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Countries and Their Cultures - 13 views

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    Learn about different cultures
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    Great culture site. I believe I shared this site on twitter just as an experiment.
Deb Little

Country Profiles - Global Guide to Culture, Customs and Etiquette | resources - 6 views

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    Free International Etiquette Guides Understanding other people's languages, cultures, etiquettes and taboos is of great value to the traveller or visiting business person. Scroll down the page for information on a selected number of countries. Topics include language, useful phrases, the society, culture, business and social etiquettes.
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    Actually Sam posted this site originally. Not sure why I was unable to repost it here without showing that he shared it first. Anyway, there are basic words and phrases like greetings and cultural etiquette given for different countries.
Anita Roche

Cultural Norms and Social Technology Adoption: A Discussion in Paris « Web St... - 0 views

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      Americans are very different in this aspect. We have relatives in Germany and they are "surprised/shocked" that I have "so many" pictures on my Facebook page. They use it more for business. Perhaps this is because they all have lived in the same town for tever and
  • Paris offers a form of Wifi hotspots in public f
  • European countries where cookies were highly discouraged.
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  • hide and remove your social footprint.
  • Yet despite this, the adoption rates of social technologies are significantly lower here in France.
  • cultural beliefs, like privacy, going to impact social adoption
Sam Oppel

Intercultural competence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 2 views

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    Cross-cultural competence
Sam Oppel

Countries of the World : geography, tourism, politics, economy, culture - 5 views

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    This is an excellent site for helping kids to learn about the climate, population, and cultural ways of people from different countries of the world. I like that the students can click on a world map to start their exploration.
Lisa Westerman

Cultural Competency Web Page - 0 views

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    C U L T U R A L C O M P E T E N C E text-only Click on a question to learn more! Go to the Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice Home Page
Sara Rael

Supporting Cross-Cultural Friendships | Teaching Tolerance - 0 views

  • One was the experience of working in small groups on class assignments. In fact, all three pairs identified group work as a crucial opportunity that allowed them to meet and get to know someone outside their typical circle of friends. Students also spoke about belonging to a community that honors diversity. Unlike the high school I attended, the school where I teach views diversity as an important component of students’ learning.
Jenny Leudo

The Internet, Empathy, and Cross-Cultural Competence » Navigating Cultures - 1 views

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    Is the internet killing empathy? This article answers that question!
meineckee

Helping students from rural Mexico feel comfortable in your classroom - Connecting with... - 1 views

  • Children from rural Mexico may frequently feel uncomfortable in the American classroom environment. For starters, students may have grown up playing only with their siblings and cousins.
  • if a student is attending an American school for the first time, it may also be the first time he or she is surrounded by a different culture, language, food, and set of expectations for behavior. This can make a child feel very nervous, out of place, or shy.
  • the definition of a good education, or una buena educación, held by Mexican parents is far more comprehensive than the dominant American definition of a good education. For Mexican parents, the term una buena educación is a term used to refer to the broad education of a child rather than the solely the schooling of a child. In fact, the term in Spanish meaning “well-educated” is synonymous with the term ser gente decente, or “to be a good person.” A good education serves as the foundation for all other learning and instills in children a sense of moral, social, and personal responsibility. This includes teaching a child how to treat elders with respect, behave properly, and become a person of good moral standing.
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  • While parents in rural Mexico place a very high value on education and learning English, mothers bring the cultural understanding that schooling is the responsibility of the teacher and the school rather than the parents. They often do not realize that most children entering kindergarten already know their ABCs, the colors and the numbers. A mother from rural Mexico might expect that her son or daughter would learn all of these things in school.
  • some new immigrant parents may work long hours, may be unable to read, or may fill the house with things other than books or school supplies.
  • she may not understand that teachers’ requests to bring in supplies are to be followed, that classroom open-houses are normally attended by parents, or that homework frequently comes before family time in many American households.
  • Without authentic caring relationships with educators, students may feel disillusioned with their schooling experience and struggle to do well in school
  • To show respect to a teacher, a student may refrain from acting silly or boisterous, may not call out, or may not ask a question if they feel like they would be bothering their teacher.
  • may feel uncomfortable performing in front of the class or displaying information upon request.
  • but would be very willing to share in a small group setting.
  • Assign small group work in class to create a less intimidating environment for a new student. Avoid asking a new student to display their knowledge in front of the class until that behavior seems more familiar. Allow the student to be bicultural! Treat his or her language and ethnicity as assets rather than hurdles to overcome.
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    This article has a lot of good information on relating to students and parents originally from rural Mexico. There are many good points in the first and second chapters of the article.
Liza Alton

Teaching with Technology in the Middle: The Digital Inquiry Project and "The New Cultur... - 0 views

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    Blog about how to use blogs to help students learn research and writing
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    I thought this blog had a rather clear way to use blogging i the classroom to help students improve their research and writing skills
Shaeley Santiago

LangMedia: CultureTalk - 6 views

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    This site has specific cultural videos targeted for elementary, middle school, and high school students. One video I viewed showed a large family meal being shared in Bangledesh. Lots of material here to give students a world view so different from their own.
Marzia Benson

What the World Sees in America - 3 views

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    This article describes US culture seen through the eyes of an immaginary visitor to the country, as portrayed in US pop television programming. I am planning to discuss this with my students, and I thought I might piece together a youtube as "pre-reading" with some of the programming quoted in the article, if available.
Carl Spilles

Instilling Global Citizenship within the International School Network | Global Educatio... - 2 views

  • The multi-cultural setting of international education lends itself to a more natural development of global citizenship
  • The second tool that can be used to advance these ideals is through the use of digital technology. For years, sites have offered classrooms the opportunity to link up with other classrooms in order to learn about each other’s cultures and countries, but the current trend is to take these partnerships beyond the traditional “what is life like in your country?” model.
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    I found this article highly connected to our topic about global empathy. After years of working in international schools, the setting is a great model I wish more people could experience. At a school with over 50 nationalities, students can't help but feel empathy when one of their classmates is effected by events back in their home country. The article also addresses the topic of digital technology to enhance the interenational school experience.
Anita Roche

How Choice, Co-Creation, and Culture Are Changing What It Means to Be Net Savvy (EDUCAU... - 1 views

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      Interesting portion of this article.
  • Embedding Information Literacy Across the Curriculum
Sara Rael

Integrating ePals into K-12 classrooms - COEHD Portfolios - 1 views

  • ePal's Global Community is made up of classrooms from over 200 countries. Each classroom has a unique profile that  enables students and teachers to safely connect and collaborate on projects with classrooms worldwide. It's a learning tool that provides students to learn about new cultures and what other kids their age are like.
Lisa Westerman

Debating Multiculturalism | ThePrisma.co.uk - 1 views

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    Article discusses where multiculturalism is headed. Have you ever thought assimilation better than cultural differences coexisting? Has politics played a role in this thought?
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