Using+Technology+to+Affirm+Diversity

=Using Technology to Affirm Diversity=

Throughout the semester we have learned how technology is beneficial in many ways. Now we will discuss how it can help students who come from very homogeneous backgrounds. Teachers should utilize the web to help students learn and appreciate other cultures. The web acts as a portal, and this portal can literally transport us anywhere. Students could use what they know about technology to set up Podcast pals. What this means is that one class could send a podcast of the students asking questions to a group of students who are different from them in a different place. These students would then reply. This interaction would not be possible without the use of technology.

Also teachers can implement the web for research on other cultures. They could assign a world project to the classroom where each student is given a country to research. The students could then use the web to find information on their assigned country. Maybe students could find popular recipes from other countries and cook them for the class. Or students could find music that is well known in that country and show this to the class as well.