Action Education
As rigorous as the Common Core standards may be, a key missing component is the drive to solve a problem after it has been identified through research and analysis. Project-based learning is a natural way to globalize curriculum that makes learning relevant and engaging to students. Below are some sites to help in creating PBL lessons.
The Buck Institute has sample lessons, videos and information to help you get started on a PBL curriculum addition.
Connect All Schools has stories that other teachers and schools have submitted to show how they are incorporating global and cooperative learning. Check it out to stimulate your own ideas for lessons.
Connect All Schools (scoop.it) is an online magazine maintained by iEARN that has many examples of collaborative and project-based learning.
curriculum 21 has a wealth of information and links to on-going collaborative projects. You MUST check out this site!
DigiTales enables students to create and communicate their own stories through a digital media platform.
dipity provides students with an opportunity to create visually stimulating and interactive timelines online.
Edutopia, "Getting Started" has suggestions for taking that first step towards implementing project-based learning.
Flat Classroom Project has on-going collaborative projects for teachers and students to become involved with. See YouTube video below for a more thorough explanation of the projects available at this website.
KIVA allows students to make an economic impact through microloans to people in developing countries.
LiveBinder facilitates students in creating an online portfolio.
mind42 allows students to graphically organize their thoughts with text, images, sticky notes, and links to videos.
scoop.it allows students to curate their own online magazine for an assigned or chosen topic.
tripline helps students integrate a sense of place into their storytelling with maps and physical geography.
weebly provides students with a user-friendly platform for creating websites (there are both free and paid versions, with the paid version allowing more storage space and larger file uploads). The website could be a culminating project based on the students' choice of problems to address.
The Buck Institute has sample lessons, videos and information to help you get started on a PBL curriculum addition.
Connect All Schools has stories that other teachers and schools have submitted to show how they are incorporating global and cooperative learning. Check it out to stimulate your own ideas for lessons.
Connect All Schools (scoop.it) is an online magazine maintained by iEARN that has many examples of collaborative and project-based learning.
curriculum 21 has a wealth of information and links to on-going collaborative projects. You MUST check out this site!
DigiTales enables students to create and communicate their own stories through a digital media platform.
dipity provides students with an opportunity to create visually stimulating and interactive timelines online.
Edutopia, "Getting Started" has suggestions for taking that first step towards implementing project-based learning.
Flat Classroom Project has on-going collaborative projects for teachers and students to become involved with. See YouTube video below for a more thorough explanation of the projects available at this website.
KIVA allows students to make an economic impact through microloans to people in developing countries.
LiveBinder facilitates students in creating an online portfolio.
mind42 allows students to graphically organize their thoughts with text, images, sticky notes, and links to videos.
scoop.it allows students to curate their own online magazine for an assigned or chosen topic.
tripline helps students integrate a sense of place into their storytelling with maps and physical geography.
weebly provides students with a user-friendly platform for creating websites (there are both free and paid versions, with the paid version allowing more storage space and larger file uploads). The website could be a culminating project based on the students' choice of problems to address.