Enduring+Understandings

=**ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS & ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS**=

**HABITS OF MIND/THROUGH LINES/APPROACHES TO LEARNING:**
Metacognitive, confident, reflective, innovative, creative, flexible (roles, approach, thinking), tenacious, efficient, collaborative, holistic, empathic, tolerant, inquisitive, open-minde d
 * Becoming Effective Learners || Becoming Effective Communicators & Creators || Becoming Effective Global Collaborators ||
 * **//How do I find and use information to construct meaning and solve problems?//** || **//How do I effectively communicate?//** || **//How do I responsibly use information and communication to positively contribute to my world?//** ||
 * < ** Students will begin to understand: **
 * 1) The necessity, values, and methods of r**eflecting** throughout the process.
 * 2) Why and how to effectively search for, evaluate, select, analyze, interpret, and synthesize **appropriate information** to problem solve.
 * 3) Bias influences the creation and interpretation of information.
 * 4) People use their prior knowledge to learn how to build new understandings and deal with any new technologies. ||< ** Students will begin to understand **:
 * 5) Purpose and audience for communication determine the **appropriate media** choice.
 * 6) **Design and layout** impact the quality and effectiveness of communications.
 * 7) People **reflect on**, **organize, analyze, interpret, and synthesize information** in order to **effectively** communicate and create ideas. ||< ** Students will begin to understand: **
 * 8) Communication networks are powerful mediums to spread positive change or to negatively impact others.
 * 9) People use information and communication tools to learn from each other, innovate and collaboratively problem solve.
 * 10) Communication behaviors and actions impact the access and safety of users.
 * 11) Everyone is biased and that bias is based on each person’s life experiences. ||