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=**Year 2 Grade 6-8 Curriculum Inquiry Projects - Round Two**= Post a summary for each project being designed by teachers participating in the Second Year Technology For Learning Project. Complete the basic information fields AND attach a file of your


 * Technology Support Person - K.Smith**
 * Designing Student-Performance Tasks** **Template** **(Doc):**
 * Project Summary: What makes a just country?**
 * Project Title || xxxxxxxx ||
 * School / Teacher Name || C. Catton ||
 * Grade Level || 7/8 ||
 * Content Area || SS/LA ||
 * Driving Question || What makes on country more just than another? ||
 * Scenario Task || In preparation for the upcoming G2 Summit you have been hired by the CBC to provide an indepth look at Canada's trading partners. ||
 * TYPE of Communication || Persuasive ||
 * MODE of Communication || multimedia/student choice ||
 * Student Digital Product ||  ||
 * Other Supporting Documents ||  ||
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 * Designing Student-Performance Tasks** **Template** **(Doc):**
 * Project Summary:**
 * Project Title || Communicating in Math ||
 * School / Teacher Name || Jenine Tan: Hugh Cairns School ||
 * Grade Level || Grade 7 ||
 * Content Area || Math ||
 * Driving Question || In what ways can I demonstrate/represent my understanding in math and what strategies did I use to help me? ||
 * Scenario Task ||  ||
 * TYPE of Communication ||  ||
 * MODE of Communication ||  ||
 * Student Digital Product || [|Gr.7 HCVC Blog] ||
 * Other Supporting Documents || [[file:designing student tasks math template.doc]] ||
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 * Designing Student-Performance Tasks** **Template** **(Doc):**
 * Project Summary:[[file:secondyearcohort_christineanddawn_2012.docx]][[file:secondyearcohort_christineanddawn_2012.docx]]**
 * Project Title || Health - Stress Management ||
 * School / Teacher Name || Dr. John G. Egnatoff ||
 * Grade Level || 6 ||
 * Content Area || Health ||
 * Driving Question || How can you determine if your strategies for dealing with stressful situations are successful? ||
 * Scenario Task ||  ||
 * TYPE of Communication || Narrative ||
 * MODE of Communication || Comic Life ||
 * Student Digital Product || [[image:sps-inquirycircles/round2a.jpg width="285" height="336"]][[image:sps-inquirycircles/round_2b.jpg width="247" height="337"]] ||
 * Other Supporting Documents ||

|| http://prezi.com/hgtv_ztarqjz/social-thinger/ || [] ||
 * Technology Support Person - Brian Gurney**
 * Designing Student-Performance Tasks** **Template** **(Doc):**
 * Project Summary:**
 * Project Title || Where Challenge ||
 * School / Teacher Name || Montgomery / Brian Gurney ||
 * Grade Level || 7/8 ||
 * Content Area || Science ||
 * Driving Question || What on Earth is in your stuff and WHERE on Earth does it come from? ||
 * Scenario Task || Demonstrate how non-renewable Earth resources are essential to our everyday lives. ||
 * TYPE of Communication || Persuassive ||
 * MODE of Communication || Choice ||
 * Student Digital Product || [|Paint- Where Challenge][|English Saddles - Where Challenge][|Buttons: What’s in a Cell Phone? (Click on Entry)] ||
 * Other Supporting Documents || [[file:WHERE Challenge.pdf]][|Where Challenge Site] ||
 * Technology Support Person - Tyler Rittinger**
 * Designing Student-Performance Tasks** **Template** **(Doc):**
 * Project Summary:**
 * Project Title || Immigration Projects ||
 * School / Teacher Name || Montgomery/Tyler Rittinger ||
 * Grade Level || 8 ||
 * Content Area || S.S. ||
 * Driving Question || Reasons for immigrating to Canada ||
 * Scenario Task || Research and create examples of historical fiction using a student-created immigration story ||
 * TYPE of Communication ||  ||
 * MODE of Communication || Optional (Travel Journal, Timeline, Short Story, etc.) ||
 * Student Digital Product || http://prezi.com/dyaiq8u25zx4/immigration-timeline/
 * Other Supporting Documents ||  ||
 * Technology Support Person - L. Proctor**
 * Designing Student-Performance Tasks** **Template** **(Doc): [[file:DESIGNING_student_task_2010 Lowe.doc]]**
 * Project Summary: Write a poem and then create a rhythm on garage band to use as a background to narrate your poem**
 * Project Title || Poetry to a Beat ||
 * School / Teacher Name || John Lake/ Mitch Lowe ||
 * Grade Level || Grade 7/8 ||
 * Content Area ||  ||
 * Driving Question ||  ||
 * Scenario Task ||  ||
 * TYPE of Communication ||  ||
 * MODE of Communication ||  ||
 * Student Digital Product || []
 * Other Supporting Documents || [[file:poetry to a beat on Ipads.docx]] ||
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 * Designing Student-Performance Tasks** **Template** **(Doc):**
 * Project Summary:**
 * Project Title || xxxxxxxx ||
 * School / Teacher Name ||  ||
 * Grade Level ||  ||
 * Content Area ||  ||
 * Driving Question ||  ||
 * Scenario Task ||  ||
 * TYPE of Communication ||  ||
 * MODE of Communication ||  ||
 * Student Digital Product ||  ||
 * Other Supporting Documents ||  ||

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 * Technology Support Person - Charles Paul Bazin Webster**
 * Designing Student-Performance Tasks** **Template** **(Doc):[[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://sps-inquirycircles.wikispaces.com/file/view/Designing+Student+Performance+Tasks+Template+Lakeview+2011-2012.pdf"]] [|Designing Student Performance Tasks Template Lakeview 2011-2012.pdf]**
 * Project Summary:**
 * Project Title || Power Struggles ||
 * School / Teacher Name || Lakeview - Jason Brunett ||
 * Grade Level || 7/8 ||
 * Content Area || ELA and Writing ||
 * Driving Question || How do amazing authors and exemplary texts motivate us to read and improve our writing? ||
 * Scenario Task || The production of written texts on personal blogs that extend the read-aloud. ||
 * TYPE of Communication || Personal expression, short writing pieces, analyze/conclude and the list goes on ||
 * MODE of Communication || Blog posts ||
 * Student Digital Product || []

These are a few of the first blog post samples as drafts. || ||
 * Other Supporting Documents || [[file:inquiry scope and sequence.docx]]