Gathering Phase (How do the learners gather information?)

Learners form collaborative teams to research on the challenges faced by African countries in their quest to bridge the digital gap, the topic they brainstormed in the challenge phase. They will be expected to reconcile their research findings with the decisions of their debate sessions with their findings of the research on Basal convention, Bamako agreement and United Nations Environmental programme documents to familiarize themselves with protocols on dealing with dangerous waste materials. Learners will be using the internet, text sources, newspapers and CD Rom as resources. All learners will be using the planning sheet to gather information.
Key points to guide the learners in their research groups are as follows:

*Developmental aid / donations
*e-Waste
*e-Waste management in SA,China,India
*Recycling of e-Waste in China, India, Palestine and
other developing countries
*Dangerous chemicals from e-Waste
*Environmental issues
*Economical implications
*Legislation / Suggested solutions
*Report presented to PAP on hazardous chemicals
*Basal ban