What is a global citizen?

What makes a global citizen?

Going beyond learning about the world to learn with the world.

One who can connect with any person from any heritage or background, one who does not think one culture is the epitome of all cultures, one who is not afraid to borrow from another culture.

In order to acquire the skills needed for the 21st century, we need to step back and accept that everyone has strengths. Many countries have been isolated culturally and linguistically. Many of our students do not understand the value of other cultures; that there is wisdom out there in cultures other than ours.

There is nobody out there that knows too much that they cannot learn from another culture…there is nobody out there that is not smart enough that they cannot teach someone from another culture.

Students need to expand their appreciation of other cultures, or at least come to an understanding that there is value in other cultures. Many companies today are looking for this kind of appreciation.

This session was multicast to several places in Georgia. Barry Joseph came in at one point via Second Life to talk about Global Kids.

iEARN sponsors communities of practice both online and face to face. Engages about 2 million students every day in interactive curriculum based collaborative projects with peers in 118 countries.

EF Tours has a mission to make sure that every student has an international experience by the time they leave high school.

TakingITGlobal is an online community started by young people to take action worldwide.

Link to session page here.