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Cultural literacy is important because you need to know the importance of getting along with different cultures. Anyone can join social networks, so you need to learn how you can get along with everyone. "Cultural literacy is familiarity with and ability to understand the idioms, allusions, and informal content that create and constitute a dominant culture. From being familiar with street signs to knowing historical references to understanding the most recent slang, literacy demands interaction with the culture and reflection of it. Knowledge of a canonical set of literature is not sufficient in and of itself when engaging with others in a society, as life is interwoven with art, expression, history, and experience. Cultural literacy requires familiarity with a broad range of general knowledge and implies the use of that knowledge in the creation of a communal language and collective knowledge. Cultural literacy stresses the knowledge of those pieces of information that content creators will assume the audience already possesses."

" Everything we do regarding time, personal space, body language, voice volume, small talk, and so on is shaped by our culture. Most of the participants in my workshops named eye contact as the most important feature in communication. Yet people from many cultures, including some Asians, Native Americans, Africans, and Hispanics/Latinos, don't make eye contact like Caucasian Americans do in some cultures, in fact, making eye contact is considered an insult. You can learn a lot about other cultures from your coworkers. Organize an after-school gathering for teachers and other school staff to bring in a favorite dish from their culture and to share cultural characteristics. "

This site has to do with cultural awareness and cultural diversity

This article describes what cultural awareness is and how it works. It also describes how stereotypes are part of this area of awareness.

Being aware of another cultures religion and their holidays is very important. When you know these things about them it helps you get along with them better and create a relationship with them. Cultural awareness becomes central when we have to interact with people from other cultures. People see, interpret and evaluate things in a different ways. What is considered an appropriate behavior in one culture is frequently inappropriate in another one. Misunderstandings arise when I use my meanings to make sense of your reality.

very informational site about cultural awareness. 

This article describes the basics of what culture is and how there are differences in different cultures. It also gives some examples of how cultures can be different. 

This article discusses how to respect others who have cultural differences. "Respecting the cultural differences of other people consists of more than just refraining from making ignorant comments or avoiding offense. It also consists of including them in events that have to do with your culture and participating in customs and traditions surrounding theirs."

CULTURE This a article about how young children are communicationg with other cultures through technolgy. There is another link with the whole article...http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=52388 "Increasingly, technology is mediating the way in which the youth around the world communicate, consume content and create meaning. As mobile communication media and the internet become more pervasive, young people from different cultures and communities are afforded more opportunities for collaboration across previously unbridgeable distances."

Creating a relationship with different cultures can get you a long way in life and I believe that having this relationship is very important. "Relationships are powerful. Our one-to-one connections with each other are the foundation for change. And building relationships with people from different cultures, often many different cultures, is key in building diverse communities that are powerful enough to achieve significant goals. "

One of the ways to not face a problem with a mix-up in cultural differences, is to try and understand what your cultural differences are, so as to not insult the other person. "Recognize the importance of dealing with cultural differences and the possible consequences of taking no action. "

This website tells about how to prevent internet culture clashes.

I highlighted an interesting power point site about cultural awareness

Having friends with people from a different race than you, it a great thing. Not only are you learning to get along with different cultures, you are also learning different things about them and where they are from. "If a person comes from a different culture than you, they grew up understanding the world, its social norms, food, religion, language and numerous other everyday activities from both similar and different perspectives. While being in contact with people from different cultures can cause misunderstandings and conflict, it can also lead to increased opportunities for learning and new experiences. "

This article tells the reader the proper way to respond when faced with cultural differences. The article is mainly for if people who are traveling, but I think it works the for communicating with people from other cultures too. "The ability to keep opinions flexible and receptive to new stimuli is important to intercultural adjustment. Even if you don't understand why people do a particular thing, be careful not to jump to conclusions"

This article discussed cultural differences in a school. Most of the differences were described in the differences of the different culture's foods. The students said they learned the value of diversity when they had a gathering of all the different cultures. 

This is about cultural awarness for businesses, but it does have some important points. It describes how the "products" on the web should be "cross cultural". This also applies to how an individual should present themselves online.

Cultrual! This is a really long article about how cultures overlap. "Technology has had an outstanding effect on modern society and culture. It provides us with tools that enhance our ability to network through internet communities which includes anything from online gaming to applications such as Facebook or Twitter. Internet communities promote freedom of expression that may not be as feasible in real life. Real life, inevitably, contains many stereotypes and whether we believe in them or not, they are still in existence subconsciously"

A thought that all people need to keep in mind, while everyone is meeting people from different cultures. "The danger in considering cultural differences is that of stereotyping people. All of us are unique."

This article describes the differences between 33 different nation's cultures, and how some are stricter than others. With the diversity of cultures studied the article shows many perspectives.

"Inevitably, though, they listen - and they learn." I've found that using popular music in lectures also increases my credibility among students. They see music as their territory, and are often surprised when a professor understands something they are familiar with - or think they are.-ProfHacker Personally, I think this is really cool that teachers are branching out this far just to reach us and help us learn. Some music might not be appropriate for listening to in the classroom for a subject, so that means you would have to take time and experiment. These 4 characteristics will help you realize how just how helpful doing this could really be: Vocabulary. Music can help start discussions about language use and get students thinking about the way we use words and phrases. Imagery. Music videos offer an entrée into such things as gender and social roles, fashion and sexuality, not only through sound but through the accompanying images. Cultural references. Popular songs allude to many elements of popular culture, providing a means to explore current events, celebrity culture, politics and the boundaries of taste. History. Today's music evolves from yesterday's music, which evolved from previous music in the past. Finding those connections can be eye-opening.

"The importance of intercultural awareness and communication has also becomes very important for internal management of organizations. We find that frequently large organizations across the world tend to employ people from many different cultures. This is quite well known for companies having different business units across the globe, and transferring employees across the globe to different countries. But this problem has also become also very important to organizations operating within confines of a single country. Thus we find that now US population consists of many different ethnic groups such as earliest American settlers, African Americans, Puerto Ricans, and so on."