UNIT 1. Digital Project: Meet the Global Scholars

What Makes a Global Scholar?

The What Makes a Global Scholar? video project is a 3-minute video about what it means to be a Global Scholar, and information about their city, school, and classroom. The project can take many forms.

1. Introduce your class and school.

2. Describe life in your city

3. Show how water is part of life in your city

4. Share what it means to be a Global Scholar

Every Global Scholars unit ends with a digital project that you will share with your international peers. For each project, you will follow the design map to plan your project and stay organized.

Project Design Map

Brainstorm

Make a plan

Create your video

Test it out

Revise

Share

BRAINSTORM

The first step of your project is to brainstorm ideas.When you brainstorm, think of as many ideas as you can. Brainstorm answers to the questions below to your class. You can record your ideas on a brainstorm map.

1. What does it mean to be a Global Scholar?

2. What areas in your school and city will you show in your video? What will you say about them?  The most interesting.

3. How would you describe life in your city ?

4. How is water part of life in your city? (Transportation, farming, celebrations or sports? Are you near or far from water ?

 

UNIT 1. Internet Safety Agreement

GLOBAL SCHOLARS_ INTERNET SAFETY AGREEMENT

GLOBAL SCHOLARS: INTERNET SAFETY AGREEMENT

DISCUSS

  1. WHICH APPS DO YOU OFTEN USE?
  2. DO YOU THINK ALL THESE APPS ARE SAFE? WHY/ WHY NOT ?
  3. DO YOU USE THE INTERNET TO COMMUNICATE WITH PEERS OR TO DO RESEARCH ? HOW?

 

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4.DO YOU KNOW WHAT AN INTERNET SAFETY AGREEMENT IS ?

5.DO YOU THINK WE NEED AN INTERNET SAFETY AGREEMENT?

6.WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING RULES DO YOU FOLLOW ?

WHAT OTHER RULES SHOULD WE ADD ? WHY? ADD FOUR MORE RULES.

PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY YES NO
ZERO TOLERANCE TO CYBERBULLYING YES NO
TELL AN ADULT YES NO
DON´T TALK TO STRANGER YES NO
CHECK YOUR SOURCES YES NO