Top 3:
Meaningful Experiences
Aim for the World
November 14th, 2016
Through this event, I learned about the many ways we as global citizens can join in the effort to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by engaging in social entrepreneurship and cultural exchange.
Once we divided into groups, we were able to collaborate on how we could transform ideas to solve big global problems. As a future teacher, it was inspiring to hear other students' viewpoints on how we could address Goal #4: Quality Education.
The most memorable moment, was listening to a fellow student who had participated in a cultural exchange program and how the experience impacted her world view and plans for her future career.
Do We Have the Right to Clean Air?
January 17th, 2017
Throughout my Global Learning Medallion program, I attended various Tuesday Times Roundtable meetings. While all of the forums provided different opportunities to learn about different topics affecting our local and global communities, one particular roundtable impacted me the most by bringing awareness to an issue affecting millions of disadvantaged children across the globe.
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Since we live in a country where we don't have to worry about air pollution on a daily basis, I had not thought about the challenges many children face in countries where the air quality falls to toxic levels. These circumstances affect their development, general well being, and even access to an education.
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Thus, this roundtable made me more mindful about the needs many children face around the world which are not the same challenges faced by the children in our communities.
Educating for Global Competency
2017 Pre-Service Student Participant
Through my service learning at a local school, I observed how Kindergarten students followed the footsteps of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Paul Salopek in the Out of Eden Learn online platform. During my time visiting the school, I was able to witness how the students' perspective about how other children live around the world changed over time. Additionally, it was very insightful to see the children engage in their own exploration of their "own world" as they explored the school's backyard as a way to "slow down" and look more closely at their surroundings. As a future educator, it provided an opportunity for engagement and see how I can promote these global dispositions amongst my young students.
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Students draw their neighborhood's map, creating global perspective about how communities around the globe are built.
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Using our senses when we slow down…
Why is it important?
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So that we can notice the small things we have not seen before. One can also learn to see things from a different perspective and understand that not everyone will look at things in the same way.
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"Recognizing that diverse audiences
most probably will interpret the same information in a different way,
we must teach children early on how to communicate across cultures while respecting others' viewpoints and ideas"
