Resources

Project and Problem Based Learning

This is a sample of related educational approaches that meet the ACOT2 design standards for a relevant and applied curriculum.

  • New Technology Foundation

    New Technology Foundation (NTF) was established in 1999 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization working to achieve national education reform with schools that desire to model the Napa New Technology High School.

  • Buck Institute for Education

    The Buck Institute for Education (BIE) is a non-profit research and development organization dedicated to improving the practice of teaching and the process of learning.

  • Oracle ThinkQuest

    A learning platform where teachers and students create learning projects, participate in a website competition, and browse a library of student projects.

Big Ideas

These links provide places to identify big ideas that you and your students may want to address.

  • Big Ideas: An Authentic e-journal

    A site that provides online curriculum resources for exploring essential questions of education.

  • TED Ideas worth spreading

    TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.

  • Big Ideas

    WNET New York provides a great website that explores big thinkers, big ideas, and great failures.

Complementary Projects

Many organizations offer contests and programs that can be incorporated into or complement the CBL process

  • Digital Media and Learning Competition

    The competition seeks to mobilize the field of Digital Media and Learning through a $2 million open call, supporting learning entrepreneurs, educators, communicators, and innovators. The competition supports pioneers who use new technologies to envision the future of participatory learning.

  • TakingITGlobal

    The largest online community of youth interested in global issues and creating positive change.

  • New Global Citizens

    New Global Citizens educates, equips, and mobilizes young people to help solve the greatest challenges faced by communities around the world by partnering with grassroots organizations that are finding local solutions to local problems.

  • The Future Is Mine

    The Future Is Mine (TFIM) is the Consortium for Public Education's initiative that reaches into high schools, middle schools, and elementary schools to connect students to authentic career awareness experiences.

Resources and Communities

This is a sample of resources and communities that can support the CBL process.

  • The Apple Learning Interchange

    Educator created lessons and activities rich with movies, images, and podcasts. The Apple Learning Interchange is also a resource for social networking and collaboration.

  • MobileMe

    Access and manage your email, contacts, calendar, photos, and files at me.com. All with feature-rich web apps so easy to use, you might prefer them to your desktop applications.

  • Find Out How...In the Classroom

    A series of online tutorials showing how how a teacher uses the powerful, elegant features of Mac OS X to plan and manage a Sustainable Food project, to seamlessly integrate rich content with a variety of media, and to effortlessly share student work and projects.

  • Apple Education Resources

    A variety of quick start activities, lesson plans, and other resources.

  • Apple Moviemaking Curriculum Guide

    Sixteen classroom projects—ranging from developing movie ideas to lighting and audio to creating documentaries, music videos, and a 30-second Super Bowl commercial—includes a list of tools, estimated time required, tips, evaluation suggestions, additional resources, and more.

Voices

Throughout the initial development of the Challenge Based Learning concept there have been opportunities to speak with a wide variety of people about learning, challenges, and the example big ideas. We present a library of these voices to foster discussion and creativity. Go >