In today’s world, no one can escape technology. Something that can be difficult to use but has many important purposes, technology has adapted over the years so it can be accommodating to everyone. Technology has even made everyday items or actions accommodating for people around the world. A very useful tool in the everyday, work, and education environment.
Technology in the Classroom
Technology isn’t just computers and cell phones it is any tool that can be used to accommodate a task. for example, flashcards are an educational tool used to help memorize and study. All educational programs use some form of a tool to help lessons be more engaging. The elementary and primary levels use an abundance of tools to correlate lessons. A tool that I found to help engage and teach students about global citizens is the Global Kids Activity Deck.
Global Kids includes 50+ hands-on activities divided into 5 categories to teach children about crafts, food, games, festivals, and ways of helping others around the world. Since the activities are about global citizens this tool would be used for history lessons.
With the 5 categories, it is easy to plan out certain activities for certain lessons. Depending on the curriculum these activities can be centered around a world culture unit.
This activity is a hands-on one where the students get to learn about A Festivals of Light the Diwali Lantern in India. Depending on the activity the deck will have set instructions on what do to and how to do it. Also, each set has a little box at the bottom with a fun fact about a corresponding topic.
How I would use this Tool
As I stated earlier this activity deck would be beneficial for a history lesson about other cultures. Using the actives is very helpful for the teacher because it is a kick start to their lesson plan. It also gets away from the text book making the lesson more engaging about world cultures and global citizens.