call to action: challenge based learning for the global classroom

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WHy? • Because  students  should  be  in  charge  of  

their  learning

• Because  learning  is  a  journey,  not  just  a  report  card

• Because  relevance  and  purpose  ma9ers

• Because  we  live  in  a  global  community  where  challenges  exist  everywhere,  and  we  must  work  together  to  solve  them

Kids as change agents

lead  the  change

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be  the  change

Challenge Based Learning

Real problems.1.

Learn together.

Do something!

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The origins

• ACOT

• ACOT2  -­‐  Design  principles

• Curriculum  Development  Team

• Pilot

• ImplementaFon  Study

The Process

Challenge Formation

Collaborative Workspace

Edmodo

Socrative

iChat

Twitter

Symbaloo

Facebook

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Research

Guiding Questions

Generated by the students, these represent

the knowledge and skills needed to successfully

develop a solution. Direct the research

Help students answer the guiding questions and develop

innovative, insightful, and realistic solutions

Designed to provide guidance on the path to a

solution.

Focused set of resources that support the activities and assist students with developing a solution

Guiding Activities & Resources

Standards and CurriculumChallenge Solution

Surveys & data Collection

Expert interviews

Solution & implementation

Reflection

Publishing

Example challenges

Design an app to improve communication on your campus.

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Transform apathy into engagement

Increase recycling in your community

Cultural Shift: Disprove a misconception about your generation

Make your town more energy efficient

Improve the online behaviors of youth in your school.

Reduce your school’s paper waste

Increase the percentage of students in your class who stay in school for one more year.

Increase the number of healthy food choices served at school (or at home).

Change a policy in your school.

Create cross-cultural connections in your school and/or community.

IMPACT

CBL Implementation Project

Melbourne, Victoria Australia

Ocoee, FL

Winter Park, FL

Chapel Hill, NC

Arlington, VAOxford,

OH

Toledo, OH

Muncia, IN

Chicago, IL

LaGrange, IL

Farmington Hills, MI

Houston, TXCanyon Lake,

TX

Phoenix, AZ

San Bernardino, CA

Culver City, CA

Omaha, NE

Calgary, Alberta Canada

Honolulu, HI

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Common concerns

Time?1.Alan Cleaver on Flickr

standards?2.

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Assessment? 3.Nomadic Lass on Flickr

technology? 4.Serigne Diagne on Flickr

How to get started

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Take Action and Make a Difference

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