'Forbes magazine recently listed its top majors for the class of 2022. I was pleased to see one of the tenants of global competence, speaking a second language, highlighted: "No matter what career you decide to go into, there are two things that you need to learn no matter what. The first is a second language - and based on demographics, we recommend that language be Spanish due to the influx of Hispanics into the United States or alternatively Hindi or Portuguese to deal with businesses from the India and Brazilian powerhouses." '
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/global_learning/
I am a Global Education Specialist, an Educational Technologist and a former Spanish teacher of 20 years. Through this blog, I explore classroom technology practices as well as share insights and resources. For World Language teachers as well as any other educators, I hope to share my experience and wisdom in creative and productive ways in order to affect change and better teach ALL students. Now, HABLAMOS technology!
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Voxopop Discussion » Test opening discussion (Italy)
Country Day School has been invited to take part in a student discussion regarding our Eracism Debate experience thus far. Friends from a school in Italy have begun an online discussion here on Voxopop where students can asynchronously interview one another. This is what it means to be a "Flat Classroom!"
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