How does YouTube help teachers and students cultivate cross-cultural exchanges and?understandings?
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Kristen Bloom & Kelly Marie Johnston (2010)?Digging into YouTube Videos: Using Media Literacy and Participatory Culture to Promote Cross-Cultural Understanding,?Journal of Media Literacy Education 2:2 (2010) 113 ? 123
The role of the educator, as a result of new media, has changed substantially from one that is focused on the one-way transfer of information to one that trains students how to participate in digital environments with intelligence, skill, and literacy. It is our contention that educators and learners can exploit this media to engage in cross-cultural exchange and ultimately greater cross- cultural understanding. This paper will elaborate on the ways in which teachers and students can use YouTube as a site for cultivating cross-cultural exchange and understanding by establishing video-pal relationships with other students from outside their home culture. Digital exchanges can help students and teachers build connections with their colleagues abroad and to develop an international perspective.
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