Basic Civil Engineering first year Notes- Chapter 4 Building.pptx
Creating Global Competency by using Education Technology
1. Creating Global Competency
by Infusing Media Asset Projects
into your Classroom
by
Darla Kay Hill
Education Consultant
2. QUESTIONS
• What does it mean to you?
• Why is it important?
• Are you currently addressing it through your teaching?
• Is it easier to see in some subjects vs. other subjects?
• How does technology enable the infusion of global
competency into teaching?
3. A BIT ABOUT ME
• 20 + years in K-20 education
• online faculty and curriculum developer/reviewer
• e-learning consultant and edtech strategist
• Peace advocate
• Model United Nations
• The Student Peace Alliance
• Congressional District
Representative for the creation
of a US Department of Peace
• University of Peace in Costa Rica
4. GLOBAL COMPETENCY
“The 21st Century isn’t coming; it’s already here. And our
students have the opportunity and challenge of living and
working in a diverse and rapidly changing world. Public
schools must prepare young people to understand and
address global issues, and educators must re-examine
their teaching strategies and curriculum so that all
students can thrive in this global and interdependent
society.”
~ former NEA President Dennis Van Roekel
5. GLOBAL COMPETENCY
• the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to navigate and succeed
in today's interconnected world
• the acquisition of in-depth knowledge and understanding of international
issues, an appreciation of and ability to learn and work with people from
diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds, proficiency in a foreign language,
and skills to function productively in an interdependent world community
6. GLOBAL COMPETENCY
• INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS
• world history
• socioeconomic and political systems
• other global events
• individual actions effect others
• APPRECIATION OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY
• understand people from other cultures
• acknowledgement of others’ points of view
• view cross-cultural differences as a collaborative opportunity
• FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
• COMPETITIVE SKILLS
• higher-level thinking enhances creativity and innovation in a world
market
7. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
• ECONOMIES ARE BECOMING MORE INTERDEPENDENT
• AMERICAN SOCIETY IS BECOMING MORE DIVERSE
• GLOBAL CHALLENGES ARE BECOMING MORE COMPLEX
• GLOBAL COMPETENCE ENHANCES OVERALL ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
• CAN SERVE AS GATEWAY FOR SUBTOPICS
• CULTURAL COMPETENCE
• HUMANE EDUCATION
• CONFLICT RESOLUTION
• SOLUTIONAIRE LEARNING
• DIGITAL FOOTPRINT
8. MEDIA ASSET PROJECT
• background
• (sample) Media Asset Project instructions:
• select a topic
• think of the topic through a global lens in some way
• create a digital representation of your topic
• presentation, website, blog, movie, etc.
• Phase 1: list your topic and what you are creating
• Phase 2: draft project with at least 4 sources, one being from
outside the US
• Phase 3: final project
• Phase 4: sharing/presenting of final project
13. RESOURCES AND TOOLS
DIGITAL FIELD TRIP
• Partnership for 21st Century Learning (P21)
• Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS)
• UNESCO
• International Education and Resource Network (iEARN)
• ePals
• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
• Virtual Field Trips
14. DIGITAL FIELD TRIP
• Taking It Global
• Skype
• TeacherMatch
• Global Oneness Project
• Solutions Journalism Network
• Global Collaboration Day
• TedX
• Unimersiv
• Google Docs / Google Earth
• Resources within your community
• international students
• retired individuals
• businesses
• cultural centers
• churches
• museums
• indigenous cultures
15. WHAT CAN WE DO
• align teacher preparation programs with global perspective
• create opportunities for global teacher collaboration
• design and support professional development programs with global
focus
• identify new ways to foster international exchanges
• expand the teaching of foreign language
• benchmark educational systems, standards, and community/family
support systems against high achieving countries
16.
17. Darla Kay Hill, M.A. M.S.
Education Technology Strategist and Consultant | Speaker | Presenter
_______________________________________________________________________________
2203 Aspen Drive
Traverse City, MI 49686
231 342 2289
dhill@nmc.edu
Skype: darla_kay_hill
immersivewave@gmail.com
http://www.immersivewave@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/darlakayhill
https://twitter.com/immersivewave
18. REFERENCES
• National Education Association
• Partnership for 21st Century Learning (P21)
• National Association of School Psychologists
• National Center for Cultural Competence