MYP Year 7 Unit Details

Unit title: Junior Publisher

Key concept: Communication
Communication is the exchange or transfer of signals, facts, ideas and symbols. It requires a sender, a message and an intended receiver. Communication involves the activity of conveying information or meaning. Effective communication requires a common 'language' (which may be written, spoken or non-verbal).

Related Concepts: Perspectives

AKA Strands: Ethics

Statement of Inquiry: Designers adapt the form in which information is communicated in order to make it accessible to the end user.

Inquiry Questions
Factual: What publishing techniques have made the greatest impact in publishing?
Conceptual: Do publishers publish because of content or digital tools?
Debatable: Is the use digital publishing tools static or dynamic?

Factual What publishing techniques have made the greatest impact in publishing?
Conceptual Do digital tools determine what is published?
Debatable  Is it true that digital publishing tools provides more freedom to publishers?

ATL Skills

    Communication Skills

 Give and receive meaningful feedback

 Use intercultural understanding to interpret communication

Social Skills

 Use social media networks appropriately to build and develop relationships

 Practise empathy

 Delegate and share responsibility for decision-making

 Help others to succeed

 Take responsibility for one’s own actions

Organization Skills

 Plan short- and long-term assignments; meet deadlines
 Set goals that are challenging and realistic

Research skills.

 Collect, record and verify data

 Access information to be informed and inform others

 Make connections between various sources of information