Project Tasks

Challenge

Learners were made aware of their opportunities and privilege as opposed to people living with disabilities

Gathering

Research to find out what people need to live with a disability

Processing

Working with programming tools to create a program to assist a person with a disability

Presenting

Giving the person the program and showing them how to use it

C21 Education Elements

Collaboration

Teamwork to create the programmes

Beyond the Classroom

Working with real people in the community

Real world links

Real people, real needs, a real solution.

Knowledge building

Culture and distance made it necessary for the learners to extend themselves to understand each other

Critical thinking

Learners were challenged to move out of a comfort zone, and to do serious problem solving.

Role of technology

Facilitated communication; played a role in providing the tools to solve the problem

Conclusion

What was innovative?

Taking the learners into the community and allowing them to meet with people who they would not normally have to work with; giving them something useful to do in this context.