Silvia was born in Germany, raised in Argentina and is living now in the USA. Silvia graduated with a Degree in Spanish & International Studies and a Master's in Instructional Technology. She serves as the 21st Century Learning Specialist at a K-8 Day School. Geography, global awareness and connections are among her many interests as she works with teachers and students to bring the world into the classroom.
The Middle School Social Studies teacher at my school was not satisfied with the paper and pencil assignment and was looking to bring the old and tried task into the 21st century. She wanted students to not merely be looking up random and disconnected news events that were handed in to her on a weekly basis. She wanted students to be really making connections among these events by involving higher level thinking skills such as evaluating, analyzing and creating. The new assignment was to not only involve geography skills, but also bring into the lesson information literacy and global awareness...
Keep reading Silvia's full post on her blog!
http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/11/15/geography-awareness-week-get-lost-in-mapping-find-your-place-in-the-world/
The Middle School Social Studies teacher at my school was not satisfied with the paper and pencil assignment and was looking to bring the old and tried task into the 21st century. She wanted students to not merely be looking up random and disconnected news events that were handed in to her on a weekly basis. She wanted students to be really making connections among these events by involving higher level thinking skills such as evaluating, analyzing and creating. The new assignment was to not only involve geography skills, but also bring into the lesson information literacy and global awareness...
Keep reading Silvia's full post on her blog!
http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/11/15/geography-awareness-week-get-lost-in-mapping-find-your-place-in-the-world/
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