Global awareness is the knowledge one holds about the different perspectives of cultures world wide. It is important to have global awareness when incorporating technology into the classroom because when you are online you have access to a global network of resources. Global awareness incorporates social, environmental, cultural, political, and economic relations around the world. It is important to show global awareness as a teacher to show your students the importance of having global awareness. When showing global awareness you are giving the rest of the digital world respect no matter where that person or site is in the world. It is important to be well educated in global issues because in the information technology age we are in it is vital to have an understanding of the issues other may face and their perspective on the topic.
Digital-age communication is how we communicate digitally. It is the era we are in that digital communication is a main way for communicating to one another. It is important to show how to communicate to one another via digital aids as a teacher because it allows for students to see the proper way it should be done. Having technology in the classroom is opening a door for you as a teacher to take the lead of direction for your students. there are many digitally communicative devises out there for your students to use educationally in the classroom, and it is important to practice these for your students. You can use technology to communicate to other student's world wide and if you do use these techniques it is important for your students to be globally aware in our digital age of communicating.