ClassPortal Resources

Readings

• Chapter 1 – ClassPortals – for Real, Rich & Relevant Learning (pdf download)
• Why ClassAct Portals? (2006)
• ClassAct Portal Intro (2004)

For Ideas

Service Learning & Activism

• Change.org: Social Network For Social Activism
• Change.org – Causes in Need
• OXFAM – Reshaping our World – Poverty Maps (+ Complete Story Library from OXFAM)
• Idea Index from the Buckminster Fuller Challenge 2009

On the Lighter Side

• Apple Movie Trailers
• The Billboard Top 100
• Videogames from GameZone
• Google Zeitgeist
• Supanova Pop Culture Expo
• TEDTalks (Tags)
• Simple English Wikipedia
• Futuristic Innovations from Trendhunter

For Inspiration

• The Girl who Silenced the U.N. for Five Minutes
• End Homelessness
• Five Former Slaves Who Are Changing the World
• 10 Revolutionary Acts of Courage by Ordinary People
• 50 Items That Should Change the World

Examples & Non-Examples

• Child Slave Labor News
• Jekyll Island , 2007
• PodKids Australia
• vs. Mrs. Abram’s Class Blog

3 Wiki Projects by Brian Cosby

• Reno Bike Project
• Mysteries of Harris Burdick
• Animal Ark

Professional

• Indian Country Today