What's the next new social media phenomenon we're going to have to quickly learn how to integrate into our lessons, am I right? It's hard to keep up! I've been looking for a way to integrate Instagram meaningfully, and I'm happy to share this lesson with you. The idea here is to investigate the world in pictures, made predictions about cultural perspectives and products, and throw out our questions on Twitter with a #(country name) so that residents of the country would respond and provide us with answers to our predictions! While this assignment is mostly in Spanish as you'll see, the four steps listed to students are:
1. Look for official country pages (ex: EverydayPeru, Visit Costa Rica, Spain, etc) 2. Find photos that depict daily life and make you curious about what's happening! 3. Make predictions in the from of a question (ex: Are they having a celebration for the llama?) 4. Share your question predictions on Twitter with #(the country) and/or post your question as a comment to the photo on Instagram! It was so much fun to check Twitter every day and find out if any of our cultural wonderings were correct, and more importantly, to use language with such authenticity. How is this lesson building global competency? Global citizens are curious about the world and they investigate it. They begin to develop an understanding of different cultural practices and perspectives and communicate with empathy and care when engaging in conversations with not only each other but with those people outside of their own practices, products, and perspectives. To develop global competency in this lesson, one needs to intentionally have these conversations as the lesson develops from the investigation (Instagram) to the exploration of ideas (making cultural predictions), to communication with others. It makes for so many teachable moments, and those are just THE BEST!
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AuthorI am a teacher, traveler, and life-long learner. I connect students and teachers to globally -focused learning. I believe students crave to understand and interact with the world. I have a Michigan home, and a global heart. Archives
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