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4.3‌‌Diversity,‌‌Cultural‌‌Understanding‌‌&‌‌Global‌‌Awareness‌‌-‌m ‌ odel‌‌and‌‌facilitate‌‌the‌‌use‌‌of‌‌digital‌‌tools‌‌ 
and‌‌resources‌‌to‌‌support‌‌diverse‌‌student‌‌needs,‌‌enhance‌‌cultural‌‌understanding,‌‌and‌‌increase‌‌global‌‌ 
awareness.‌  ‌
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Briefly‌‌describe‌‌the‌‌artifact‌‌and‌‌the‌‌context‌‌in‌‌which‌‌it‌‌was‌‌created.‌‌What‌‌was‌‌your‌‌individual‌‌ 
contribution(s)?‌‌   ‌
The‌‌engaged‌‌learning‌‌project‌‌I‌‌developed‌‌required‌‌students‌‌to‌‌take‌‌on‌‌the‌‌role‌‌of‌‌geneticists.‌‌ 

Students‌‌used‌‌what‌‌we‌‌learned‌‌in‌‌class‌‌about‌‌genetics‌‌and‌‌cells,‌‌articles‌‌I‌‌provided‌‌them,‌‌and‌‌ 

interviews‌‌with‌‌geneticists‌‌from‌‌Emory‌‌University‌‌to‌‌explain‌‌how‌‌genetic‌‌cloning‌‌works‌‌and‌‌how‌‌it‌‌is‌‌ 

connected‌‌to‌‌the‌‌content‌‌we‌‌have‌‌learned‌‌in‌‌class.‌‌Students‌‌have‌‌to‌‌decide‌‌if‌‌they‌‌are‌‌for‌‌or‌‌against‌‌ 

cloning‌‌and‌‌argue‌‌their‌‌side‌‌through‌‌an‌‌Adobe‌‌Spark‌‌video.‌‌I‌‌take‌‌full‌‌ownership‌‌for‌‌the‌‌ 

development‌‌of‌‌this‌‌engaged‌‌learning‌‌project‌‌as‌‌I‌‌created,‌‌planned,‌‌and‌‌implemented‌‌it‌‌with‌‌my‌ 

seventh-grade‌‌students.‌‌Students‌‌worked‌‌on‌‌the‌‌ELP‌‌for‌‌90‌‌minutes‌‌a‌‌week‌‌over‌‌the‌‌course‌‌of‌‌four‌‌ 

weeks.‌‌The‌‌video‌‌they‌‌created‌‌was‌‌shared‌‌with‌‌classmates,‌‌on‌‌our‌‌school‌‌news‌‌show,‌‌with‌‌the‌‌ 

Emory‌‌University‌‌geneticists‌‌they‌‌were‌‌paired‌‌with,‌‌and‌‌at‌‌the‌‌family‌‌technology‌‌night.‌  ‌

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Explain‌‌how‌‌this‌‌artifact‌‌demonstrates‌‌mastery‌‌of‌‌the‌‌standard/element‌‌under‌‌which‌‌it‌‌is‌‌placed.‌‌   ‌
Through‌‌the‌‌development‌‌of‌‌the‌‌engaged‌‌learning‌‌project,‌‌I‌‌demonstrated‌‌my‌‌ability‌‌to‌‌ 

model‌‌and‌‌facilitate‌‌‌the‌‌use‌‌of‌‌digital‌‌tools‌‌and‌‌resources‌t‌ o‌‌support‌‌diverse‌‌student‌‌needs‌‌‌by‌‌ 

providing‌‌them‌‌multiple‌‌means‌‌of‌‌representation,‌‌engagement,‌‌and‌‌expression.‌‌Students‌‌had‌‌ 

opportunities‌‌to‌‌learn‌‌and‌‌interact‌‌with‌‌the‌‌content‌‌through‌‌readings,‌‌discussions,‌‌videos,‌‌and‌‌ 

interviews‌‌with‌‌the‌‌genetic‌‌scientists.‌‌After‌‌learning‌‌and‌‌engaging‌‌with‌‌the‌‌content,‌‌they‌‌were‌‌ 

also‌‌given‌‌choice‌‌in‌‌how‌‌they‌‌represented‌‌their‌‌knowledge‌‌through‌‌video.‌‌The‌‌engaged‌‌learning‌‌ 

project‌‌I‌‌created‌‌shows‌‌my‌‌ability‌‌to‌m
‌ odel‌‌and‌‌facilitate‌‌‌the‌‌use‌‌of‌‌digital‌‌tools‌‌and‌‌resources‌‌to‌‌ 

enhance‌‌cultural‌‌understanding‌b
‌ ecause‌‌I‌‌encouraged‌‌students‌‌to‌‌develop‌‌their‌‌understanding‌‌ 

through‌‌research,‌‌determine‌‌their‌‌own‌‌beliefs‌‌based‌‌on‌‌research‌‌and‌‌cultural‌‌“norms,”‌‌and‌‌form‌‌ 

an‌‌opinion‌‌on‌‌how‌‌genetic‌‌cloning‌‌can‌‌have‌‌a‌‌positive‌‌or‌‌negative‌‌impact.‌‌This‌‌artifact‌‌ 

demonstrates‌‌my‌‌ability‌‌to‌m
‌ odel‌‌and‌‌facilitate‌‌‌the‌‌use‌‌of‌‌digital‌‌tools‌‌and‌‌resources‌t‌ o‌‌increase‌ 
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global‌‌awareness‌‌‌because‌‌I‌‌matched‌‌students‌‌up‌‌with‌‌a‌‌genetic‌‌scientist‌‌at‌‌Emory‌‌University‌‌to‌‌ 

increase‌‌their‌‌awareness‌‌of‌‌how‌‌our‌‌content‌‌is‌‌used‌‌in‌‌the‌‌real-world.‌‌   ‌

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What‌‌did‌‌you‌‌learn‌‌from‌‌completing‌‌this‌‌artifact?‌‌What‌‌would‌‌you‌‌do‌‌differently‌‌to‌‌improve‌‌the‌‌ 
quality‌‌of‌‌the‌‌artifact‌‌or‌‌the‌‌process‌‌involved‌‌in‌‌creating‌‌the‌‌artifact?‌‌(Not‌‌changing‌‌anything‌‌is‌n
‌ ot‌‌ 
an‌‌acceptable‌‌response.)‌  ‌
Completing‌‌this‌‌artifact‌‌gave‌‌me‌‌the‌‌opportunity‌‌to‌‌develop‌‌a‌‌learning‌‌experience‌‌for‌‌my‌‌ 

students‌‌unlike‌‌any‌‌they‌‌had‌‌completed‌‌in‌‌the‌‌past.‌‌Developing‌‌this‌‌project‌‌challenged‌‌me‌‌to‌‌meet‌‌a ‌‌

wide‌‌range‌‌of‌‌student‌‌needs,‌‌while‌‌also‌‌enhancing‌‌cultural‌‌understanding‌‌and‌‌global‌‌awareness‌‌in‌‌ 

correlation‌‌with‌‌our‌‌content‌‌standards.‌‌To‌‌improve‌‌this‌‌artifact,‌‌I‌‌would‌‌choose‌‌the‌‌groups‌‌students‌‌ 

worked‌‌in‌‌to‌‌ensure‌‌students‌‌of‌‌varying‌‌needs‌‌and‌‌abilities‌‌were‌‌receiving‌‌the‌‌supports‌‌they‌‌need‌‌to‌‌ 

be‌‌successful‌‌from‌‌peers‌‌as‌‌well‌‌as‌‌the‌‌teacher.‌‌   ‌

How‌‌did‌‌the‌‌work‌‌that‌‌went‌‌into‌‌creating‌‌this‌‌artifact‌‌impact‌‌school‌‌improvement,‌‌faculty‌‌ 
development,‌‌or‌‌student‌‌learning?‌‌How‌‌can‌‌this‌‌impact‌‌be‌‌assessed?‌  ‌
The‌‌work‌‌that‌‌went‌‌into‌‌creating‌‌this‌‌artifact‌‌impacts‌‌student‌‌learning‌‌because‌‌it‌‌provides‌‌ 

students‌‌the‌‌opportunity‌‌to‌‌interact‌‌with‌‌science‌‌content‌‌and‌‌how‌‌it‌‌can‌‌be‌‌seen‌‌in‌‌their‌‌ 

communities‌‌and‌‌throughout‌‌the‌‌world.‌‌The‌‌engaged‌‌learning‌‌project‌‌allowed‌‌students‌‌to‌‌ 

participate‌‌in‌‌an‌‌authentic‌‌learning‌‌experience‌‌that‌‌challenged‌‌them‌‌to‌‌use‌‌their‌‌content‌‌knowledge‌‌ 

and‌‌apply‌‌it.‌‌The‌‌impact‌‌this‌‌project‌‌has‌‌on‌‌student‌‌learning‌‌can‌‌be‌‌assessed‌‌through‌‌the‌‌quality‌‌of‌‌ 

student‌‌videos‌‌and‌‌the‌‌increased‌‌engagement‌‌and‌‌knowledge‌‌students‌‌have‌‌about‌‌genetics‌‌from‌‌ 

completing‌‌the‌‌project.‌  ‌

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