Session+9

Google maps are such fun, interactive instruments in allowing students to really understand the geography of what we are learning. The ability to make your own maps and see the distance, the beauty and the history of certain places is fascinating. As a social studies teacher, everything starts with geography. Through Google maps, the world becomes even "flatter" and interconnected giving valuable credence to the concept of global awareness.
 * media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&hl=en&ie=UTF8&vpsrc=0&msid=204063366046942690251.0004aaf25225088f43f2f&z=15&output=embed" width="425" height="350"Session 9**
 * "9.1 Global Education Opener"**


 * Global awareness implies a sense of knowing the world around you. In the interconnected world of the 21st century, nations and cultures are interlocked in social, political and economic ways never seen before. Knowing about the world today, gives a group, a nation, a teacher or a student a leg up in learning not just about the world but how to happily and productively exist within it. Global awareness can help root out issues that cause distrust, alienation, wars and bigotry and hopefully replace them with sensitivity, cooperation, understanding and peaceful acceptance of all cultures. Education is the vital first step in achieving such success. **

After reading the Crawford and Kirby article, I realize that social studies education plays a significant role in the advancement of global awareness and education. The trilogy of content, technology and various student learning styles can assist greatly in enhancing global awareness. The article reiterated my own belief that cultural diversity and an embrace of global perspective can thrive as we live in Friedman's ""flat world." I strongly support the emphasis on future employment. Students must enhance their own diversity while students of less diverse backgrounds need to delve into diversity understanding and appreciation to exist in our global world. They must truly become global citizens culturally, politically, socially, technologically and economically in order to thrive and survive in the 21st century.

https://moodle.doemass.org/mod/resource/view.php?inpopup=true&id=31865
 * Fostering Students' Global Awareness: Technology in Social Studies Teaching and Learning **

https://moodle.doemass.org/mod/resource/view.php?inpopup=true&id=31871 Scribble Maps http://scribblemaps.com/#lat=42.314111&lng=-83.036825&z=3&t=Map&y=0&p=0

"9.4 Use of Blogging"

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