Local Connections

Part 1 · Intro Video

Part 2

What is Local Connections?

Local Connections is the ability to recognize, build, and contribute to the networks, resources, and relationships in your immediate community. Before reaching globally, you must be rooted locally. Local connections ground your learning in real context — the people, places, histories, and challenges of where you actually live and work.

Part 3

Recognize It in Your Life

Who in your community — a neighbor, a local organization, a place — has shaped how you see the world?

Take a moment before you write. The best iCAN statements come from real examples.

Part 4

DOK 1 · Identify

Depth of Knowledge · Level 1 · Recall & Identify

I can identify Local Connections when I…

Complete the sentence with a specific, real example from your life.

Choose a verb to start your statement:

observingidentifyinglistingnamingrecalling

Your iCAN Statement

Your name and learner ID are attached automatically

LSX.7 · DOK1 · Local Connections

Part 5

DOK 2 · Demonstrate

Depth of Knowledge · Level 2 · Skill & Concept

I can demonstrate Local Connections when I…

Complete the sentence with a specific, real example from your life.

Choose a verb to start your statement:

applyinganalyzingcomparingdesigningevaluating

Your iCAN Statement

This becomes evidence in your NextREADY GPS record

LSX.7 · DOK2 · Local Connections