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Mobile Learning Institute - NCLB & Global Competitiveness
Yong's video (talks of his personal education), creativity, etc. - says education is about preserving the spirit and respecting the individual
Take 2 Inc. - Homepage
Free professional footage from National Geographic for participating schools, students create documentaries, shorts, and PSAs from it. Forums allow student collaboration and dissemination of student work encouraged.
The Global Education Market: The World Outside of the U.S. - Ron Perkinson Archive
Brief summary of a speech by Ron Perkinson. Interesting thoughts on what constitutes "the educational market." Outlines 6 converging forces of change that will affect higher ed where it hurts (i.e., $). Knowledge, globalization, competition, internationalization, tech, and global decline in public financing.
Writing the Web’s Future in Many Languages - NYTimes.com
NYT article re: the globalization of the web and its implications for language use and software developers.
cfsglobalcitizen » Concepts and Definitions
A wiki in its infancy, but with key concepts, field trip and service project ideas, and readings for a class re: globalization.
The Cognitive Age - New York Times
Super op-ed piece that offers a reinterpretation of the tensions of globalization--specifically, that it is about cognition, pedagogy, and psychology
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globalization paradigm
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The globalization paradigm emphasizes the fact that information can now travel 15,000 miles in an instant. But the most important part of information’s journey is the last few inches — the space between a person’s eyes or ears and the various regions of the brain. Does the individual have the capacity to understand the information? Does he or she have the training to exploit it? Are there cultural assumptions that distort the way it is perceived?
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report_foreignlanguages.pdf (application/pdf Object)
An excellent overview of issues in FL education, globalization, and international education (esp. in terms of how they interface with federal funding, legislation, and policy). Nice timeline beginning on p. 31 of history of FL ed.
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