Webinar- Global Fluency in Classrooms

Implementing Global Fluency in the Classroom: Activities, Tools, and Lesson Ideas for Leveraging Your Classroom's Student Diversity

This webinar is the second series for the topic global fluency in the classroom. at the beginning, the dr. recalls what is meant by this term: it is knowledge and skills needed to live and work in an effective way to succeed in this globally connected world.
he started to develop our understanding of the concept of culture and cultural competency and how to make a positive effect from this diversity in the classroom. it is a process not an end point.
some of the suggestions to deal with a community with diversity (could be a classroom) was to:
- everyone gets a sticker with a different color, size, and shape on it
- no one is allowed to talk
- use unclear explanations, and ask the participants to put themselves into groups
- after the first round, check the groups that are organized by color, size, and shape
- ask them to do it again and again (3 times is is enough to break the ice between the members)
the ultimate goal here is that all colors, shapes, and sizes are mixed together to get diverse groups and then time to start discussions.


Reflection:

The experience of webinars was new and interesting. webinars provide us with lots of information that can enhance our ways of thinking about being a teacher. you will be able to receive a big amount of information while sitting in your home.
this webinar is very helpful for all teachers around the world, where the classrooms have a lot of cultural diversities, very different family backgrounds, and experiences. so the job as a teacher is to supply students by knowledge and some skills needed to interact in the global society (classroom).
here are some of the tips a teacher should follow in the class:
- a teacher have to encourage students to respect and learn from this diversity in perspectives and cultures in many ways
- a teacher can make students introduce themselves to their friends and have a look on each other's culture from the beginning of the year
- a teacher can provide opportunities for students to discuss some global issues.
- a teacher may use is the different languages in the class
- a teacher should develop group work in the class

TD- LIU- 2018

After 2 years of finishing my Physics Bachelor, i feel very encouraged this year to continue and do a teaching diploma in LIU. this semester is going very fast as i teach in an official school from 8:00am to 1:30 pm and then going to university at 2:00pm.

courses are very useful for being a good, effective teacher. we're learning how to manage classrooms, how to deal with students, and different methods of teaching.