Tomorrow I have the opportunity to be part of the Laurier Lecture Series in Milton. Each month, a different faculty member is featured and provides an hour lecture on a topic which bridges academia with "the real world." It's really about knowledge mobilization; taking research projects we're passionate about and getting others informed and excited about them as well. In this case, it's also about building those glocal understandings. The title of my talk is Piti piti: Utilizing new technologies to support education in Haiti.
The lecture is Wednesday, November 9 at 7 pm at the Milton Arts Centre for those who are interested.
"Global" and "local" are constructs which no longer adequately capture our lived experience. "Glocal" attempts to capture the melding of international and local realities. This blog provides an opportunity to consider how we can develop glocal thinking and encourage others to do so as well.
About Me
- Steve Sider
- I have been an elementary and secondary school teacher and administrator. Currently, I am a faculty member in the Faculty of Education at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. My M.Ed. and Ph.D. had a focus on the educational and linguistic experiences of children who moved from other countries to Canada.
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