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Pear Deck is a Google Slides Add-on that allows teachers to transform learning into an interactive and engaging activity. This platform promotes Social Emotional Learning by using its ready-to-use Decks that help students practice SEL skills, which is essential in a synchronous class. Students will learn to master and gain coping skills, resilience, emotional awareness, and empathy by incorporating questions that promote self-awareness into regular lessons (Peardeck, 2022).

***How does this tool support PBL in a Synchronous learning environment?

👨🏽‍🏫 It is always essential to check in on students' well-being, emotional state, and readiness for the lesson, especially at the beginning of the day or subject. This can help teachers manage students' behavior. Since this tool supports SEL, this is actually the key to success in synchronous project-based learning, according to Fester (2022).

***How does Pear Deck allow differentiation and support students' creativity and uniqueness?

✍Pear Deck primarily employs a student-mode feature to support differentiation in a synchronous class. It was recommended that teachers need to create 1-3 diagnostic questions first to check on students' prior knowledge of the topic. The teacher can create a Deck for advanced questions or research for the students who get the answers correct to push their thinking and understanding to the next level. For students who pick an answer that demonstrates a slight misunderstanding, the teacher can assign them to a different Deck of practice problems and metacognitive questions to help them better understand the mistake. Suppose students pick an answer that clearly indicates misconceptions. In that case, the teacher can pull them into a small group to work with them directly or in a breakout room if the students are learning in an online synchronous setting (Peardeck Blog Post, 2022). In addition, this tool allows creativity to flourish in the classroom as students can express their thinking through writing, drawing, and solving problems. There is creativity in how people express their ideas and get around roadblocks. Creativity is an essential quality in and out of the art room and is worth encouraging in every class. One example of teachers bringing out that kind of creativity in students is by asking compelling problem-solving and provoking questions (Pear Deck, 2019). You would be amazed at how students respond to them!

***Which project-based unit can this tool be applied to?

🚧 In a Grade K-3 Health subject, in a Safety unit: teachers can show students an age-appropriate video concerning young children's safety (Broad, 2016). Then, before students view this video, the teacher must engage the students into a discussion answering the following questions:

How much do you know about staying safe?

If you were in a dangerous situation with a stranger, would you know what to do?

Then, the whole class can start watching the video. After watching the video, students can start answering questions such as:

So, what did we learn?

What can we do as a community to keep kids safe?

***How does this tool meet the ISTE Standards for Students?

👨‍💻 Pear Deck and the Social Emotional Learning topics that contribute to a PBL success provide a bridge for students to become Empowered learners. Students do demonstrate not only their learning but also receive feedback to help them improve their understanding. We can relate this to the ISTE Standards for Students (2017), 1.1.c "Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways."

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Zoom is a secure, reliable video platform that powers all communication needs, including meetings, chats, phones, webinars, and online events.

***How does this tool support PBL in a Synchronous learning environment?
👨🏽‍🏫 Zoom's main feature is to hold a virtual synchronous class. It allows teachers and students to be in the same space to conduct classes, live discussions, webinars, and meetings. Through Zoom, a PBL activity can be done synchronously by allowing teachers to serve as coaches and guides, giving inspiration and constructive feedback to help their students succeed and complete the task. Posting challenging questions help students learn many different skills, from math and writing to critical thinking and digital publishing (Arao, 2020).

***How does Zoom allow differentiation and support students' creativity and uniqueness?
✍ Zoom's chatbox and its breakout room feature can be used for differentiation and accommodation for students with special needs, ELLs, and students with 504. Teachers can utilize the chat function to maximize student engagement and provide an alternative form of proximity, prompting, and cueing. For example, we can send individual messages to reach out to specific students with prompting accommodations to spur participation and to rephrase a question when necessary. Using the breakout rooms, teachers can assign students and send each group modified assignments and adapted materials to cater to their needs and current level (Taylor, 2020). Zoom's way of supporting creativity is its ability to connect people and allow them to communicate. Zoom is considered an innovative medium for expressing ideas, creating plans, and building toward a future limited only by human imagination. This tool brings everyone to a new level of engagement and possibilities (Zoom Video Communications, 2022).

***Which project-based unit can this tool be applied to?
🚧 All Subjects and units can be conducted through Zoom conferences. But one example involving PBL activity is the STEM activity where students have to engage in an Oil Spill experiment. The teacher can show students a mix of oil and water in a large container and add a few feathers.    Teachers can use this activity to show how oil spills affect the environment, letting them observe how the oil affected the feathers and how difficult it was to remove it from the water. Students can then discuss the best way to resolve this real-world issue (Flavin, 2019).

***How does this tool meet the ISTE Standards for Students?
👨‍💻 Attending and participating in Zoom virtual classes, teachers can model and teach students how to act as educated digital citizens. This will meet the ISTE Standards for Students (2017) as 1.2.b, "Students engage in positive, safe, legal and ethical behavior when using technology, including social interactions online or when using networked devices."

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Smart Board Mx is an interactive technology-based display that gives educators all the essential applications, files, and browsers needed in any connected classroom and highly engaging learning. This tool has a streamlined way of delivering lesson to students.

***How does this tool support PBL in a synchronous learning environment?
👨🏽‍🏫 This tool supports project-based learning in a synchronous learning setting as it allows teachers to display questions on the interactive board. Teachers and students can also learn collaboratively, share files, access online resources, and use educational software to help them come up with solutions to presented problems (Smart Technologies, 2022a).

***How does Smart Board MX allow differentiation and support students' creativity and uniqueness?
✍ Smart Board MX allows differentiation, collaboration, and creativity as it has many features, such as touchscreen, digital ink, and personalization features, making lessons interactive. Its touchscreen and digital ink features allow everyone to write on the board, move objects, post images, and write captions and sentences. The teacher can model for students how to write an essay and provide various sentence starters for different groups of students. Smart Board Mx can also be connected to Google Files, Lumio, and many other essential applications that can be used for differentiation. For example, in Lumio, teachers can create group workspaces, dividing students into teams so they can work together on a task in smaller groups.

***Which project-based unit can this tool be applied to?
🚧 This applies to all grade levels in Math, Reading, Social Studies, Science, Health, etc. A good example lesson is during fraction lessons in math from grades 2–5, the teacher can display a digital manipulative where students use different blocks to fill in equivalent fractions (Smart Technologies, 2022b). This math concept can be used by students in a real-world situation, such as slicing pizza equally.

***How does this tool meet the ISTE Standards for Students?
👨‍💻 The use of Smart Board MX in the classroom will expose students to emerging educational technologies; therefore, this tool meets ISTE Student Standards as Empowered Learners, 1.1.d, "Students understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use, and troubleshoot current technologies, and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies."

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PenPal Schools is a platform that brings students from 150 countries together to make new friends and explore the world. It has 50 different topics that drive collaboration and project creation, such as world news, global warming, food, cultures, technologies, environment, and many more

***How does this tool support PBL in asynchronous learning environments?
👨🏽‍🏫 Penpal Schools rose to prominence during the COVID-19 lockdown, where all teachers and students had to stay home but had to continue teaching and learning. Using this platform, students feel connected and simultaneously explore and solve real-world global problems by participating in a discussion. For example, teachers can link their students globally. Global connections help them become more engaged and develop social and emotional skills like empathy. However, they are also encouraged to develop their communication abilities, such as reading, writing, and computer literacy. In addition, global connections can take project-based learning units to the next level. According to Andrew Miller, "PBL naturally connects to global readiness as it focuses on complex issues, problem-solving, and taking action" (PenPal Schools Blog, 2020).

***How does PenPal Schools allow differentiation and support students' creativity and uniqueness?
✍ PenPal Schools lessons are self-guided, differentiated, and have mixed media to ensure all students are engaged and inspired. It has topics for students to create projects, which include Race in America, Protecting the Planet, Clothing and Culture Around The World, and Fake News. Students have the freedom to choose the topic that interests them. The projects are suitable for learners aged 8 and above, and the platform currently supports English, Spanish, French, and Mandarin (Wilson, 2018). According to Heins (2020), Penpal writing is a great way to communicate with people worldwide. It can serve as a creative outlet for students to express themselves and share their skills, ideas, and work with others.

***Which project-based unit can this tool be applied to?
🚧 This can be applied in Science, History, Social Studies, Reading, Math, and all other subjects. One great example is the World of Geometry topic. This will enable to connect students ages 10 through 18 to practice geometry skills through collaborative online activities. The participants of this topic will answer an essential question: "How can studying geometry help us learn about communities around the world?" Then students have options for projects they can create, such as redesigning a place or a space in their community, planning a road trip, exploring different careers by interviewing people or designing a project related to the topic (PenPal School, 2020).

***How does this tool meet the ISTE Standards for Students?
👨‍💻 PenPal School can connect students from other countries; they can collaborate, accomplish projects, and solve problems. This definitely can be linked to the ISTE Standards for Students as Global Collaborators, primarily on 1.7.a, "Students use digital tools to connect with learners from a variety of backgrounds and cultures, engaging with them in ways that broaden mutual understanding and learning."

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Flip (formerly Flipgrid) is a video-based application that enables discussion and collaboration across various devices in a fun and exciting way, making it perfect for classroom use (Edwards, 2022).

***How does this tool support PBL in an Asynchronous learning environment?
👨🏽‍🏫 With Flipgrid, educators can explore topics in the Disco Library (Disco means Discover) for students to use as a PBL focus. With the features, students have many options for sharing their learning (Poth, 2020). Flipgrid works best in an asynchronous learning environment as students need space, especially a quiet space, to create their videos.

***How does Flip allow differentiation and support students' creativity and uniqueness?
✍ Flipgrid affords educators the ability to differentiate instruction for all students. For example, for small group instruction, teachers can create a grid and the topic board, and students will use a code to access the class grid where they can join in the discussion or make discussion videos. Students can also work independently. This is also beneficial for students at various levels (Bolden, 2021). Teachers can provide sentence starters and post a video to model an answer to a question posted. It also has a text-to-speech feature that can help struggling readers, and English Language Learners can benefit from its Closed Caption and Immersive Reader support. This tool also allows students to work at their own pace, fostering a sense of ownership and pride in completing tasks. Flip also amplifies students' creativity by having the freedom to choose their video background, music, characters, and effects.

***Which project-based unit can this tool be applied to?
🚧 In Grade 2 RELA (Reading Language Arts), in the unit "Be a Super Citizen,":  students can discuss and collaborate on how they can contribute to the community and answer the essential question, "How can being a good citizen make a difference to others?"

***How does this tool meet the ISTE Standards for Students?
👨‍💻 The use of this tool supercharges students' voices and enhances their collaboration skills. Using the Gridpals in Flip (Flipgrid) supports them as Global Collaborators since they can communicate with other students not only with their classmates or other students in different classes but also worldwide (Flip, 2022). So, we can align this with the ISTE Standards for Students (2017), specifically, the 1.7 Global Collaborators, "Students use digital tools to broaden their perspectives and enrich their learning by collaborating with others and working effectively in teams locally and globally."

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We express ourselves in different ways. On Flip, you can use our simple and fun built-in camera to record your thoughts, add effects and share within your Flip group as video, audio only or text in your web browser or mobile app.

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Flip is a video discussion and sharing app, free from Microsoft.

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The world's largest children's social network, Zigazoo, is among the top 5 kids' apps available on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Children respond to challenges issued by the world's biggest children's brands, create short-form videos and share them with their friends.

***How does this tool support PBL in an asynchronous learning environment?
👨🏽‍🏫 Teachers can use this tool to support asynchronous learning by locating projects appropriate for their students first. Then, they can start by exploring the project ideas or creating their own challenges or questions. Challenges can be used to introduce a topic to determine what the students already know, assess learning, or assess comprehension at the end of a unit to encourage discussion about further learning or connections to other topics. Teachers might tailor video assignments to almost any subject they teach in class with a bit of imagination. Encourage students to reflect on what they want to include in their videos before responding to the question assignments (Zigazoo, 2020).

***How does Zigazoo allow differentiation and support students' creativity and uniqueness?
✍ Zigazoo encourages creativity and differentiation since it allows students to be proud of their learning by creating original content. They can use Zigazoo as a response tool to formulate deliberative responses to the difficulties or questions given by the teacher. Zigazoo can be effective whether the student is talking about a significant historical event, teaching a new math concept, or just wanting to inspire students' creativity.

***Which project-based unit can this tool be applied to?
🚧 This tool can be applied to many different academic subjects. One example is in Grades 1-2 Science, during the Characteristics of Saltwater and Freshwater units, students can be given a task to record a short video of an experiment sinking or floating. The teacher can provide clear instructions and a list of objects students can use for the experiment. Then students can discuss what they have learned from this activity.

***How does this tool meet the ISTE Standards for Students?
👨‍💻 Since students are creating their own videos and delivering them to their audience or viewers, this can meet the ISTE Standards for Students (2017) as Creative Communicators, 1.6.d., "Students publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences."

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Canvas is a web-based learning management system LMS used by educational institutions, teachers, and students to create and access online course materials and share information regarding skill improvement and academic success.

***How does this tool support PBL in both Synchronous and Asynchronous learning environments?
👨🏽‍🏫 In response to the pandemic and the advancement of technology, educators have become more focused on how to blend synchronous and asynchronous learning to optimize student outcomes. This kind of learning can be successful when using a reliable LMS. Canvas by Instructure can definitely deliver this service (Instructure Team, 2020). The Canvas LMS supports project-based learning by posting challenging problems or questions in the Discussion section. Synchronously, teachers and students can meet via its video conferencing tool, BigBlueButton, to see and interact with each other and participate in a discussion and problem-solving task in real-time. Asynchronously, teachers can post assignments with pre-recorded lectures or videos and, together with them, a worksheet, quiz, or independent work tasks with clear and concise instructions.

***How does Canvas allow differentiation and support students' creativity and uniqueness?
✍ Teachers can arrange differentiated assignments by choosing different due dates and availability dates for tasks, quizzes, and discussions using the Canvas tool. Quizzes can only be differentiated for individual students or sections; assignments and graded conversations can be tailored for any student, section, or group. You can specify whether the assignment is only for particular students, sections, or groups or if it is given to everyone in the class as well (Canvas Support - Simon Fraser University, n.d.). There are so many ways to foster creativity in Canvas LMS. Teachers can assign students to creative writing tasks, collaborative discussions, and recording videos and audio. Teachers can also integrate other tools into their lessons through Canvas to harness high-impact learning experiences for their students. For example, Adobe Spark. Using Adobe, students can have the best learning experiences involving creativity. Soft skills like creativity, problem-solving, and creative communication help students succeed. Students develop these skills by creating images, designs, websites, videos, and other media to tell their stories, express their ideas, and demonstrate their learning (Instructure Team, 2021).

***Which project-based unit can this tool be applied to?
🚧 This can be applied to all subjects and units. However, one good example is the K–5 Writing Workshop unit; students can be tasked with writing informational texts like an "All About" book. To enhance creativity, teachers can integrate Adobe Spark into this project so students can write and create graphic designs or videos on their chosen topic.

***How does this tool meet the ISTE Standards for Students?
👨‍💻 Students can create and express their learning in various ways through Canvas LMS. So, we can associate it with the ISTE Standards for Students (2017) as Creative Communicators, 1.6.c "Students communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively by creating or using a variety of digital objects such as visualizations, models or simulations."

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***How does this tool support PBL in both Synchronous and Asynchronous learning environments?
👨🏽‍🏫 Jamboard can be utilized in both synchronous and asynchronous classrooms. In a synchronous setting, Jamboard is used to brainstorm ideas between classmates, complete interactive activities, and play games. Jamboard can be used in an asynchronous setting to illustrate ideas during the lecture, collaborate at sporadic intervals, and share ideas on an ongoing collaborative project (Abebe, 2020). As a Project-based learning tool, Jamboard can be used to have students come up with potential solutions to real-world problems like reducing plastic in the ocean. Students identify the problem, research a solution and support it with evidence as long as the teacher provides them with proper guidance and instructions during this activity.

***How does Jamboar allow differentiation and support students' creativity and uniqueness?
✍ Jamboard supports creativity among students since they can use its features such as shapes, colored sticky notes, and digital pen or drawing tools. Students can also upload images and type texts using different font sizes (Miller, 2020). Teachers can organize color coding for different groups of students. For example, if a teacher has three groups, she/he can create three separate Jamboard for the Blue, Green, and Red groups. This color coding helps the teacher quickly identify which group of students she/he is creating the Jamboard for and can start differentiating instructions and worksheets from here.

***Which project-based unit can this tool be applied to?
🚧 In Grades 1-3 Math, specifically in the Measurement unit: students can be assigned to different groups depending on their mastery level. For example, if the blue group is the expert-level group, the teacher can provide them with activities to measure objects without visual models. The teacher can provide measuring activities with visual models if the green group is at the intermediate level. Lastly, if the Red group is below-grade level students, they can be given a task to measure objects with visual models, word banks, and sentence starters or sentence frames.

***How does this tool meet the ISTE Standards for Students?
👨‍💻 According to the Oklahoma Public School Resource Center (2019), educators must use Jamboard because it is highly inclined with the ISTE Standards for students such as being a Global Collaborator - (1.7.a) connect with learners, (1.7.b) examine issues from multiple viewpoints, and (1.7.c) contribute constructively to teams. The standard on being a Digital Citizen is also applicable, particularly the (1.2.b) Students engage in positive, safe, legal, and ethical behavior. Students can also be considered Creative Communicators - (1.6.b) create original or remixed works, and (1.6.c) communicate complex ideas using visualizations.

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Nearpod is an online presentation technology platform that enables teachers to incorporate interactive videos, 3D models, multiple-choice quizzes, and gamified quizzes into the content delivery (MacDonald, n.d.).

***How does this tool support PBL in both Synchronous and Asynchronous learning environments?
👨🏽‍🏫 Nearpod can be used synchronously in "in-person or remote class" or asynchronously in "student-paced" sessions where the teacher sets the pace—using Nearpod as an ed tech tool supports project-based learning in numerous ways! Students have the chance to collaborate and connect with others using the media and formats they want. Successful project-based learning initiatives require teamwork, communication, and critical thinking. Nearpod can assist with each step of the PBL; therefore, it is considered a fantastic technological tool for teaching (Morgan, 2022).

***How does Nearpod allow differentiation and support students' creativity and uniqueness?
✍ The formative assessment activities in Nearpod help differentiate instruction. Students can submit drawn responses to open-ended questions, participate in polls and quizzes, and even write brief notes on Collaborate Board. Teachers can also pose open-ended questions. These features enable teachers to quickly assess their individual student's progress and address any concerns or misconceptions. This tool provides room for creative flexibility. The 'Open-Ended Questions' feature allows the teacher to pose a question or set up a scenario for the students to respond to. With this tool, teachers can facilitate creative writing tasks. Students can also submit audio responses within Nearpod. This feature is specifically available within the Open-Ended Question activity. With this feature enabled, students can choose to enter text, audio, or both within an Open-Ended Question. This feature is also beneficial for struggling readers (Nearpod, 2020). Teachers can also enable the Immersive Reader in Nearpod to assist English Language Learners.

***Which project-based unit can this tool be applied to?
🚧 In Grades K-5 Social Studies during the Culture unit: students can be given a task to share their cultural celebrations using the Collaborative Board in Nearpod. They can record an audio response, upload a video responding to a discussion, or even post a gif (The Nearpod Team, 2022).

***How does this tool meet the ISTE Standards for Students?
👨‍💻 The use of Nearpod can be aligned to the ISTE Standards for Students (2017) as Digital Citizens. This tool, and the PBL assignment cited here as an example, is very interactive. Nearpod can also be a presentation and assessment tool, allowing students to respond to questions in asynchronous learning and in live lessons. With this, it can provide an opportunity for teachers to point out or provide feedback on responsible digital citizenship behaviors (Randles, 2020).

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Padlet is an educational technology tool that provides cloud-based software for hosting a real-time collaborative web platform where users can upload, organize, and share content on virtual bulletin boards. Since this tool is highly geared towards collaboration, it can also be used as a discussion board where participants can add or type in their comments and like posts if the teacher approves this in the setting.

***How does this tool support PBL in both Synchronous and Asynchronous learning environments?

👨🏽‍🏫 This tool supports project-based learning both in synchronous and asynchronous learning environments because students' exchange of discussions is not limited. Padlet supports real-time interaction, sharing, and collaboration as a synchronous learning environment. Padlet will enable students to learn at their own pace and time in an asynchronous learning environment (Sondgeroth, 2017).

***How does Padlet allow differentiation and support students' creativity and uniqueness?

✍ The layout of the Padlet with different wall designs is already a good start for differentiation and creativity. Students and teachers can decide which wall layout is best suited for their PBL activity. For example, the canvas layout is suitable for mind-mapping activities that help learners see relationships among concepts. The wall layout is excellent for posting pictures with captions or descriptions. The shelf layout is ideal for organizing entries into clearly labeled headers, sections, and questions. Collecting students' thoughts or examples linked to important themes is helpful when trying to get them involved, especially in a collaborative activity (EdTechTeacher, 2017). Teachers can also provide sentence starters or sentence frames to guide students in writing their answers or starting a discussion. The freedom to choose different layouts and the opportunity to share and collaborate can significantly increase students' engagement.

***Which project-based unit can this tool be applied to?
🚧 In the Grade 2 Science lesson in the Earth's Surface unit: students are tasked to locate local bodies of water, including the characteristics of water and the water cycle.

***How does this tool meet the ISTE Standards for Students?

👨‍💻 This tool can help meet the ISTE Standards for Students, being a Knowledge Constructor, specifically the 1.3.a–"Students plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits." In this specific area of the standards and with this project-based learning assignment, students are able to use multiple research strategies, such as digital or printed materials, to construct their learning and put it into a Padlet, which is considered a bookmarking or online notetaking tool.