.com/akuznicki/culturaldigitalliteraciesresource/wish/2477530481 Roots & Shoots provides teachers with lessons, activities and project based learning opportunities that help to promote social and environmental changes. Teachers gain access to standards aligned lessons and will help guide them and their students through PBL goals. This resource will help students gain positive experiences for civic engagement and feel good while doing so.]]> 2023-02-11 21:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/akuznicki/culturaldigitalliteraciesresource/wish/2477530481 akuznicki https://padlet.com/akuznicki/culturaldigitalliteraciesresource/wish/2477533142 Roots & Shoots offers lessons plans for a multitude of different environmental and cultural areas. One specific lesson plan that I found and will suggest for implementation is "Community Mapping 101". In this activity, students will practice different types of research including observation, web searching, using printed media, as well as interviews with family, friends, and community leaders who become collaborators with you on your efforts to learn about the needs of your community first hand.]]> 2023-02-11 22:07:33 UTC https://padlet.com/akuznicki/culturaldigitalliteraciesresource/wish/2477533142 akuznicki https://padlet.com/akuznicki/culturaldigitalliteraciesresource/wish/2477544235 Touchable Earth is a website that gives students the opportunities to learn from other students their age about different cultures around the world. The videos on the website will spark curiosity, foster discussions about diversity and allow students to make connections between themselves and other kids around the world.]]> 2023-02-11 22:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/akuznicki/culturaldigitalliteraciesresource/wish/2477544235 akuznicki https://padlet.com/akuznicki/culturaldigitalliteraciesresource/wish/2477546089 This resource has great co-curricular lesson implementation opportunities. My suggestion would be to pair a cultural reading text with the use of the videos on this website to encourage students to learn about different cultures. For example, a great read aloud book is "The Empty Pot" By: Demi that tells a Chines Folktale about the important of honesty. Throughout the story, discussion and conversation could be centered around the message and at the end of the story the teacher could guide discussion towards the Chinese culture and allow students to explore the Touchable Earth website in pairs to see similarities between Chinese youth and themselves.]]> 2023-02-11 22:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/akuznicki/culturaldigitalliteraciesresource/wish/2477546089 akuznicki https://padlet.com/akuznicki/culturaldigitalliteraciesresource/wish/2477851152 Teachers can register their classroom full of students for a safe, customizable pen pal experience across the world! Students can safely interact with other students to share ideas, create inventions, learn new language skills, and learn about topics that interest them in a collaborative environment.]]> 2023-02-12 14:34:23 UTC https://padlet.com/akuznicki/culturaldigitalliteraciesresource/wish/2477851152 akuznicki https://padlet.com/akuznicki/culturaldigitalliteraciesresource/wish/2477853651 Once teachers sign up and create a class profile, you are then connected with other classes around the world who are looking for the same learning experiences. Teachers have the opportunity to then create lessons or use lessons to guide their interactions with their matched classrooms. A suggestion for implementing this into your own classroom would be to use it as a Pen Pal tool for letter writing. Once you are connected with a class, the teacher can then have students work on writing friendly letters to their pen pal. One great part of this website is that there are protection filters and different types of digital moderation tools than can help enforce digital citizenship with your students.]]> 2023-02-12 14:39:26 UTC https://padlet.com/akuznicki/culturaldigitalliteraciesresource/wish/2477853651 akuznicki https://padlet.com/akuznicki/culturaldigitalliteraciesresource/wish/2477855984 GeoGuessr is a game-based learning platform for world geography in the classroom. This website is easily accessible to students and used to spark their curiosity, encourage worldly discussion, and build research skills. It encourages students to use map skills, participate in friendly competition between classmates and to learn a little bit about worldly differences.]]> 2023-02-12 14:44:06 UTC https://padlet.com/akuznicki/culturaldigitalliteraciesresource/wish/2477855984 akuznicki https://padlet.com/akuznicki/culturaldigitalliteraciesresource/wish/2477859061 This resource can be easily used as an extension activity in your Geography classroom, critical thinking exercise in any academic area, a discussion starter for different global communities, and there are so many more applications. My suggestion for implementing this tool into your classroom would be to use it as a Geography warm up (or end of class activity) for practicing map skills and building classroom community together. There are Daily Challenges and teachers can create their own quizzes and share with their class using a quick and easy QR code.]]> 2023-02-12 14:47:55 UTC https://padlet.com/akuznicki/culturaldigitalliteraciesresource/wish/2477859061