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9.1 Global Education Opener
How would you define global awareness?

Global awareness is a student’s conception of the world around him as a connected network of various peoples, cultures, religions, etc. Students with global awareness have respect for others different than themselves and have an understanding that their actions have an impact on all individuals and vice versa.

To what extent would you say global awareness is an important 21st century skill? Please explain your answer.

I wouldn’t so much call global awareness to be a 21st century skill as it is a mindset or mentality. As the world becomes more globalized and our global “connectedness” becomes more apparent with the advent of new technology, it is ever more important that students develop a global awareness. With widespread internet use, it is likely that students will be interacting with people from all over the world. Students must possess a global awareness whenever they participate in online communities as their thoughts and work is being transmitted worldwide. According to Crawford and Kirby, in addition to dispositions as I have mentioned above, global awareness also includes the development of essential knowledge and skills for participating in a global society. Specifically, students must develop “technological fluency, effective communication skills, teamwork, leadership, problem solving, and creativity.”

**9.2 Readings on Global Education**


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**9.3 Use of Google and/or Scribble Maps:**
My Malden Teaching and Learning Map: media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&ie=UTF8&ll=42.428636,-71.078721&spn=0,0&msid=201365004053407601527.0004a9e16ca423f042716&output=embed" width="425" height="350"

At first, I thought I would have little use for Google maps in a Chemistry classroom. However, upon further reflection, I realized I could use it in a meaningful way to teach about the history of science or when discussing current events. In the past three years, I have not done as much on historical or current science research as I would have liked, so this could be a way to better incorporate those topics into my teaching. For example, when teaching the history of the atomic model, I could have students create a Google Map instead of a traditional timeline to show where each discovery took place. This past year, my students were very interested in the nuclear crisis that occurred as a result of the earthquake in Japan since it occurred during our nuclear chemistry unit. I could have used Google maps to show students points of interest relating to the nuclear crisis while increasing their knowledge of Japanese culture, history, and geography. Google maps could have been used in this way to increase understanding and build empathy surrounding the Japanese crisis.

Link to: [|Scribble Maps]

**9.4 Use of Blogging**
Blogging websites: Edublogs and Blogger

The idea of perspective blogging is that students post a series of thoughts, comments, questions, multimedia, etc. but from the viewpoint of someone else. The goal of perspective blogging in the classroom is for students to gain knowledge of another person, time, and/or place while building empathy for other people and their cultures.