Recognize+Perspectives

= **Recognize Perspectives:** = **Apply Cross-Cultural Understanding**


 * Recognize and articulate one’s own perspective on situations, events, issues and phenomena and identify the influences that shape one’s own perspective.
 * Recognize and articulate the perspectives of other people, groups, or schools of thought and identify the influences that shape those perspectives.
 * Analyze similarities and differences in the behaviors, attitudes and values of people from different cultures to develop an understanding of multiple cultural perspectives.
 * Seek deeper understanding about situations, events, issues and phenomena by synthesizing evidence, interpretations, and implications from varied cultural perspectives.
 * Articulate how different perspectives interact to influence local, regional, or global situations, events, issues, or phenomena.

**Thursday, 10/14** ===Check-In: Why is it important to understand multiple perspectives in todays world? ===

Answer Check in question with a response posted on our class discussions page.
Activities:

1. Multiple Perspectives - is our world so small?
Read [|If the World Were a Village] by David J. Smith and Shelagh Armstrong Watch Video Adaptation:

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===**2. Worlde Adaptation of "If the world were a village" ** === - Create a list of words from text version and video viewing. Embed your wordle on your wiki page

===**3. Sharing Your Ideas with Your Global Neighbors ** === Create an account on Taking ITGlobal (you can create directly from your Google Account) Blog post on "If the world were a village" at TakingITGlobal

 4. Defining your Research Topic
Explore 100 People: A World Portrait

**Homework #8** **- (Due 10/18)** Create an "If the world were a village" Wordle ; publish it on the Wordle website. Copy code & embed on your wiki page. **Homework #9** **- (Due 10/18)** Create a page on your wiki titled "Research Project 1 **"** Choose your research question from the [|100 People: A World Portrait]  website. Select "Global Issues" in toolbar to see list of topics, choices, & questions

**Friday, 10/15**

**Introduction to Multiple Perspectives & Narrowing Searches**
Check-In - //What portions of the CSIHSIS Graduate Portfolio and/or Global Outcomes have you been strongest in?// - Review CSIHSIS Global Outcomes - to "Investigate the World" and "Recognize Perspectives" - Self-assess of your current progress on scale of 1-5

Watch a video of the story Seven Blind Mice, by Ed Young ( click the title to buy // [|Seven Blind Mice] //by Ed Young) A narrated storybook with some cool effects and music! media type="custom" key="6821837"

From //The Blind Men and the Elephant narrative//

Discuss: Why are multiple perspectives important?

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media type="custom" key="6696697" EXIT PASS - post on Class Discussion page for "Gaming & Perspectives"

**Homework #8** **- (Due 10/18)** Create an "If the world were a village" <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">Wordle ; publish it on the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">Wordle website. Copy code & embed on your wiki page. **Homework #9** **- (Due 10/18)** Create a page on your wiki titled "Research Project 1 **"** Choose your research question from the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #000000; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|100 People: A World Portrait]  website. Select "Global Issues" in toolbar to see list of topics, choices, & questions

**Monday, 10/18**

**Activities:**
- Review a Response Video to Obama's speech from a 9-year-old girl. It's already been viewed over 145,000 times in the first five days. - Check out the [|fifth-grade class] that blogged during the speech using Cover It Live. - FORA.TV spot on [|White House 2.0: Social Media and Government Transparency] **HW #10** - "One Pager" on social media usage in politics/school on class discussion page. - due thursday, 10/21

**Tuesday - Wednesday, 10/19 & 10/20**

**Fun with Wikiality and Spotting Errors**

 * Check-In:** Have you used wikipedia? If not, why not? what do you use to research for reference material? If yes, what did you use it for? Do you trust it? How do you ensure reliability?

Activities: - Students work from "@fun with wikipedia" page

**HW #11** **- Due Monday 10/25 - Update your Research Project page on wiki** Students complete Pre-Search Brainstorming Exercise on their wiki page. You need to recopy the document to put answers on your web site. You can also use other brainstorming forms, so long as you show an essential research/brainstorm effort, answering the basic questions, elements of your essential question.

**Thursday, 10/21 -** **National Writing Day & End of 1st Marking Period**
 * Check-In**: Why did you choose your research question? - answer on class discussion page

Research Work

<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Friday, 10/22** ===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Independent Research Day** ** === <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Check-In: Am I ready to research? Do I have a working Diigo? Is my Wiki Page set up correctly?** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">From now on, students' individual wiki pages should reflect their progress on their individual research projects <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Determine your goal for today's research time; post it to your wiki page <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Conduct your research <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Reflect and report on what you did on your wiki page

<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">- See Mr. Miano's example Research page

Tips: Broaden your searches <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Look in Diigo for similar Tags, Sites, and Groups <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Think : //How can I find multiple/global perspectives in the Internet?// <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Search by country <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Use Google translator if necessary

Watch UsNow <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">What Watch the <span style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; url(http: //www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif); background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|UsNow documentary] <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">See the additional resources on the <span style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; url(http: //www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif); background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|UsNow website] <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> <span style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; url(http: //www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif); background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Us Now] : A video project focusing on the power of mass collaboration, international government, & the internet

Looking Back, Looking Forward Discuss UsNow Project [|Futures protocol] - Where are you in the research process? What is your plan for the 2nd marking period?

**Global Perspectives**
Global Proverbs: Choose one and explain why it speaks to you [|Global Proverbs.pdf]

[|TED Talk: Alisa Miller shares the news about the news]

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Evaluating the diversity of your sources (Tagging for perspective) Tags should include descriptions of the types of resources: date published, source name and location (origin) Tags should include descriptions of the author: occupation, gender, ethnicity, and age of author