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Introduction to Our World, Our Voices, Our Responsibility

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Teacher Reflections - will be posted at a later date.

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Fundamental Understandings

This inquiry encourages students to understand that:

• diversity and disparity exist in the modern world

• nations are interdependent

• national interests affect international relationships

• there are factors that affect economic development

• development is a complex issue influenced by local and international factors

• quality of life is composed of a variety of factors and is defined from different perspectives

• quality of life is increasingly affected by issues of global concern

• there are issues of common global concern

• solutions to global concerns often require international dialogue

• there are potential solutions to global concerns

Skills Objectives

This project also meets the skill objectives such as:

• process skills - students acquire, evaluate and use information and ideas to develop and evaluate proposed solutions

• communication skills - students express and present information and ideas effectively in a group forum

• participation skills - students interact by participating in discussions on global issues that affect society

• inquiry strategies - students consider alternative perspectives, make decisions and substantiate choices regarding global issues

Information and Communication Technology Outcomes

The following ICT outcomes are addressed:

C1 students access, use and communicate information from a variety of technologies

C2 students seek alternative viewpoints

C3 students critically assess information accessed through the use of a variety of technologies

C6 students investigate and solve problems

C7 students use electronic research techniques to construct personal knowledge and meaning - this is our ultimate goal - that students will have a personal investment in our world.

As part of the studen web design in particular, some students achieve the following:

P1 students will compose, revise and edit text

P2 students will organize and manipulate data

P3 students will communicate through multimedia

P4 students will integrate various applications

P5 students will navigate and create hyper linked resources

P6 students will use communication technology to interact with others