Megan Lindsey

Globalization Example

There are so many examples of globalization because it can be used in many ways with

technology. Globalization is part of everyday life.

Computers that are used are made of parts and pieces from all over the world, assembled

in a company somewhere in the world, and then shipped to America or wherever it is needed.

Everything we use in real life is composed of parts from the whole world. In education children

can use tools such as Facebook, twitter, and YouTube to see globalization. On Facebook students

can have friends in other parts of the world. This can allow students the ability to see pictures,

videos, and important landmarks from all over the world. Twitter can allow communication

from one person to the other which allows a student to become familiar with beliefs of other

cultures. On YouTube students can watch educational videos of how other people in other

countries eat, dress and speak. Teaching students culture of other continents by using technology,

so the students can interact with people from other countries is globalization.

A Specific example of how globalization ca be used in the classroom is with Facebook.

There is a Facebook page called TravelSouthAmerica if you look up South America on

Facebook. This Facebook page was created by a specific company and they post important

places to see. Under each picture there is a description of that place provided and a website to

visit to find out more. This would be wonderful to use in the classroom instead of reading

straight form a textbook. The teacher could pull Facebook up on the overhead projector and go to

this page and allow students to come up and type in questions to this company about different

places they provided. This will allow interaction and communication with people all over the

world. This isn’t just staring at a book but the students will be receiving actual responses from

actual people in different places in the world.