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Global Project Plan Template

1. Enter your project's name here: The project name should reflect the project. Give the

project's name careful thought. 

2. Project Partners 

*Biographical information (Yourself and your partner(s) 

* Target Population and Number of Participants.

*Sponsoring Organization (if you've joined a project) and/ or Partner School (if youare working with a partner school) Finding a Partner and/or Joining a Project Choose the kind of project you would like to do: 

Cultural exchanges Solving a social or environmental problem

Virtual field trips

Exploring parallel histories

Literature exchanges (common folk tales, themes, etc.)

Healing projects

Disaster relief projects

A day in the life of

Visual and performing arts projects

Learning a second language

Web Buddies

Keypal, penpal, email exchanges

Collaborative virtual museum Next determine whether you would like to join an existing project or independently plan a project witha partner in another country.

Choose to join a project if:  You don't have a partner in mind  You've never done a global project before 

Plan an independent project with a parner if:  You have done other global projects  You know a teacher in another country you would like to partner with  You know someone who can match you with a teacher in another country 

Even if you have a partner teacher, you may wish to join a project togethre.

For a list of potential projects you can join see Module 3 in the Global Project Based Learning Course 

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 4. Rationale. (Why is the project important or worthwhile?) * What are the main innovative features of your project?

Reflect upon why you want to do this global project with your students. What is significant andimportant about this project?

Below are some advantages for global project based learning discussed by Standley and Hutchings intheir book: GLOBAL PROJECT BASED LEARNING (op. cit.) list the following advantages on page 4.Conider if any of these advantages could be modified as part of your rationale for this project.

Shows how language differences can be a teaching tool

Allows students to think and act outside their country's educational parameters

Provides a practical way to teach the value of diversity in schools

Gives teachers a tool for diverse students within a school to work together

Provides a model for involving parents and community members from minority languagegroups into school projects

Allows emotional, intellectual, and personal growth through direct experience with othercultures

Provides students a chance to learn different problem-solving strategies

Prepares students for global literacy

Presents the challenge to make Web-based technology work internationally

Puts students in charge of their own understanding of global perspectives

Gives students the ability to act on the desire for global peace or international relationships

Builds bridges between diverse language or culture groups within a community

5. Real World Connection 

6. Enduring Understanding(s) (Deep Learnng) 

7. Major Goals and Associated Standards. 

Standard  Goal 

8. Specific Objectives (based on goals and standards) 

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ObjectiveWho will do what by when

Use action verbs such as know,demonstrate, show. 

EvaluationHow you will know when objective has been

met 

9. Assessment Strategies (How will you know when your objectives have been met?How will you continually adjust and improve this project when it is in progress?)

a. b. c.

10. Collaboration *How wil partner teachers collaborate? 

*How will students work collaboratively? --Within each classroom 

--Between partner classrooms 

*What parts of the project will be done together? 

*What parts of the project will each class do independently? 

*What experts will you collaborate with, and how will you do this? 

*How will you communicate?

-- What tools will you use? 

-- In what language will you communicate?

-- How will you deal with language differences?

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 -- How often will you communicate?

11. Student Decision Making * What parts of this project will students plan, organize, and do? What decisions willyour students make?

Students will: 1. 2. 3. *What parts of this project must teachers plan,organize, and do? What decisions willyou and the other teachers make?

Teachers will: 1. 2. 3. 12. Task.

*Final product

* How will you "publish" student work?

* How will students share what they did with others?

13. Project’s Activities. (What will the students do)?

* How will students work with their partners or the project team you have joined?

* First milestone or short term goal?

* Tasks to accomplish this milestone (Who will do what by when)

* Second milestone or short term goal

* Tasks to accomplish this milestone (Who will do what by when)

* Additional milestones (Continue to plan each milestone using the who will do what

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by when model.

* Estimated Timeline. (When should each stage of the project take place?)

Date  Milestone 

14. What technology will be used to complete this project. Consider all hardwaretools, websites and software. 

Hardware(Computers/Peripheral

Devises) Currently Available, If So

Where/How  Needed, If So Cost andWhere to Get It 

Software (Specify WhchParner Will Use This)  Currently Available, If So

Where/How  Needed, If So Cost andWhere to Get It 

Internet Resources(List

URLs) How will you make these

available to yourstudents?

If there is a charge for thisresources, how much is

it?

15. Estimated Budget.

* Cost to join a project

* Cost of tools, and where they can be purchased, necessary to successfullycomplete the project

* Proposed method of getting funding for this project (if needed)

* How you might do this project if no funds are available.

16. Constraints *Concerns you have about this project.

*What to you envision as your greatest challenges? *How might you continue this project if your partner cannot complete it?

*What roadblock or obstacles might prevent you from doing or finishing this project?How might you deal with these?

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 17. What kind of ongoing support do you envision needing to be successful?

18. How will you publish and showcase your project? 

* How will you and your partners celebrate your success? 

* What grants and awards might you apply for after you successfully complete thisproject?

* After successfully completing this project how might you continue, extend it? 

* After sucessfully completing this project how might you help others who would liketo try doing a global project with their students?