Technology Design 6, 7, & 8

Mr. King
Fall 2014

Our IB Attitudes & IB Learner Profiles
Research and Reflection Writing Assignment
20 Point Extra Credit Assignment
(Required if assigned due to consequences for class behavior.)
CCSS Standards:
CCSS.ELA.W.10.6-8 - Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection,
and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-
specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Writing Standards for Literacy in Technical Subjects - Grades 68
Production and Distribution of Writing
6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the
relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently.

ISTE-NETS Standards:
1. Creativity and Innovation
Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products
and processes using technology.
a. Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes
b. Create original works as a means of personal or group expression

3. Research and Information Fluency
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, use information.
b. Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety
of sources and media

Objective:
1.) Students will research into, reflect upon, and write in detail about one International
Baccalaureate (IB) Attitude OR Learner Profile for the specific purpose of growing in and
developing in our own character, knowledge, and abilities in accord with the IB which
will contribute to the learning of others and as a means of personal self-expression.

Directions:
A.) Choose only ONE of the following:
IB Attitudes IB Learner Profiles
1. Appreciation 1. Caring
2. Commitment 2. Balanced
3. Confidence 3. Inquirer
Technology Design 6, 7, & 8
Mr. King
Fall 2014

4. Cooperation 4. Open Minded
5. Creativity 5. Knowledgeable
6. Curiosity
6. Principled
7. Empathy
7. Reflective
8. Enthusiasm
8. Thinker
9. Independence
9. Risk Taker
10. Integrity
10. Visionary
11. Tolerance

12. Respect


1.) You are to write a 1-2 page expository essay on this one IB Attitude or IB Learner Profile.

2.) You MUST complete a Thinking Map http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking_Maps
Graphic Organizer FIRST such as a circle, bubble, cluster, flow, brace, tree, or Concept
Map http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_map (also known as a Mind Map
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map) before you write your essay, and turn it in with
your essay to receive the highest possible score on this assignment.
3.) You essay will NOT be accepted without a pre-writing Thinking Map Graphic Organizer.
4.) You can create your Thinking Map by hand on paper OR you can use this website to
create your first 3 maps for free at http://bubbl.us. Please submit your Thinking Map to
me through Edmodo if you create it as a file or as an online website URL location.

5.) You should type this essay on MS Word and post it to Edmodo for the highest grade.
6.) You can write this essay by hand and submit it on paper IF you have no computer and no
internet available time alternative.

7.) You must use the proper heading in the upper right hand corner (justified right) on your
essay:
Firstname Lastname
Grade Level & Letter / Student Computer seat # (e.g. 8C / L3-3)
Technology Design (6, 7, or 8)
Mr. King
Date (e.g. 10-4-2014

8.) You should conduct research on the internet (if available) to assist you.
Technology Design 6, 7, & 8
Mr. King
Fall 2014

9.) You can use a book dictionary, www.dictionary.com, and/or the www.google.com
search engine to assist you.
10.) You can choose to include in your essay an example person of your own selection
throughout past or present history whom you believe exemplifies this Attitude or Learner
Profile.
11.) Use these questions to guide you:
a.) What is the definition of this IB Attitude or Learner Profile in the dictionary or on
www.dictionary.com?
b.) What does this IB Attitude or Learner Profile mean to you?
c.) Why did you choose this IB Attitude or Learner Profile?
d.) What makes it important to you?
e.) What makes it important to us all?
f.) Who will a person who demonstrates the IB Attitude or Learner Profile be?
g.) What will a person who demonstrates the IB Attitude or Learner Profile do?
h.) What will a person who demonstrates the IB Attitude or Learner Profile say?
i.) How can YOU grow and develop yourself into a person who more demonstrates this
IB Attitude or Learner Profile?
12.) Submit this assignment within 1 week of given the assignment for full 20 points possible
extra credit. After that you will be marked down 10% for each day that you submit it late.

Technology Design 6, 7, & 8
Mr. King
Fall 2014

Our IB Attitudes & IB Learner Profiles
Research and Reflection Writing Assignment Rubric

Objective:
1.) Students will research into, reflect upon, and write in detail about one International
Baccalaureate (IB) Attitude OR Learner Profile for the specific purpose of growing in and
developing in our own character, knowledge, and abilities in accord with the IB which
will contribute to the learning of others and as a means of personal self-expression.


Points 4 Points 3 Points 2 Points 1
Header for
proper
student &
class
identification
Essay has proper header
with Name, Grade Level
& Letter / Computer Seat
#, Class Name, Teacher
Name, & Date

Essay has proper
header with Name,
Grade Level & Letter /
Computer Seat #, Class
Name, Teacher Name,
& Date, but not Right
Aligned.
Proper header
information, but it is
not Right Aligned
and not in the
Header of the
document
Essay
has
Name but
no proper
header.
Graphic
Organizer
Map
Advanced Proficient

Basic

BB

Content
Fulfills
Objective
Advanced Proficient

Basic

BB

Length 1-2 pages to 1 page to page Less
than
page
Spelling,
Grammar &
Punctuation
Spelling, Grammar,
Capitalization, &
Punctuation are all
correct.
Almost all Spelling,
Grammar,
Capitalization, &
Punctuation are correct.
Spelling, Grammar,
Capitalization &
Punctuation has
some errors.
Mostly all
errors.

Total Score: _____ / 20