High_School+Strand+2

Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students: · interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media. · communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats. · develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners of other cultures. · contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems. (Obtained from: [] )
 * __ STRAND 2: COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION __**

// Concept 1: Effective Communications and Digital Interactions // Communicate and collaborate with others employing a variety of digital environments and media. // PO //// 1. Collaborate with peers, experts, or others in the global community employing a variety of digital tools to share findings and/or publish in a variety of ways. //

Overview: A way to integrate journalism into the curriculum of a number of different courses. The results of the work can then be submitted to a world wide publication to showcase student work. []
 * Integrating Journalism into the Classroom (High School) **

Overview: A project to take pieces of your community (cemetaries, buildings, parks, etc) andproject to take pieces of your community (cemetaries, buildings, parks, etc) and explore the significance of them as they relate to the community. The project can be done in many media forms (movie, power point, etc) and is then posted to Apple Education. []
 * Walk the World (High School) **

// PO //// 2. Communicate information and ideas respectfully and effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of digital environments //.

Overview: Take a Google Lit Trip relating to Hana's Suitcase. Students study the holocaust and create a Google presentation based on the novel Hana's Suitcase and the historical facts relating to World War II. The following link shows the different standards associated with the project [] This link shows current examples from students who have completed the project.
 * Google Earth, Geography, Holocaust Mash Up (Middle and High School) **
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Overview: A project based on the the book with the requirements of a multi-media presentation. Detailed lesson plans that can be modified to fit any novel. []
 * // The Red Badge of Courage //**** American Literature Research Project (High School) **

// Concept 2: Digital Solutions // Contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems. // PO //// 1. Communicate and collaborate for the purpose of producing original works or solving problems. //

Overview: This is a great site that is gathering information in real time from citizen researchers (including students) about urban, suburban, and rural bee populations to research the mystery of Colony Collapse Disorder. Students who participate as researchers must collect and track data about bee populations in their area. They must grow or observe particular flower types and share their findings by uploading the data they collect to the site. Teachers could use this as a tool to incorporate technology standards into Math and Science as well as expanding to including other curricular topics such as Language Arts, Art, Digital Photography, and Vocational Education. []
 * The Great Sunflower Project **

Overview: This Science NetLinks Lesson leads students through activities designed to select and promote awareness for saving endangered species using collaboration and a variety of resources and presentation formats. []
 * 21st Century Save Our Animals Project **

// Concept 3: Global Connections // Create cultural understanding and global awareness by interacting with learners of other cultures. // PO //// 1. Engage in a global community to contribute to a specific global issue. //

Overview: Students will consider the benefits and costs of globilization. []
 * Globalization Lesson **

Overview: To examine the interdependence of global trade in the context of the economic and social aspects of fisheries and aquaculture. []
 * The Fish Trade **