Project Documents, Tools & Technology
This project is organised into four phases. Each phase has a specific focus, including main and sub-goals. You can find information about these on the individual phase pages.
Each team will keep a digital record of progress during the project.
This page contains documents you may wish to use to help guide you through the project - you can upload them to your digital platform. Your teacher will inform you of any documents you must use.
At the bottom of the page there is information about digital tools and technology you may wish to use during the project.
Each team will keep a digital record of progress during the project.
This page contains documents you may wish to use to help guide you through the project - you can upload them to your digital platform. Your teacher will inform you of any documents you must use.
At the bottom of the page there is information about digital tools and technology you may wish to use during the project.
Documents for All Phases
Each week your team will meet for a weekly planning meeting. You will review team and individual progress during the previous week and set targets for the coming week.
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Phase One Documents
A checklist to track progress of team formation & choice of a refined research question.
A copy of the team contract - you can add extra points if you wish.
A record of each team member's individual research area and the research sources you have identified.
A document to help you analyse the appropriacy of your research sources
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Phase Two Documents
A document to help you make notes, and summaries, of the relevant information to answer your research question.
A document to help evaluate and synthesise the information from all of the team's research sources to best answer your research question.
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Phase Three Documents
Use this document to help identify the key ideas and information to include in your poster.
Use this document after your presentation to Route Three to help identify the strengths of your poster and presentation and areas to work on before the SL conference.
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Phase Three Tools & Tips
Poster Presentatıon and Delivery
For advice and idea on poster planning and design you can try these sites.
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For advice and idea on using PowerPoint to create a poster you can try these sites.
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Phase Four Documents
A document you may wish to use to reflect on the skills, knowledge and attitudes you have learned and developed during the project. It will also help you consider how you may use them in the future.
We would also like your suggestions for students who will do this project in the future.
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Using Technology in the Project
This project offer the opportunity to develop your digital literacy skills in each of the six "capabilities which fit someone for living, learning and working in a digital society"
Your Online Platform
Storing, sharing and displaying your project.
One requirement of the project is that each team creates an online platform to store, share and display your ongoing work. As you complete a new stage of the project you should upload this to the site. The site must be accessible to all team members and your teacher whenever they have internet access. Here are some tools you may wish to use. |
(Some) sites created by 2015 teams
Virtual Meetings
Communication, collaboration & partnership
One of the most important features of this project is teamwork. Digital technologies now allow us to communicate and collaborate with others even though they may be in other rooms, buildings, cities, countries....we do not need to be physically together. The tools you use to work together will depend on the task you wish to complete so WhatsApp may be effective for day to day organisation and questions. For more in depth discussion you may wish to use Skype. Other tools include: |