International Project-Based Learning Opportunities:
These projects can help you connect your classroom to the world.
Creative Connections - Facilitates classroom-to-classroom exchanges via video-conferencing and art exchange
ePals - A resources that aids in connecting classrooms globally. Teachers may use unit plans from the site, or suggest their own.
Global School Net - Offers opportunities to collaborate on projects with schools abroad.
Global Virtual Classroom - A collection of free educational activities and resources. Integrates technology into classrooms and curricula and to link schools to the Internet in educationally productive ways.
Global Voices - Includes reports on blogs from around the world, provides a unique resource for learning about current events from non-U.S. newspapers and magazines.
One World Youth Project - Pairs middle and high school student groups internationally and assigns a UN Millennium Development Goal. Groups create local service projects.
I am not the first or only educator in my city to prioritize the globalization of classrooms. Please feel free to contact me with your own suggestions for PBL opportunities available to teachers in California.