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** 21st Century Global Communications **
We will explore this question as individuals, collectively as a class, and globally as a global village in a creative and collaborative atmosphere.
 * //What does it mean to be a//** **//21st century//** **//global leader & what does that have to do with me?//**

Students will have choice & OWNERSHIP about what they learn and how they share that learning with others. //Ownership = Responsibility. Avoid "the trap of freedom" by remembering there is responsibility.//
 * [[image:http://www.gapingvoid.com/ms2126.jpg height="245" caption=""The Network" by Hugh Macleod, Creative Commons License on gapingvoid.com" link="http://gapingvoid.com/2007/04/09/the-network/"]] ||
 * "The Network" by Hugh Macleod, Creative Commons License on gapingvoid.com ||

This class is designed to . ..

 * Further your role as a global citizen
 * Fulfill our @graduate portfolio & reach @global outcomes
 * Help answer the question: “I'm getting an international education at CSIHSIS . . . then what?”
 * Learn what it means to be a global leader in the 21st century.
 * Help you develop your own personal meaning of global leadership in the 21st century.
 * Help you discover your role & identity in this ever-changing world using current media technology.
 * Identify the [|21st Century Literacies] defined by the [|National Council of Teachers of Englis]

**Investigate our World: Discovering & Exploring Global Knowledge**

 * Investigate the personal & societal significance of local, regional, and/or global topics/questions
 * Investigate approaches & actions that have been taken to address each in the past
 * Analyze the effects in which they occurred & evaluate solutions
 * Utilize international sources, media, methods, & languages to collect knowledge required to answer specific research questions/topics
 * Develop an argument/position based on knowlege & evidence evidence that uses multiple perspectives

**Recognizing Perspectives: Applying Cross-Cultural Perspectives**

 * Recognize and articulate one’s own perspective on situations, events, issues
 * Identify the influences that shape one’s perspective
 * Recognize & communicate the perspectives of other people, groups, & identify the influences that shape them
 * Analyze similarities & differences in actions, attitudes & values of people from different cultures
 * Develop an understanding of multiple cultural perspectives
 * Arrive at a deeper understanding of situations, events, issues by gathering the evidence,thoughts, and consequences from a variety of cultural perspectives.
 * Communicate how different perspectives affect the influence of local, regional, or global situations, events, issue

**Communicating Ideas: Connect & Collaborate across cultural borders**

 * Be aware that different audiences may interpret different meanings from the same information
 * Use appropriate language, behavior & methods to effectively communicate with diverse audiences
 * Choose & use appropriate media & technology to foster communication & collaboration with diverse audiences
 * Identify, participate, and/or build networks with collaborations from around the world who share common interests and goals

**Take Action: Participate and Contribute Globally**

 * 1) Identify opportunities for individual & collaborative actions to address situations, events, issues in a way that contributes to a globally connected, environmentally sustainable & diverse society
 * 2) Examine & adjust options for action based evidence and the potential for impact, taking into consideration the varied perspectives and potential consequences for individuals, cultures, and ecosystems.
 * 3) Contribute to the development of local & global communities with on an understanding of human needs across cultures.
 * 4) Act creatively to raise awareness & generate action amongst community to improve local, regional, or global issues

These guiding themes of the course are derived from the Asia Society's [|International Studies Schools Network] Global Leadership Performance Outcomes in alignment with their [|Graduate Profile for the 21st Century].

Dr. Anthony Jackson, Vice President of Education at Asia Society has also written several articles about these four key cognitive capacities: [|Global Competence: The Knowledge and Skills We'll Need to Succeed in an Interconnected World] [|Integration of Global Knowledge and Skills in Common Core English Language Arts Standards]

Further exploration of the global competencies that drive our curriculum are available from the Asia Society's [|Education & Learning: Making the Case]