Objectives

These Objectives have been agreed to by the partners of Skoolaborate - Westley Field

• Develop the capacity of young people in decision making and action learning around issues of global significance.
   
• Have young people work together on innovative projects which engage them in unaccustomed forms of action that create understandiing of differences and promote conflict resolution skills between individuals and groups.
   
• Develop inter-cultural understanding in schools and their community members.
   
• To transform traditional schools practice by increasing global connection, meaningful use of digital media and inspiring student engagement.
   
• Assist all young people to aquire the basic knowledge & skills necessary to become a productive and fulfilled member of the global community.
   
• Establish Skoolaborate as a safe place for schools, educational institutions and individuals from around the world to interact, learn and share ideas, teaching methods and other educational resources.
   
• Establish Skoolaborate as a place for teacher professional learning opportunities relating to working with school based teens in virtual worlds.
   
• Develop a set of Heuristics for teaching in virtual worlds that will assist all educators working in these environments.
   
• Plan, develop and run an awareness events aimed at improving the educational situation of underprivileged groups
   
• Create a global community of learners, both students and teachers who will work towards the common goal of increasing learning outcomes for students
   
• Provide a range of elearning opportunities that engage geographically separated learners so that they begin to form relationships with other students around the world
   
• Build the capacity of school students and their teachers in digital media and learning
   
• Educate the broader community, via a range of digital media, about power and influence of social technology
   
• Learn to look after the well-being of participants in a virtual learning environment then document and share the strategies that we use in order that others may create safe environments
   
• Prepare students for jobs in a global market by providing experiences with digital media
   
• Encourage and facilitate the effective use of innovative learning environments, including wiki's, blogs and LMS's, information technologies and networks that facilitate learning
   
• Provide teachers and students access to high quality, culturally appropriate teacher, elementary and secondary educational resources.