River Pollution in Asia Inter-disciplinary learning objectives Develop an understanding on impact of socio- economic factors, life styles on rivers in Asia Develop a ICT and communication skills to interact with their peers in other countries Create webpages depicting river pollution and its impacts

River Pollution in Asia Subject-specific learning objectives Geography Compare past and present conditions of the rivers in Yangze, Pearl rivers in China, Ganga,Yamuna, Krishna and Musi rivers in India, Ciliwung river in Indonesia and Kelani river in Sri Lanka Making a digital (?) map in the website to show rivers and its condition in asia ICT Collect information on the different rivers by surfing the internet and other sources Develop an ability to use web 2.0 technologies

River Pollution in Asia Subject-specific learning objectives Geography Compare past and present conditions of the rivers in Yangze, Pearl rivers in China, Ganga,Yamuna, Krishna and Musi rivers in India, Ciliwung river in Indonesia and Kelani river in Sri Lanka Making a digital (?) map in the website to show rivers and its condition in asia ICT Collect information on the different rivers by surfing the internet and other sources Develop an ability to use web 2.0 technologies

River Pollution in Asia Description of the PBL Students from China, India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka collaboratively contribute /create blog(s) about the rivers in their localities. The student may visit or collect information on their local rivers and the changes (nature of river – quality and quantity of water, surrounding environment) occurred over centuries which lead river pollution. The collected information is critically analyzed through classroom and online discussion with their peers to identify major factors contributed the river pollution. The students engage discussion with own peers, inter- school and school from other countries through EC forum to understand causes for river pollution, practices which they can adopt in their life style to reduce river pollution. The output may be in the form of documents / postures / reports / stories / videos were made by each school.

River Pollution in Asia Activity design 1. Brainstorming: collecting information from various sources about how rivers exists in the past and condition of the present situation through discussion identifying reasons and suggested practices 2. Data collection and discussion 3. Preparing document for EC web forum 4. Discussion and engaging with web 2.0 tools 5. Output making

River Pollution in Asia ICT and tele-collabboration that we want to use and our adjustification Use EC Website for students to feedback, sharing, solving problems. Skype for both teachers and students to for discussion

River Pollution in Asia Assessment 1 Formative assessment for the expected learning objectives According to the expected learning objectives, teachers design questionnaire, checklists for assessment. 2 Baseline data Draw a concept map on river pollution. 3 Planned formative assessment and rubrics Rubrics, portfolio of students’ work 4 Logistic preparation for the assessment Forms and online checklist, questionnaires.

River Pollution in Asia Our reflection Communication platform for all of the four countries. Synchronizing Time

Members Chen Shu Lan Nonglinxia Road Primary School, China Dian Novrini Al Azhar 9 Islamic Junior High School Indonesia Li Nihong Nonglinxia Road Primary School, China Liang Yan East China Normal University, China M.G. Peiris Uva National College of Education, Srilanka M. Rajendran Department of Education, University of Delhi, India V. Jagadeeshwar Rao EMRC, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India Yu Yuanjie Nonglinxia Road Primary School, China