SHS MENTOR CCEC

Two students from Salem High School in Massachusetts recently contacted NGGE to see if they could use the Cheery Children's Educational Center for their senior community project.
Their  first objective "is to raise money to provide students with laptops, which will allow them to have instant access to information and broaden their connection to the global community."
Our second goal is " to start a mentoring program in which carefully selected individuals will skype with the students and guide them towards a prosperous future."
Our third goal is "to fund a learning facility for the Cheery Centre. Currently students are meeting at a church with limited space and teaching facilities."

Help Remi and Maddy meet their goals. Go to

We have made it through the ghosts and goblins and move on to the month of Thanksgiving.  It is a time to cherish family, those that you have lost and those still with you.  For this reason I have chosen to release our new site, in honor of all families around the world who pray for a better way and for my family, my son who has put it all together.
I hope you will spend time to explore the familiar and discover the new.  I hope you will become involved.  Ask questions, share ideas, see what is happening.  Every Saturday this month we will hold a Google Hangout to look at the site and answer questions.  Check the dates and times and sign up on our calendar.

For the month of November our GAB topic of discussion is around project based vs. problem based learning.  How are they alike? Different? Is one better than the other.
Here are some links to explore prior to our discussion.  Join us and add your insight into this topic.
Problem-Based Learning and Project-Based Learning  (Primarily as applied to math)
Why Problem Based Learning is Better   Is it?
What about throwing in Inquiry Based Learning as well!

An Interesting Chart

Regardless of which label you give it, how can it be used as the means of assessment rather then the pencil and paper standardized tests?

 Join us and add your insight into this topic. Check out our November calendar for this and other up-coming events.

The Global Advisory Board and interested educators will be meeting on the 1^st and 3^rd Thursday of the month. The first Thursday, November 7th will meet at 9:00 AM EST. The third Thursday, November 21st  will meet at 8:00 PM EST. 

Our topic for November is to chart the similarities and difference between Project and Problem Based Learning. Each member will be asked to introduce themselves, the country they represent, and their reflection on the topic above. Everyone will have the opportunity to share their ideas and their work. If time permits, we will review and discuss the resulting chart.

NGGE believes that real-time challenges are more likely to showcase what learning has taken place then our current testing system.