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Connecting Canadian Kids to the World

Connecting Canadian Kids to the World (CCKW) is an inquiry-based multi subject grade 6 Social Studies unit that integrates over 25 different types of software and technology. CCKW was created by two teachers: Curtis Wagner and Kelli Boklaschuk from Greater Saskatoon Catholic School Division in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It won a 2010 Canadian Microsoft Innovative Teacher Award. This led the project to be showcased in Cape Town, South Africa at the Microsoft Worldwide Innovative Educator Forum in October 2010. CCKW was judged against 125 other projects from 114 countries. The project was among 12 finalists chosen in the collaborative projects category out of 200,000 projects entered in the original competition. This was the first time in the history of the forum that Canadian educators made it to the semi-finals.

Unit Goal

Students will examine local, indigenous, and global communities and the interactions and interdependence of individuals, societies, cultures, and nations by collaborating with students in Atlantic Rim Countries and then teach their classmates the curricular outcomes online through different forms of technology.

About the Unit

During the unit a partnership is created between different classes on opposite sides of the world. Students work in groups to collaboratively explore, research, develop and teach their classmates the curricular outcomes using different types of technology. CCKW is designed to be adapted to meet the needs of teachers in any grade, in any school, and in any culture. The entire unit can be accessed on a blog for free.