Real World Programs and Websites that Promote Problem-based Learning
Whether it is a short lesson, or a PBL unit connecting beyond the classroom walls, connecting with the real world will provide an authenticity that makes learning come alive!
- Roots and Shoots – Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots is the Jane Goodall Institute’s (JGI) global youth-led community action program, comprised of thousands of young people as they connect knowledge and service with the real world.
- ePals – Allows students to collaborate across the globe. It provides ways for teachers to connect with other teachers and decide on projects their students can do together.
- Taking it Global – Visit one of the world’s leading networks of young people learning about, engaging with, and working towards authentic solutions to world challenges. TakingITGlobal is one of the world’s leading networks of young people as they collaborate and learn with each other.
- The Globe Program – This organisation inspires the teaching and learning of science, enhancing environmental literacy and stewardship, and promoting scientific discovery.
- iEarn – Join interactive curriculum-based groups where students are creating, researching, sharing opinions and becoming global citizen. There may be a small cost.
- Edutopia Resources for Building Community Partnerships – Learn how schools can benefit from the support and expertise of local businesses, organizations, and individuals, and discover strategies for fostering successful business and community partnerships
- Global School Net – This site combines education and technology to strengthen communities and benefit humanity. You will discover support brain-friendly learning and improve academic performance through content-driven collaboration.
- Dream Wakers – This is an organization that focuses on providing consistent exposure to career opportunities and dynamic professionals.
- Virtual Field Trip Data Base – This is a spreadsheet filled with over 300 virtual field trip possibilities from multiple sites.
- Global Learners Project – The Project includes several topics and activity suggestions to create engaging and interactive class to class connections. Each topic includes at least one activity that requires little to no prep, while other activities take students deeper into learning. Use this for ideas, you will still have to find a school to connect with.
- Teachers’ Guide To Global Projects – This organization id made possible through the support of the Longview Foundation, iEARN-USA has compiled an online Teachers’ Guide to Global, Collaborative Teaching and Learning.
- Online Collaboration Curricula – A collection of ideas that students can collaborate on using the internet.