Q3. Speaking Out About Global Issues: Vocabulary
Key Vocabulary
Asynchronous Communication: To talk with another person or group of people by posting an idea online and getting responses at a later time. This could happen with a discussion board or by posting videos.
Campaign: To create a media-driven product, such as a public service video, and email or Go Fund Me drive, or social media effort to raise awareness or change behavior.
Innovate: To make changes in something established to help solve a problem. Changes can be in behavior or processes.
Invent: To create something new; in this case, something that will help solve a problem.
Monotone: To speak in a flat voice that does not modulate, and that doesn't convey enthusiasm or interest.
Synchronous Communication: To talk to another person or a group of people live in a real-time conversation, either face-to-face or using a webcam.
United Nations: An international organization formed in 1945 to increase political and economic cooperation among its member countries and search for solutions to common world problems.
UN Sustainable Goal: One of 17 goals set by the United Nations with a target date of 2030 to help eliminate poverty and provide solutions to environmental problems.
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Competencies & Standards
MITECS Michigan Integrated Technology Competencies for Students, and
1. Empowered Learner
c. Use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways
2. Digital Citizen
a. Cultivate and manage their digital identity and reputation and are aware of the permanence of their actions in the digital world
b. Engage in positive, safe, legal and ethical behavior when using technology, including social interactions online or when using networked devices
3. Knowledge Constructor
a. Plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits
b. Evaluate the accuracy, perspective, credibility and relevance of information, media, data or other resources
c. Curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts or solving authentic problems
d. Build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions
6. Creative Communicator
d. Publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences
7. Global Collaborator
b. Use collaborative technologies to work with others, including peers, experts or community members, to examine issues and problems from multiple viewpoints
Websites and Documents
Websites
- 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the U.N.
- Adobe Creative Cloud for Students
- Educreations
- Global Goals Posters
- Screenpal (formerly Screencast-O-matic)
- Splice
- WeVideo
- World's Largest Lesson! Unicef-Unesco
Videos from Outside Sources
- Sustainable Development Goals Video
- World's Largest Lesson pt 2 Video at the top of the page
21t4s Websites
21t4s Documents & Quizzes