Mr. Adkins’ Great Adventure in EducationHow Mr. Adkins Discovered the WorldGlobalized His Classroom andBuilds Global Competency in His Students

By William AdkinsBarack Obama Male Leadership AcademyDallas, Texas

Mr. Adkins Goes to Japan!

Pricilla –“You can go there?”

Pricilla’s view of the world.

More Travel Grants:

Toyota Internationals Teacher to Costa Rica

Fulbright-Hays Seminar Abroad to Senegal

Global Explorations for Educators

My Students Respond

Being Aware is not Being Prepared

What really is Global Competency?

Why is Global Competency Important?

Today’s Society is a Global Society:Technology connects us all.Economies are intertwined.

Pressing Global Issues:ImmigrationTerrorismEnvironmentHuman Rights

Are my students prepared to meet their world?

“We should think of schools as global enterprises, not local entities, and draw on global resources.”Yong Zhao-Catching Up or Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization

The Global Classroom presents more than an appreciation of other customs, foods, music and celebrations.

The Global Classroom addresses timely relevant issues and challenges students to use their creativity to answer the tough questions.

Technology is a vital tool in our students’ exploration and discovery that opens the door for global collaboration within a globalcommunity.

Source: Educating for Global Competence: Preparing our Youth to Engage in the World

Investigate the World:- Identify an issue, generate questions, and explain its significance.- Use variety of languages, sources and media t identify and weigh relevant evidence.- Analyze, integrate, and synthesize evidence to construct coherent responses.- Develop argument based on compelling evidence and draws defensible conclusions.

Recognize Perspectives:- Recognize and express their own perspective and identify influences on that perspective.- Examine others’ perspectives and identify what influenced them.- Explain the impact of cultural interactions.- Articulate how differential access to knowledge, technology, and resources affects quality of life and perspectives.

Communicate Ideas:- Recognize and express how diverse audiences perceive meaning and how that affects communication..- Listen to and communicate effectively to diverse people.- Select and use appropriate technology and media to communicate with diverse audiences.- Reflect on how effective communication affects understanding and collaboration in an interdependent world.

Take Action:- Identify and create opportunities for personal collaborative action to improve conditions.- Assess option and plan actions based on evidence and potential for impact.- Act, personally or collaboratively, in creative and ethical ways to contribute to improvement, and assess impact of actions taken.- Reflect on capacity to advocate for and contribute to improvement.

Where to begin:

Global Competence Matrix

English Language ArtsInvestigate the WorldStudents investigate the world beyond their immediate environment.

Students:-Explore a range of domestic and international texts and media to identify and frame researchable questions of local, regional, or global significance. - Use a variety of domestic and international sources, media, and languages to identify and weigh relevant evidence to address globally significant researchable questions. - Analyze, integrate, synthesize, and appropriately cite sources of evidence collected to construct coherent responses to globally significant researchable questions.- Develop and logically and persuasively present an argument based on compelling evidence that considers multiple perspectives and drawsdefensible conclusions about a globally significant issue.

Take Action Students translate their ideas and findings into appropriate action to improve conditions.

Students:-Identify and create opportunities for personal and collaborative actions, using reading, writing,speaking, and listening to address situations, events, and issues to improve conditions.- Assess options and plan action based on evidence from text and media and the potential for impact, taking into account previous approaches, variedperspectives, and potential consequences.- Use language arts skills to act, personally and collaboratively, in creative and ethical ways to contribute to sustainable improvement, and assess theimpact of the action.- Reflect on how effective reading, writing, listening and speaking contribute to their capacity to advocate for andcontribute to improvement locally, regionally, or globally.

Communicate IdeasStudents communicate their ideas effectively with diverse audiences.

Students:-Recognize and express how diverse audiences may perceive different meanings from the same texts or media and howthose different perspectives effect communication and collaboration.- Use appropriate language,behavior, language arts strategies (reading, writing, listening, andspeaking) and non-verbal strategies to effectively communicate with diverseaudiences.- Select and use appropriatetechnology, media, and literary genres to share insights, findings,concepts, and proposals with diverse audiences.- Reflect on how effectivecommunication in various genres impacts understanding and collaboration in an interdependent world.

Recognize PerspectivesStudents recognize their own and others’ perspectives.

Students:- Recognize and express their own perspectives on situations, events, issues, or phenomena, and determine how that perspective has developed or changed based on exposure to avariety of texts and media from different periods and cultures.- Examine perspectives of other people, groups, or schools of thought within and about textsand media from around the world, and identify the influences on those perspectives.- Explain how cultural interactionswithin and around texts or media are important to the situations,events, issues, or themes that are depicted and to readers’ understandings of those texts and media. - Explore and describe how differential access to literacy and to a range of works from differentgenres, periods, and places affects perspectives and quality of life.

MathematicsInvestigate the WorldStudents investigate the world beyond their immediate environment.

Students:-Explore a range of domestic and international texts and media to identify and frame researchable questions of local, regional, or global significance. - Use a variety of domestic and international sources, media, and languages to identify and weigh relevant evidence to address globally significant researchable questions. - Analyze, integrate, synthesize, and appropriately cite sources of evidence collected to construct coherent responses to globally significant researchable questions.- Develop and logically and persuasively present an argument based on compelling evidence that considers multiple perspectives and drawsdefensible conclusions about a globally significant issue.

Take Action Students translate their ideas and findings into appropriate action to improve conditions.

Students:-Identify and create opportunities for personal and collaborative actions, using reading, writing,speaking, and listening to address situations, events, and issues to improve conditions.- Assess options and plan action based on evidence from text and media and the potential for impact, taking into account previous approaches, variedperspectives, and potential consequences.- Use language arts skills to act, personally and collaboratively, in creative and ethical ways to contribute to sustainable improvement, and assess theimpact of the action.- Reflect on how effective reading, writing, listening and speaking contribute to their capacity to advocate for andcontribute to improvement locally, regionally, or globally.

Communicate IdeasStudents communicate their ideas effectively with diverse audiences.

Students:-Recognize and express how diverse audiences may perceive different meanings from the same texts or media and howthose different perspectives effect communication and collaboration.- Use appropriate language,behavior, language arts strategies (reading, writing, listening, andspeaking) and non-verbal strategies to effectively communicate with diverseaudiences.- Select and use appropriatetechnology, media, and literary genres to share insights, findings,concepts, and proposals with diverse audiences.- Reflect on how effectivecommunication in various genres impacts understanding and collaboration in an interdependent world.

Recognize PerspectivesStudents recognize their own and others’ perspectives.

Students:- Recognize and express their own perspectives on situations, events, issues, or phenomena, and determine how that perspective has developed or changed based on exposure to avariety of texts and media from different periods and cultures.- Examine perspectives of other people, groups, or schools of thought within and about textsand media from around the world, and identify the influences on those perspectives.- Explain how cultural interactionswithin and around texts or media are important to the situations,events, issues, or themes that are depicted and to readers’ understandings of those texts and media. - Explore and describe how differential access to literacy and to a range of works from differentgenres, periods, and places affects perspectives and quality of life.

ScienceInvestigate the WorldStudents investigate the world beyond their immediate environment.

Students:-Explore a range of domestic and international texts and media to identify and frame researchable questions of local, regional, or global significance. - Use a variety of domestic and international sources, media, and languages to identify and weigh relevant evidence to address globally significant researchable questions. - Analyze, integrate, synthesize, and appropriately cite sources of evidence collected to construct coherent responses to globally significant researchable questions.- Develop and logically and persuasively present an argument based on compelling evidence that considers multiple perspectives and drawsdefensible conclusions about a globally significant issue.

Take Action Students translate their ideas and findings into appropriate action to improve conditions.

Students:-Identify and create opportunities for personal and collaborative actions, using reading, writing,speaking, and listening to address situations, events, and issues to improve conditions.- Assess options and plan action based on evidence from text and media and the potential for impact, taking into account previous approaches, variedperspectives, and potential consequences.- Use language arts skills to act, personally and collaboratively, in creative and ethical ways to contribute to sustainable improvement, and assess theimpact of the action.- Reflect on how effective reading, writing, listening and speaking contribute to their capacity to advocate for andcontribute to improvement locally, regionally, or globally.

Communicate IdeasStudents communicate their ideas effectively with diverse audiences.

Students:-Recognize and express how diverse audiences may perceive different meanings from the same texts or media and howthose different perspectives effect communication and collaboration.- Use appropriate language,behavior, language arts strategies (reading, writing, listening, andspeaking) and non-verbal strategies to effectively communicate with diverseaudiences.- Select and use appropriatetechnology, media, and literary genres to share insights, findings,concepts, and proposals with diverse audiences.- Reflect on how effectivecommunication in various genres impacts understanding and collaboration in an interdependent world.

Recognize PerspectivesStudents recognize their own and others’ perspectives.

Students:- Recognize and express their own perspectives on situations, events, issues, or phenomena, and determine how that perspective has developed or changed based on exposure to avariety of texts and media from different periods and cultures.- Examine perspectives of other people, groups, or schools of thought within and about textsand media from around the world, and identify the influences on those perspectives.- Explain how cultural interactionswithin and around texts or media are important to the situations,events, issues, or themes that are depicted and to readers’ understandings of those texts and media. - Explore and describe how differential access to literacy and to a range of works from differentgenres, periods, and places affects perspectives and quality of life.

Social StudiesInvestigate the WorldStudents investigate the world beyond their immediate environment.

Students:-Explore a range of domestic and international texts and media to identify and frame researchable questions of local, regional, or global significance. - Use a variety of domestic and international sources, media, and languages to identify and weigh relevant evidence to address globally significant researchable questions. - Analyze, integrate, synthesize, and appropriately cite sources of evidence collected to construct coherent responses to globally significant researchable questions.- Develop and logically and persuasively present an argument based on compelling evidence that considers multiple perspectives and drawsdefensible conclusions about a globally significant issue.

Take Action Students translate their ideas and findings into appropriate action to improve conditions.

Students:-Identify and create opportunities for personal and collaborative actions, using reading, writing,speaking, and listening to address situations, events, and issues to improve conditions.- Assess options and plan action based on evidence from text and media and the potential for impact, taking into account previous approaches, variedperspectives, and potential consequences.- Use language arts skills to act, personally and collaboratively, in creative and ethical ways to contribute to sustainable improvement, and assess theimpact of the action.- Reflect on how effective reading, writing, listening and speaking contribute to their capacity to advocate for andcontribute to improvement locally, regionally, or globally.

Communicate IdeasStudents communicate their ideas effectively with diverse audiences.

Students:-Recognize and express how diverse audiences may perceive different meanings from the same texts or media and howthose different perspectives effect communication and collaboration.- Use appropriate language,behavior, language arts strategies (reading, writing, listening, andspeaking) and non-verbal strategies to effectively communicate with diverseaudiences.- Select and use appropriatetechnology, media, and literary genres to share insights, findings,concepts, and proposals with diverse audiences.- Reflect on how effectivecommunication in various genres impacts understanding and collaboration in an interdependent world.

Recognize PerspectivesStudents recognize their own and others’ perspectives.

Students:- Recognize and express their own perspectives on situations, events, issues, or phenomena, and determine how that perspective has developed or changed based on exposure to avariety of texts and media from different periods and cultures.- Examine perspectives of other people, groups, or schools of thought within and about textsand media from around the world, and identify the influences on those perspectives.- Explain how cultural interactionswithin and around texts or media are important to the situations,events, issues, or themes that are depicted and to readers’ understandings of those texts and media. - Explore and describe how differential access to literacy and to a range of works from differentgenres, periods, and places affects perspectives and quality of life.

World LanguagesInvestigate the WorldStudents investigate the world beyond their immediate environment.

Students:-Explore a range of domestic and international texts and media to identify and frame researchable questions of local, regional, or global significance. - Use a variety of domestic and international sources, media, and languages to identify and weigh relevant evidence to address globally significant researchable questions. - Analyze, integrate, synthesize, and appropriately cite sources of evidence collected to construct coherent responses to globally significant researchable questions.- Develop and logically and persuasively present an argument based on compelling evidence that considers multiple perspectives and drawsdefensible conclusions about a globally significant issue.

Take Action Students translate their ideas and findings into appropriate action to improve conditions.

Students:-Identify and create opportunities for personal and collaborative actions, using reading, writing,speaking, and listening to address situations, events, and issues to improve conditions.- Assess options and plan action based on evidence from text and media and the potential for impact, taking into account previous approaches, variedperspectives, and potential consequences.- Use language arts skills to act, personally and collaboratively, in creative and ethical ways to contribute to sustainable improvement, and assess theimpact of the action.- Reflect on how effective reading, writing, listening and speaking contribute to their capacity to advocate for andcontribute to improvement locally, regionally, or globally.

Communicate IdeasStudents communicate their ideas effectively with diverse audiences.

Students:-Recognize and express how diverse audiences may perceive different meanings from the same texts or media and howthose different perspectives effect communication and collaboration.- Use appropriate language,behavior, language arts strategies (reading, writing, listening, andspeaking) and non-verbal strategies to effectively communicate with diverseaudiences.- Select and use appropriatetechnology, media, and literary genres to share insights, findings,concepts, and proposals with diverse audiences.- Reflect on how effectivecommunication in various genres impacts understanding and collaboration in an interdependent world.

Recognize PerspectivesStudents recognize their own and others’ perspectives.

Students:- Recognize and express their own perspectives on situations, events, issues, or phenomena, and determine how that perspective has developed or changed based on exposure to avariety of texts and media from different periods and cultures.- Examine perspectives of other people, groups, or schools of thought within and about textsand media from around the world, and identify the influences on those perspectives.- Explain how cultural interactionswithin and around texts or media are important to the situations,events, issues, or themes that are depicted and to readers’ understandings of those texts and media. - Explore and describe how differential access to literacy and to a range of works from differentgenres, periods, and places affects perspectives and quality of life.

The ArtsInvestigate the WorldStudents investigate the world beyond their immediate environment.

Students:-Explore a range of domestic and international texts and media to identify and frame researchable questions of local, regional, or global significance. - Use a variety of domestic and international sources, media, and languages to identify and weigh relevant evidence to address globally significant researchable questions. - Analyze, integrate, synthesize, and appropriately cite sources of evidence collected to construct coherent responses to globally significant researchable questions.- Develop and logically and persuasively present an argument based on compelling evidence that considers multiple perspectives and drawsdefensible conclusions about a globally significant issue.

Take Action Students translate their ideas and findings into appropriate action to improve conditions.

Students:-Identify and create opportunities for personal and collaborative actions, using reading, writing,speaking, and listening to address situations, events, and issues to improve conditions.- Assess options and plan action based on evidence from text and media and the potential for impact, taking into account previous approaches, variedperspectives, and potential consequences.- Use language arts skills to act, personally and collaboratively, in creative and ethical ways to contribute to sustainable improvement, and assess theimpact of the action.- Reflect on how effective reading, writing, listening and speaking contribute to their capacity to advocate for andcontribute to improvement locally, regionally, or globally.

Communicate IdeasStudents communicate their ideas effectively with diverse audiences.

Students:-Recognize and express how diverse audiences may perceive different meanings from the same texts or media and howthose different perspectives effect communication and collaboration.- Use appropriate language,behavior, language arts strategies (reading, writing, listening, andspeaking) and non-verbal strategies to effectively communicate with diverseaudiences.- Select and use appropriatetechnology, media, and literary genres to share insights, findings,concepts, and proposals with diverse audiences.- Reflect on how effectivecommunication in various genres impacts understanding and collaboration in an interdependent world.

Recognize PerspectivesStudents recognize their own and others’ perspectives.

Students:- Recognize and express their own perspectives on situations, events, issues, or phenomena, and determine how that perspective has developed or changed based on exposure to avariety of texts and media from different periods and cultures.- Examine perspectives of other people, groups, or schools of thought within and about textsand media from around the world, and identify the influences on those perspectives.- Explain how cultural interactionswithin and around texts or media are important to the situations,events, issues, or themes that are depicted and to readers’ understandings of those texts and media. - Explore and describe how differential access to literacy and to a range of works from differentgenres, periods, and places affects perspectives and quality of life.

Preparing Today’s Students forthe Global Society of Tomorrow