• The goal of Doors to Diplomacy is to
• raise awareness about the importance of
– international affairs and
– diplomacy.
• Doors to Diplomacy is a collaborative project, where small teams are formed consisting of 2 to 4 student members and up to 2 adult "coaches."
• Research can be conducted both online and offline, and then
• Findings are assembled to produce an educational web project. Students are also encouraged to become spokespersons for their projects
There are 3 phases in this competition
• Research and Publish
• Reflect and Record
• Evaluate and Discuss
1. Research and Publish• Choose ONE category• Conduct an original research project
involving your selected topic• Explain how your project raises
awareness about diplomacy • Publish your research findings as an
educational Web project that teaches others about diplomacy
• Include a bibliography in which you cite your sources and document where your information came from
2. Project Narrative
• Each project also includes a Project Narrative – explains HOW the project has been
organized,
– show WHAT challenges the team faced
– and HOW the challenges are overcome
– how the project supported local content standards.
An outstanding project narrative • tells an interesting story
about your project and its impact upon student learning and within your community.
• shows how the project meets or exceeds objectives for both the Doors to Diplomacy contest and the category in which it's entered
3. Peer Review
• Participating teams must evaluate and submit reviews on four (or more) other projects (in categories that are different than theirs).
• The highest scoring entries in each category are submitted to our distinguished panel of international judges for final evaluation.
There 8 Doors to open:
• Leadership Traits– A. Task:
Produce a website that teaches about the skills, traits, and characteristics which make an individual a great world leader.
Things we can build on
• http://www.wix.com/adas920/cdiplomacy#!diplomacy– (build on bonding Singapore)
Peace and Democracy: Social Issues
• Task: Produce a website that teaches about international human rights, fair elections and judicial reform.
• http://www.wix.com/baby_b27/sex-trafficking-in-myanmar#
• What can you work on?
Safety and Security
• Task: Produce a website that raises awareness about peacekeeping efforts, combating terrorism, and nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
• http://www2.hci.edu.sg/y08hci0118/DtoD/home/index.html
• http://www.ri.sch.edu.sg/d2d/aseanway
• What topics can you work on?
Health and Environment
• Task: Produce a website that teaches about how countries can work together to address health and environmental issues (i.e. to protect natural resources, eliminate world hunger, promote better healthcare access, etc.).
• http://www.pier2pier.net/
• What topics can you work on?