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=7ICT = =Local Story =

**Aim: ** **To create a digital storybook about a local topic**  
 * Situation: **
 *  Our wiki space website seeks to preserve cultural and historic heritage information in a digital format.
 *  You are to research and publish stories about places, people or items of local interest and presenting your findings in a digital storybook.
 * Activity: **
 *  You will be working either in a pair or as an individual.
 *  Each group/individual will select and research into a local topic.
 *  The group will present what it has found in the form of a digital storybook and upload it to our wiki space.
 *  Each group/individual must research some aspect of the topic and contribute the storybook.

 The topic must a local one. It must be broad enough that each student can research some aspect of it.
 * Requirements: **

The storybook must include images of your own and text.

The work must comply with copyright and privacy laws. You must acknowledge the original source for any material that you use. You must also get permission to use material that you did not create, ie images, quoted text, media.

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 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif';"> TASC Process ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif';"> General Questions  ** ||
 * **__<span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Gather/Organise __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif';"> What do I know about this? ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> What do I know about the topic?
 * **__<span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Identify __**
 * **__<span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Generate __**
 * **__<span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Decide __**
 * **__<span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Implement __**
 * **__<span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Evaluate __**
 * **__<span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Communicate __**
 * **__<span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Learn from experience __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Resources: **

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