Technology's Role in a Multi Cultural Society

One of the courses I'm taking this semester is Diversity in Education.  We are discussing how and why we should encourage diversity and a multicultural basis behind our teaching practice.  The more I think on this the more I realize that technology has a huge role to play in this task.  Just think of all the current event revolving around the use of Internet resources - Twitter, Facebook and Google have all played huge roles in the uprisings in the Middle East, my FB feed is full of posts on budget talks and union rallies and the big vs small government debates.  This media has the potential to pull Americans out of their isolated world view and back onto the world stage.  I'm sure if you asked many students today where they get their news (source not form of retrieval) they would all list local or national sources.  TV news, US newspapers, NPR, and of course Jon Stewart.  But for far too long we have remained focused much more on national events and not global.  The internet allows teachers to send students to resources outside mainstream media.  Have students do a project using BBC resources or research public opinion in Canada or find a story on Al Jazeera - we need to teach them that our national view, much like our personal ones, are not the only perspectives.  And it is easier than ever to do just that.  For until we begin to see from a global perspective, we cannot hope to meet on common ground with those of differing backgrounds, cultures and religious beliefs.