Wave II

Building Blocks for College Readiness

After receiving more than 230 initial applications, NGLC announced final winners in June 2011. Read more about the winning projects below.

“We believe learning technologies and next generation design models can produce transformative change for students by personalizing learning, and making it more meaningful by relating to their passions and interests." 

- Susan Patrick, International Association for K-12 Online Learning

Grantees

  • CAST, Inc.

    Grantee Category: WAVE II Website: http://www.cast.org/

    Universal Design for Learning Modules: Supporting Literacy in Physics CAST, in collaboration with science curriculum developer Education Development Center (EDC), has created a series of next generation learning modules (or curriculum units) that address the urgent call for high-quality science...

  • Classroom, Inc.

    Grantee Category: WAVE II Website: http://www.classroominc.org/

    Transit to High School: Drop-in Modules to Prevent Dropouts Classroom, Inc. is a national nonprofit that accelerates achievement in reading and math for struggling students through authentic workplace simulations and with teachers who facilitate active learning. Reading in the Real World, The...

  • DaVinci Minds

    Grantee Category: WAVE II Website: http://www.davinci-minds.com/

    WhyPower – Integrated Math, Science, and Career Education in a Learning-Based Virtual World WhyPower is a middle school program and supplemental curriculum that teaches the math and science of energy.  The platform for instruction is Whyville, the learning-based...

  • Education Development Center, Inc./Center for Children and Technology

    Grantee Category: WAVE II Website: Unavailable.

    Wordplay Games: Building World Knowledge in the Core Content Areas Wordplay Games is a suite of narratively and conceptually linked online games that uses high-frequency social studies and science words to help students develop vocabulary skills. Code Invaders is a single-player game in which...

  • Gooru

    Grantee Category: WAVE II Website: http://www.goorulearning.org

    Gooru: Learning is Social Gooru is a search engine for learning developed by a non-profit organization whose mission is to honor the human right to education. Students and teachers use Gooru to search for collections of multimedia resources, digital textbooks, videos, games and quizzes created by...

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