Doing Business in Birmingham
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Gold level
Published on 7/5/2012
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Learning objectives
- Students will learn about sustainable practices and how to be effective agents of change within their community
- Students will learn how technology tools can enable them to make authentic connections beyond the classroom
- Students will learn to synthesize their learning and generate creative solutions to real world problems
Created for
Ages 11 - 13
Subject
Citizenship
Digital/Media Literacy
Environment
Language arts and literacy
Social Studies
Technology/ICT
Twenty-first century skills
21st Century Skills
Collaboration
Communication
Knowledge building & critical thinking
Global awareness & civic literacy
ICT for learning
Problem solving & innovation (creativity)
Student self-assessment
Featured tools
Bing™ MapsMicrosoft Offi...
Microsoft Word
Photosynth
Windows 7
Microsoft Clip...
Publisher
Outlook
Mobitags
Required hardware
PC
Tablet
Phone
Instructional approach
Project based learning (PBL)
Personalized learning
Direct instruction
Independent study
Learning activity details
Doing Business in Birmingham is a Sciracy project. Sciracy aims to promote scientific literacy, or the knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts and processes required for personal decision making, participation in civic and cultural affairs, and economic productivity. Students learn to ask, find, or determine answers to questions derived from curiosity about everyday experiences, and to describe, explain, and articulate their thoughts about the world around them. We want students to synthesize their learning and challenge them to generate creative solutions to real world problems. After learning about sustainability in business, our students took to the streets of downtown Birmingham to assess the sustainability of businesses in their local community. Armed with informational flyers and brochures they had created, our students visited over ninety establishments to interview and educate local business owners.