tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85428079457422345912024-03-05T01:42:32.887-08:00Connecting Classrooms and CulturesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04315459950870606279noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8542807945742234591.post-52241008631892935352012-09-19T14:05:00.003-07:002012-09-19T14:05:40.369-07:00SMA2 Classrooms<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span><br />
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school and share a cultural presentation with the students. They had many
questions, similar to what any teenager would ask. </span><br />
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interest teenagers are the same irregardless of the country they call home. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About 50% of the students had phones with an
internet connection. For many of them the phone was their only source of
internet access. The school did not have internet access for students that was
reliable. Many teachers also had the same problems. From what I could tell the
internet was not incorporated into classrooms. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much classroom time was devoted to lectures with the students diligently
taking notes from power point presentations their instructors had prepared. </span><br />
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family. We were able to visit several cultural cites and get a feel for the
city. Because we were traveling with the family I think we experienced the city
differently than if we had be adults alone. It was a fun experience that really
highlighted the cultural diversity found in Indonesia. We visited historical locations from
colonial times, as well as Buddhist and native cultural cites. All of these
different perspectives were infused with the modern Muslim culture. In American we are of many different cultures and differences are celebrated. In Indonesia the national identity is firmly established as Muslim. It is a uniting factor that makes the city life and culture cohesive. As a population with many differences, the Indonesians are united by their Muslim culture.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqA5r8TpMxTK-q7vMy2GqPRQtqzKe4-CS6tZsUT5EWwVC8hHYjhs2yz1jxRRG6u116C2HfcYnPQSaUBz5J5IoBvz3MAiR-LzNhW5v-oBdeTfM8mSJmjx49LgoN_QPiDpq9Q-MRyIRm-4w/s1600/blogger-image-911872449.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqA5r8TpMxTK-q7vMy2GqPRQtqzKe4-CS6tZsUT5EWwVC8hHYjhs2yz1jxRRG6u116C2HfcYnPQSaUBz5J5IoBvz3MAiR-LzNhW5v-oBdeTfM8mSJmjx49LgoN_QPiDpq9Q-MRyIRm-4w/s640/blogger-image-911872449.jpg" width="478" /></a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04315459950870606279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8542807945742234591.post-12246261626989811182012-07-26T06:44:00.001-07:002012-09-19T14:06:03.035-07:00Day 8<br />
A few days ago I mentioned to Sri that my birthday was coming up. I didn't think about it again until morning ceremony started and the entire school started singing happy birthday to me. It was the best birthday party I have ever had. They had candles for me to blow out and cupcakes. Thank you SMA 2!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04315459950870606279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8542807945742234591.post-38388982681148127052012-07-25T03:49:00.001-07:002012-09-19T14:10:27.303-07:00Day 6 and 7, Students!<br />
Aster a three hour drive we arrived at SMA 2 (the 2nd high school in Sekayu) and were introduced to some of the teachers. Everybody was very nice and welcoming. We then met with the secretary of the education department and the the Deputy Secretary in the mayors office. It was quite a day!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04315459950870606279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8542807945742234591.post-18032003363235349302012-07-25T01:24:00.001-07:002012-07-25T01:24:14.500-07:00Day 5, Sumatra Bound<br />
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Palembang. Jakarta is challenged with sanitation, and is incredibly crowded. Palembang also has its
issues but there seemed to be a better quality of life for the general
citizens. The city straddles the Musi river. Many of the houses along the river date to colonial times and are the homes of long time Palembang families. There is a floating market that travels up along the river carrying goods to the house boats and floating villages that line the Musi.</span><br />
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ceremonial dress/scarf for women. Palembang is famous for these hand woven
Songkets. One garment takes 3 months to complete. There were pictures of First
Lady Laura Bush purchasing one from the same weaver we went to. The really
expensive garments are woven with gold and serve as a status symbol for people
native to Palembang. The ones below contain gold.</span></div>
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represents the diversity of the land and peoples of Indonesia. There are over
300 languages in Indoesia, each with a different culture. We were able to see a
small portion of the park but the house are very elaborately carved and
generally on stilts. This helps them avoid high water during the rainy season
and unwanted animal visitors from the surrounding jungle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS;">The park has a section on the island of Komodo
…….. complete with a Komodo Dragon. They only charge 10,000 Rupiah, (about $1)
to go pet the dragon. Can you imagine a zoo in the US allowing you to pet a
half tone, potentially deadly reptile? Of course I had to give it a try. Well
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came and performed traditional Indonesian dances. The students were from SMA 49
and other local schools. This is a traditional dance from Bali, another of the
Indonesian islands.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS;">SMA is the designation for a high school in
Indonesia. We visited a local pilot school that is using global education with
their nationally required curriculum. The students and staff were wonderful and
excited to talk with us. There are 11 American teachers traveling with the
program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were able to meet with the
Indonesian teachers that taught our same subjects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS;">Indonesia has free schools available for all
students while they are in middle school. After that many but not all, schools
charge a fee for students to be able to attend. The school still receives
government support but the funds are not sufficient to operate a school.
Indonesia recently increased the federal budget for education to 20% and plans
to offer free education for all students.</span></div>
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in many ways, from facebook, Twitter, music, (they all know the Hanson
Brothers), and Skype, right down to their shoes.</span><br />
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<div style="margin: 0in 12pt 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS;">We arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia in the afternoon of day 2, or is it day 3? We lost a day somewhere on the way as we crossed over the International Date Line. Indonesia has the 4th largest population of any country in the world. It stretches across over 17,000 islands and has hundreds of native cultures with their own distinct language. The largest city is Jakarta on the island of Java. We will stay in Jakarta for 2 days before going out to our schools. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTiWnCYuCMxbLCy3mf9TEDtGNq2tJ70r5XTexkbNRYlmdStbezz6J4nFdMdbdZ7j3gSUybNbmaeOX4gxkua3eXs7v4C3VpV5vKP2KglxfN6PWBel-oRIWDSGTyMGPzqZJMeXevlxFqMyk/s1600/indonesia+167.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTiWnCYuCMxbLCy3mf9TEDtGNq2tJ70r5XTexkbNRYlmdStbezz6J4nFdMdbdZ7j3gSUybNbmaeOX4gxkua3eXs7v4C3VpV5vKP2KglxfN6PWBel-oRIWDSGTyMGPzqZJMeXevlxFqMyk/s1600/indonesia+167.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">When we arrived everyone was badly in need of a shower and sleep .I had never experienced jet lag before and it is not much fun. The busyness of the city is amazing. There are thousands of scooters and motorcycles clogging the streets between the larger cars. NOBODY stays in any particular lane or obeys and traffic laws. The airport was not far from the hotel but the drive took 2 hours because of traffic.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04315459950870606279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8542807945742234591.post-9568209090783814392012-07-24T02:15:00.001-07:002012-07-24T03:08:22.674-07:0014 Hours of Dawn<br />
Day 1<br />
Tulsa to Dallas - 1 hour<br />
Dallas to LA - 4 hours<br />
LA to Hong Kong (China) - 14 hours<br />
We traveled west with the rising sun. It was never quite dark but constant dawn as we moved east.<br />
Hong Kong to Jakarta (Indonesia) - 4 hours<br />
Total time in the air (not including butt time in an airport) 23 hours!<br />
All of this equals a very tired teacher with jet lag that is how on the other side of the world.<br />
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These pictures are from the Hong Kong airport. We has a 2 hour layover. The airport is built on an artificial peninsula built into the ocean. Starbucks are everywhere, and an iced mocha was wonderful after a day in the air.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130;">In a rare moment, far from classrooms and school buildings, 112</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130;"> teachers and administrators from 32 states came together to</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130; font-size: 0.857em; line-height: 1.6em;"> discuss what it means for students in the United States to be globally competent. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130; font-size: 0.857em; line-height: 1.6em;">The conclusion: global education spans disciplines, demonstrates 21st century </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130; font-size: 0.857em; line-height: 1.6em;">student competence, and is a necessary aspect of U.S. core curricula. “I used to </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130; font-size: 0.857em; line-height: 1.6em;">think about global education in a passive way,” an administrator noted following </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130; font-size: 0.857em; line-height: 1.6em;">the Symposium, “but now I realize that we need to actively engage our students </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130;">The teachers and administrators came together last weekend in</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130;"> Washington, D.C. at the inaugura</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130;">l <a href="http://www.irex.org/project/teachers-global-classrooms-program-tgc" style="color: #006cad; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teachers for Global Classrooms Program (TGC)</a> Global </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130;">teachers and administrators examined the invaluable role of global</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130;"> education in linking improved student outcomes and a more holistic</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130;"> worldview for U.S. students.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130;">“Today there is so much emphasis on test scores,” said Jodi Ide, a</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130;"> high school teacher of Cottonwood Heights, Utah, “but we’re doing</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130;"> an injustice if we do not teach students how to be globally competent.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130;">At the Symposium, participants gained insight into the need for global</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130;"> education initiatives, discussed methodologies for analyzing student</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130;"> work in global education, and garnered inspiration from one another </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130;">as they continue globalizing teaching and learning in their schools.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130;">Since the start of the TGC program, participating teachers have </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130;">collectively adapted over 300 middle and high-school lessons to </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130;">incorporate global competencies, such as investigating world issues,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130;"> effective cross-cultural communication, the recognition of global </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130;">perspectives, and taking action to enhance learning outcomes into</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130;"> class disciplines spanning social studies, math, science, and </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130;">English language learners.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130; font-size: 0.857em; line-height: 1.6em;">The Symposium offered a space for teachers and </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130; font-size: 0.857em; line-height: 1.6em;">administrators to continue challenging their notions of </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130; font-size: 0.857em; line-height: 1.6em;">what education standards should look like. “In a democracy</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130; font-size: 0.857em; line-height: 1.6em;"> you have to have education for all, and global education is</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130; font-size: 0.857em; line-height: 1.6em;"> an important aspect of that,” said Ide’s principal, Charisse </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130; font-size: 0.857em; line-height: 1.6em;">Hilton, “but it goes beyond being a good citizen; it’s about </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130; font-size: 0.857em; line-height: 1.6em;">being a global citizen.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130;">Following the Symposium, TGC Fellows will continue </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130;">developing global tools for their classrooms in six countries </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130;">around the world, including Brazil, Ghana, India, Indonesia, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130;">Morocco, and Ukraine.</span></div>
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<em style="background-color: #4c1130; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Teachers for Global Classrooms Program (TGC) </em></div>
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<em style="background-color: #4c1130; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">is funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural </em></div>
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<em style="background-color: #4c1130; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Affairs of the U.S. Department of State and implemented</em></div>
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<em style="background-color: #4c1130; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> by IREX.</em></div>
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130; color: #f3f3f3;">This summer I will be traveling to Indonesia.On July 16th we will begin the 2 day flight that will take me from Tulsa to Jakarta on the island of Java. Myself and several other teachers from Oklahoma will be traveling together as part of the IREX, Teachers For Global Classrooms Program. This program allows teachers to experience different cultures as they spend time in classrooms across the globe. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130; color: #f3f3f3;">I will be spending two days in Jakarta and then going on to the island of Sumatra. Once in Sumatra myself and another teacher (Jodi Ide of Utah) will be at the public school SMA Nageri 2 Sekayu in Sekayu, Indonesia.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #4c1130; color: #f3f3f3;"> These are some videos the students of SMA Nageri 2 Sekayu prepared for a school project. It shows the school and students. This is a fully modern school with students that are very similar to students in any American city. Many of my student made wonderful videos of their life in Haskell. I will be taking these videos with me to share with students in Indonesia.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04315459950870606279noreply@blogger.com0