Global+Awareness

In week 3 we took a look at how technology can be used to break down social and cultural barriers. Myself and Mike King researched websites that allowed our classrooms to become global stages. Mike and I collaborated on creating a lesson plan that we could use for our classrooms. The difficulty in this assignment is that Mike teaches elementary students and I teach high school students. Through thorough discussion, Mike and I decide to take a look at the currency of the United States compared to that of the United Kingdom and the differences in the measurement scales used in the United States compared to the United Kingdom. Using these topics as our guidelines we were able to create a lesson plan to bring global awareness into our classrooms.

The following Artifacts were created during completion of this assignment:





Reflection: In developing the idea for our lesson plan, Mike and I tried to find a common theme that we could use to bridge the gap between Economics for 2nd grade students and Science for 9th grade students. We decided that we could find common ground in discussing the measurement and monetary diversity in the global economy and measurements. In order to incorporate this diversity into our classrooms, we decided to explore a lesson plan using the website “e-Pals”. The lesson we have developed will be a two day unit to contrast and compare the different scales of measurement, both qualitative and monetarily between the United States and the United Kingdom. Through completing this assignment we learned that “ePals is a Global Community of collaborative learners, teachers, and academic experts in 200 countries and territories. ePals provides Connections to students, classes, and school districts worldwide that are safe and secure. ePals is the safe and protected solution for linking classes, schools, and school districts globally via [|ePals SchoolMail], [|ePals SchoolBlog] , and [|Classroom Match] ”. e-Pals offers several formats for students to collaborate globally. All of e-Pals’ services are free and secure offering many features traditionally available through “pay” sites.