As technology begins to grow in today’s world, we now have a lot more advancements that our advantage especially to use in global collaboration. A tool that can give students an idea of a place outside of their range would be Google Earth tours. Google Earth tours is a online tool that can be used in giving a virtual tour to see places on a map within minutes. It is very convenient in giving a idea of the outside world to your classroom. This tool gives the opportunity to work on student’s geography skills when it comes to find areas on the map. The tools allows people to get as close as street views on these virtual tours. I think it is of very beneficial to use when trying to get access and a accurate look to finding places especially while keeping students interested.

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In this week’s assignment we got the opportunity to explore an experiment of Paul Salopek’s 24,000 mile journey. Paul went to walk on this journey to experience the pathway that the first humans who had migrated out of Africa in the stone to the world that we know of today. While on this journey he discovered stories about things such as Climate Change to technical innovations and mass migration to cultural survival. He slowly began to find a better understanding of how we got to our new world of today.

With his journey on all these places I choose three places to explore, the first one I choose to “walk through” was Yusan, Yunnan China. Yusan means “umbrella” in mandrian which I found to be a cute fact to know about this place. Yusan is located in Yunnan Province in far southwest China. It is difficult to understand how long this place has been around but its believed to be around the Ming dynasty era because of how old the roads are. China is known for being crossroad of memory and Yusan happens to be apart of it as one of the bridges.

The next spot I choose was Pyla, Cyprus, Paul made a stop here on his 548th day of the voyage which was his 21st milestone. When I was exploring I noticed it’s dry desert-iness but it wasn’t fully deserted it still had some bits of life with the patchy grass. The dry chalky roads stood out to me because it wasn’t something that I had been used to seeing. Just for the looks of Cyprus you can only imagine how hot it is. I would most definitely go see it as it wold be a place out of my comfort zone.

On the last place that I explored was Qafzeh Cave, Israel, which happened to be apart of the holy lands part of Paul’s voyage. From the looks of Israel it is the opposite of Cyprus, it has the less of the dryness look to it. It gives a cool and calm feel to it which looks very peaceful making it seem a very fitting place of me to explore.

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This week we went over how changemakers are all around when it comes to making a change in this world especially for things that go in hand with Sustainable Development Goals. People are coming up with ways to constantly aid and make our communities better by coming together to make it. On WE.org shares multiple incites on how to make teaching more hands on in my opinion. On of the resources I found related to mental health, mental health is an very important topic to reach on because everyone deserves the help that they need when it comes to certain circumstances. For example this module on mental help further speaks on understanding the issue and different ways to address mental-well beings to students. I loved this module and the information that is very beneficial to those who may be in need of it.

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This week our class has been speaking on the topic of hyperdocs, hyperdocs is an interactive page online task on google docs or slides that replaces the traditional in-person worksheet that we have been accustomed to do in a classroom. By clicking the bold lettering or words that are highlighted can lead you into a link that has a topic and directions that you will be using for that lesson that has been assigned. For example the google doc may include the assignment and clicking on it can give you all the information just like this. By clicking the bold word previously would lead you to the task that needs to be completed followed by the directions on how to complete it.

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I, myself would watch any show that interests me and captures my attention. If the show’s trailer gets my attention from the start but isn’t in a language I understand I am sure to use subtitles to break down those language barriers. Subtitles gives me the opportunity to still be able to the visual of the show and having the show translated doesn’t take away from the art of the show.

La Casa De Papel (Money Heist) is a Netflix series that the language spoken by actors are speaking Spanish in the show but have English subtitles as well as it being voiced over in English. The show is about eight thieves take hostages and lock themselves in the Royal Mint of Spain as a criminal mastermind manipulates the police to carry out his plan. The way that show handles criminals is way different from how things would be carried out in the U.S, but then again the characters are all masterminds who outsmart higher authority. They are also constantly on the move and traveling to different parts of the world without getting caught. Yes there are felons but they manage to hide without being caught.

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This week’s reading of chapter 2 from Sail the 7 Cs with Microsoft Education I found multiple things that I haven’t realized was really a thing in forms of communication. But I will use to help further help my future in the education field. Such as communication is used to break down multiple issues that come about in a classrooms. It is one of the main resources that holds a classroom together. Teachers use communication to help better understanding when it comes down to learning. As well as using tools such as Immersive Reader which both students and teachers can benefit from. Microsoft translator helps break down some of the language barrier issues that may come about in teaching a lesson which is a great tool to have as a resource.

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