Social Networking Sites as a Conduit to Global Awareness Ken Carano – Western Oregon Univ caranok@wou.edu

1. Social Networking Sites as a Conduit to Global Awareness Ken Carano – Western Oregon Univ caranok@wou.edu

2. The Story of Kyle MacDonaldhttp://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/http://www.myspace.com/oneredpaperclip

10. A trip to Yahk, British Columbia

13. A Year of Rent in Phoenix

14. An Afternoon with Alice Cooper

15. A KISS Snow Globe

16. Role in a Movie

17. Homeowner!! 503 Main Street Kipling, Saskatchewan

18. Social Networking and the Arab Spring

19. Neda June 20, 2009 Tehran, Iran

20. Global Literacy What it is not! * Reading world literature * Watching the world news * International education * Globalization

21. Global Literacy What it is! * intercultural competence * research & thinking skills * digital tech skills * conflict resolution skills * awareness of world conditions & trends Citation : Merryfield, Imbert, Markowitz, Appiah, Wilson, Joftus, Kirkwood, Nordgren, Hanvey, Cortes, Pike and Selby

22. Topics to Discuss 1 Blogs a. Research conducted b. Live exchanges c. Cultural Consultants 2 E Pals 3 iEARN 4 UN Voices of Youth 5 UN Cyber Schoolbus 6 World Wise Schools 7 Wikis

23. The Stereotype Incorporating global literacy through Social Networking Sites The Reality

24. Blogging: The Research • Research Question • To what extent do the students develop intercultural competence after blogging with residents in Swaziland and Malaysia? • To what extent do the students develop global literacy competence after blogging with residents in Swaziland and Malaysia? • Do students perceive educational value after the blogging activity? Results Demonstrated increased intercultural competence Evidence suggests the development of global literacy, specifically with theme of the awareness of awareness of world trends and interactions. Majority enjoyed developing personal bond with residents of other countries as well as valuing learning experience. (Carano & Stuckart, in press)

25. Student Comments • Before I started reading what you posted, I imagined people like Tarzan and thought that everyone in Suriname were crazy jungle people and had tigers for pets…..but now I know that it isn’t true there are villages and stores and people have jobs, etc….. • I thought this blogging activity was an excellent way to learn about different cultures because it’s from people with first hand knowledge and who actually lived it, not like a text book. It’s more real when you hear it directly from a person and I think you get more information that way. Plus you can ask questions and know you’re getting the correct answer.

27. “Cultural Consultants”

30. World Wise Schools Morocco Blog

31. Teacher Friendly Blogs • EduBlogs • edublogs.org • Wordpress • wordpress.org • Blogger • www.blogger.com • Edmodo • www.edmodo.com • ePalsSchoolBlog • Schoolblog.epals.com

34. students What it looks like Consultant email Teacher Blog school

35. Applying What We’ve Learned: Your Turn Identify where you can find a cultural consultant, and who that will be

36. Applying What We’ve Learned Identify a topic you might want your students to examine Create 8 prompts that you will assign to your students so they will make the most of the activity

37. Prompts Joining Speech (Amend 1) Privacy (Amend 4) Training Environment Crime, Courts & Court-martials Culture (Allies & Enemies) Contractors Patrol The Future

38. Prompts Provide background info Personal perception of Malaysia Culture Standard of Living Cultural Landscape Push-Pull Factors Perception of US How stereotypes have evolved (assessment)

39. ePals (www.epals.com)

40. IEARN (www.iearn.org)

41. UNICEF Voices of Youth (www.unicef.org/voy)

42. United Nations Cyberschoolbus

43. Peace Corps Coverdell World Wise Schools

44. http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/index.html

45. Wiki

47. Social Networking Sites as a Conduit to Global Awareness Ken Carano – Western Oregon Univ caranok@wou.edu