Students use digital tools to broaden their perspectives and enrich their learning by collaborating with others and working effectively in teams locally and globally.

Standard 7A:

Students use digital tools to connect with learners from a variety of backgrounds and cultures, engaging with them in ways that broaden mutual understanding and learning.

Explore various cultures through digital resources. (7a)- SOCIAL STUDIES

Example:

Students will each be assigned a culture to study and will use the Internet, personal interviews via Skype or email correspondence with someone familiar with the culture. They will write a reaction paper to their experience with the culture.

Resources:

None

Engage in multi-player video games to connect with other students. (7a)- SOCIAL STUDIES

Example:

Students will study, plan and build a Native American region within Minecraft.

Resources:

Native American Regions Lesson Plan and Rubric: https://education.minecraft.net/lessons/native-american-regions/

Standard 7B:

Students use collaborative technologies to work with others, including peers, experts or community members, to examine issues and problems from multiple viewpoints.

Engage in digital communication with others in a classroom setting (e.g. Google Hangout, Skype) (7b)

Example:

The teacher would make contact with another teacher in the different part of the country. The teachers would create a time to “meet” in a Skype session. The students would exchange information about the area that they are from. Students would work together to create reports on specific areas within their state or region.

Resources:

None

Communicate with students from other cultures to broaden learning and understanding. (7b)- ENGLISH, SOCIAL STUDIES

Example:

Students will connect with another classroom in another part of the country or world. Students will interact by writing letters, communicating via e-mail and video conferencing.

Resources:

Pen Pals in the 21st Century Ideas: https://www.edutopia.org/blog/pen-pals-in-21st-century-lisa-mims

Standard 7C:

Students contribute constructively to project teams, assuming various roles and responsibilities to work effectively toward a common goal.

Participate in a classroom project using collaborative tools and resources. (7c)

Example:

Students will work together collaboratively on Google Sheets to gather data for a science project.

Resources:

None

Explore and use technology in an instructional setting to encourage collaboration. (7c)

Example:

Students will use a collaborative document to brainstorm a project.

Resources:

None

Act as a project manager for a collaborative project. (7c) - VARIOUS SUBJECTS

Example:

Each student will act as the leader of a collaborative project throughout the year. Students will take on other roles when not leading. The "project manager" will be tasked with keeping the team on track, splitting up the work correctly, and submitting the final project.

Resources:

Cooperative Learning Group Roles PDF: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson277/cooperative.pdf

Standard 7D:

Students explore local and global issues and use collaborative technologies to work with others to investigate solutions.

Participate in a virtual field trip. (7d)- READING

Example:

Take a virtual field trip after reading a poem by William Shakespeare to witness life in this time period.

Resources:

Shakespeare 400th Anniversary Virtual Field Trip: http://www.discoveryeducation.co.uk/video/item922104

The Teacher's Guide List of Virtual Field Trips: http://www.theteachersguide.com/virtualtours.html#Museums

Skype Virtual Field Trips: https://education.microsoft.com/skype-in-the-classroom/virtual-field-trips

World Cultures Day Lesson Ideas: https://education.microsoft.com/Story/Lesson?token=96E6F

Plan and carry out a action project using digital tools. (7d)- RELIGION

Example:

The students will plan and carry out a service project to both share the Gospel and to help the community.

Resources:

Ideas for Children's Service Projects: https://kidworldcitizen.org/35-service-projects-for-kids/

Books to Africa Service Project: https://education.microsoft.com/Story/Lesson?token=4E28D