A group of educators from Wisconsin, some of whom are members of the Friends of International Education, Inc., attended the Asia Society Conference in Washington DC in July, 2008. Some of the issues discussed included how to engage the business community in supporting international education in schools, the importance of teaching languages in schools, along with using international benchmarking.
Below you find thoughts from the Wisconsin participants. We invite you to read, reflect and react! The broader the input, the more inclusive will be policy directions from the leadership in the state. Your comments will help shape policy in this regard.
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Greetings,
We are hoping that we can generate interest in sharing thoughts about international topics, issues, what is going on in your school and community. In these times of financial crisis it is ever more important to get a grip on how global issues affect us all.
Questions-International Education week is coming up--what are you planning to do to "celebrate"?
I liked meeting and introducing students from other countries going to our high school. Many times elementary teachers and students have no idea who is in our district for the year. Also, teachers who speak different languages, and there are many in your staff, made announcements and greetings in their second language. This spun off into many related activities to make students aware of different cultures throughout the day. Those are just two of the things we did in our school.
I am curious as to what are the best ideas you have seen in terms of teachers using technology (wiki's, ipods, blogs, etc.); how have you used these and other technologies in your classrooms. I want some best practices for consideration by the International Education Council's task force on curriculum
Judy Freund
I use Photo Story in my German classes to have students describe a vacation, real or imaginary. I also used it recently to have students find pictures that express adjectives; they also recorded their voices pronouncing the adjectives.
I have used Google Earth to show students different locations (the 3d buildings are great!) but also have had them create their own tour guides to a location.
A colleague of mine uses podcasting in her French classes to get students speaking French on a number of different topics.
I also use the website deutschlern.net which is totally free. They create lessons on various topics. Teachers can keep track of what their students have looked at, how they did on each activity, and how many times they attempted each activity. This site is probably better for upper level classes.
Step Into German is a site that has lessons on various German pop/rock songs. You can show the music video from the site and worksheets are provided.
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