Project+Timeline

Week of October 3
• Explanation of project (project overview and goals) • Timeline for project and commitment by students is established • Classes review responsible online communication as part of an online community • Students get parental permission (if needed) to participate in project • Students join/access technology tools (Arab Spring Wiki, ArabSpring YouTube channel) • Students select country to study and join diverse teams • Students create a brief (1-2 min.) multimedia project introducing each school's country team (video introduction)
 * Tools might include video clips, voicethread, audio clips, created with any of a number of web 2.0 tools.

** Week of October 10 **
• Students research protest movement in country they're studying • Students post research and resources to Google Doc (linked off of private country pages on Arab Spring wiki)

** November --> **
• Students comment on others' work and view/discuss outside comments • Students reflect on what they have learned and relate to experiences with democracy in their own country • Students create a brief (1-2 min.) multimedia project sharing an "aha" moment from project
 * Ideas may include:**
 * Consider what we can learn from pro-democracy movements across region. How can what's happening in [country studied] and other countries inform students' understanding of government and democracy in their own country?
 * Collaborate with students from other countries to compare & contrast the meaning of democracy
 * Describe their personal involvement in exercising democracy and how their involvement has an impact
 * Reflect on the public speech aspects of a revolution (demonstrations, wall art/graffiti, etc.)