https://padlet.com/mlowerync/dxut7hxh31rc What is it? en-us 2018-06-30 23:50:39 UTC 2018-07-03 13:50:43 UTC hello@padlet.com mlowerync https://padlet.com/mlowerync/dxut7hxh31rc/wish/269049175 Having lived on a small island the last 6-years, I feel the best understanding I can relay to my students was the small actions we do on our island can have real-world implications all over the world. International Mindedness is the understanding that we are all related and we just don't live in an isolated area but instead in a very large world.]]> 2018-06-30 23:53:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mlowerync/dxut7hxh31rc/wish/269049175 mlowerync https://padlet.com/mlowerync/dxut7hxh31rc/wish/269049205 Being a global citizen means you have a set of rights and responsibilities as a citizen of the world. Just like in our home country you have rights like as an American I have the right to vote, the right to bear arms, the right of free speech, as a global citizen we also have rights. With the rights, comes certain responsibilities. Like one responsibility as a Global Citizen, we have the responsibility to take care of our planet.]]> 2018-06-30 23:55:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mlowerync/dxut7hxh31rc/wish/269049205 mlowerync https://padlet.com/mlowerync/dxut7hxh31rc/wish/269049288 At my current school, global citizenship is taught in Group 4 most often when we talk about the ethics of cloning, our responsibilities for marine life (and other life), when we look at ecology and our impacts in the environment, etc. We take students out into the Ocean and beaches and we see baloons and plastics bags that have floated over from the US. We discuss how one country affects another. The biggest way to prepare students is to show them real-world scenarios to what we talk about in class.]]> 2018-06-30 23:59:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mlowerync/dxut7hxh31rc/wish/269049288 mlowerync https://padlet.com/mlowerync/dxut7hxh31rc/wish/269275196 Once again, living on a small island, we have to incorporate other parts of the world because many things do not exist here. I have been teaching the ITGS class for the last 6 years at LIS.  Our students come from 30 different countries so when we look at laws surrounding IT, many laws do not exist in The Bahamas.  So we would have the students look at laws from their home countries and we would discuss how they differ, how they are better, worse, how they are surrounding to a local problem, a world problem, etc.  I see in Biology doing the same thing.  With students from different countries, the interest in biology will take different forms.  Students will always come into a situation with their home country in mind and hopefully the sharing of other cultures, nationalities, will open their minds.

]]> 2018-07-03 13:42:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mlowerync/dxut7hxh31rc/wish/269275196 mlowerync https://padlet.com/mlowerync/dxut7hxh31rc/wish/269275498 For the past 6 years, I've spent a lot of time helping my students understand that the world is a lot larger than their small island. In biology for example, the fishing in our waters in The Bahamas and the ecosystems our country supported, have global impacts. Also, on our island, we had a stem cell research facility which was outlawed in the US. Both examples can look at the pros and cons of both biological processes and see the world impact of their research.]]> 2018-07-03 13:45:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mlowerync/dxut7hxh31rc/wish/269275498 mlowerync https://padlet.com/mlowerync/dxut7hxh31rc/wish/269275783 In teaching ITGS, the biggest activity I've done to outline international mindedness has to do to with copyright and trade violations. We would spend a lot of time looking at both sides of illegally downloading movies, and music. In The Bahamas, "everyone" does it. You'll often hear the response, "we're a country founded by pirates." We would spend time looking at the global impacts of what they were doing.]]> 2018-07-03 13:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mlowerync/dxut7hxh31rc/wish/269275783