Creating Global Competency by Infusing Media Asset Projects

into your Classroom

byDarla Kay Hill

Education Consultant

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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RESOURCES AND TOOLSDIGITAL 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

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

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

Darla Kay Hill, M.A. M.S.Education Technology Strategist and Consultant | Speaker |

Presenter_______________________________________________________________________________

2203 Aspen DriveTraverse City, MI 49686231 342 2289dhill@nmc.edu

Skype: darla_kay_hillimmersivewave@gmail.comhttp://www.immersivewave@gmail.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/darlakayhillhttps://twitter.com/immersivewave

REFERENCES

• National Education Association

• Partnership for 21st Century Learning (P21)

• National Association of School Psychologists

• National Center for Cultural Competence