School or Organization Name: Digital Promise
Co-Presenter Name(s): Christine Yarzabek
Area of the World from Which You Will Present: Denver, Colorado (MST) and Washington, DC (EST)
Language in Which You Will Present: English
Target Audience(s): All Educational Stakeholders
Short Session Description (one line): Challenge Based Learning provides a proven and effective framework for learners to make a difference locally and globally while addressing curriculum requirements.
Full Session Description (as long as you would like): The learning landscape is overflowing with requirements, expectations, and the "next best thing" - learn about a framework that helps create order out of this chaos and allows you to share ownership, provide personalized learning, and solve local and global challenges. Using examples from around the globe this session will present the framework and help you think about how it can be implemented in your context. Two specific opportunities will be spotlighted - The Transform our World Challenge based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and Code a Solution - an effort to merge coding into the curriculum while solving local challenges.
Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:
challengebasedlearning.org
digitalpromise.org
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