Project+Details

Design situation When our fears and insecurities about others stop us from meeting new people, prejudices are allowed to grow. If we only stay in our comfort zone then the fear of the unknown will only cause more separation and isolation, which in turn leads to greater prejudice, racism, hatred and even war. How many people do you know who live in other countries? If you only know a few or none at all why is that so? T he goal is to find five schools, from five different countries, from five different continents, (555) and challenge these students to a cultural task.

BCR students are to find and communicate to students from five different countries and design a challenge for these students to complete. At the same time BCR students will be attempting to complete a challenge that has been designed for them by the 555 student groups. The challenge has to be culturally significant for the receiving students. The students will research and design the task, type it up and post it to the invited school. At the same time the 555 school will post theirs to BCR, so that in both classroom, the students will be able to simultaneously open the envelops and read the task (broadcast via skype). If the school accepts the challenge then they are asked to record their attempt on film and pod cast it for viewing.

The project is simple;

the challenge -

is that the students have to organise it!

They will need to consider world time zones, communication logistics, technical challenges and cultural differences, not to mention language barriers. The technological advancements have created the opportunity; we just have to be brave enough to take the first step. It is hoped that 5.5.5 will be a vehicle for students to make this important first step in making connections and even close bonds to others from around the world. whats a cultural challenge? Back to Home page