Become consultants.
Encourage students to learn about ecotourism. How and why are countries turning to ecotourism? What are some of the most effective business models that hotels and tourist attractions use? What could be done to make ecotourism even less harmful to the environment? Which places in the world are ripe for ecotourism but haven’t shifted in that direction? Why not? Connect your students with companies or tourism bureaus across the world. Let students collect background information from these organizations, and then offer the organizations free consulting. Task your students with improving and increasing ecotourism by coming up with concrete ideas for the organizations to implement. Use Google Drive or other collaboration tools to get students brainstorming and creating together.
Connect with new people.
Do you want your students to interact with others across the globe and share their knowledge and learning with others? Skype in the Classroom lets you connect with classrooms around the world for free. There are tons of experts in a variety of fields who are willing to spend time talking to students. One of Skype in the Classroom’s most popular features, Mystery Skype, allows classes to play a guessing game with each other to try and figure out where each of the schools are located. You'll be surprised by how many other teachers are interested in collaborating and by how many specialists are so generous with their time and knowledge. It's also worth noting that Skype in the Classroom has become a convenient resource for finding virtual field trips.
Explore a new place.
With the Google Field Trip app, students can use the map feature or search by area of interest to find great places to explore. Let’s say your students are reading a novel and you want them to learn about its setting in present day. Have students use the map feature to zoom in on the location, and information "cards" will appear describing a variety of interesting sites, ranging from museums and monuments to theme parks and "haunted" hotels. Structure this activity by setting parameters for your students: Give them a geographical area you'd like them to search, the number and types of places you’d like them to find, and how in-depth you'd like their knowledge to be of each place.
Information for this blog found on:
https://www.commonsense.org/education/blog/3-creative-ways-to-teach-global-awareness
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