Technology-Based Tools for Project-Based Learning by Laura Dalton https://padlet.com/daltonl4/ntdcm6v1d1bqv9if Tools and Media resources that teachers can use to facilitate project-based learning in both synchronous and asynchronous learning environments. en-us 2022-06-05 22:09:16 UTC 2022-10-26 02:09:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f5a5.png daltonl4 https://padlet.com/daltonl4/ntdcm6v1d1bqv9if/wish/2212686793 Description Padlet is a virtual bulletin board. Participants can simultaneously submit posts of any content type, including text, documents, images, videos, audio, and links.
Support for PBL The use of Padlet assists students in keeping the focus on learning, a key component of PBL (Jain,2021), by managing their time to research materials provided by the teacher within the assigned task. Padlet can also serve as a presentation platform to demonstrate learning by creating a digital artifact.
Asynchronous Learning Padlet may be utilized for collaborative group projects since it eliminates the requirement for group members to meet face-to-face. Students may work on group assignments at their leisure while still viewing every modification or contribution made by group members as soon as they are made (Farber, 2018). Padlet also provides an asynchronous platform in which students can provide feedback on learning (UTM,n.d.).
PBL Activity Discover the effects and types of different weather conditions. Create or borrow a Padlet to provide the resources for students. Post reflections in a shared document, such as Google Docs, Padlet, or an online forum. After sharing and receiving feedback from peers and teachers, students can use a video weather forecast for one or more weather events.
ISTE Standards for Students: 1.6 Creative Communicator;1.7 Global Collaborator. Padlet can touch on numerous ISTE Standards depending on how it is used. By collaborating with others, students may use digital tools to widen their viewpoints and deepen their learning. Also, by using Padlet students can learn to use technology tools to communicate properly and creatively.]]> 2022-06-06 21:20:34 UTC https://padlet.com/daltonl4/ntdcm6v1d1bqv9if/wish/2212686793 daltonl4 https://padlet.com/daltonl4/ntdcm6v1d1bqv9if/wish/2212706198 Description Flipgrid is a digital tool for teachers and students to collaborate and learn. Teachers can design "grids" similar to that of a message board, to allow video conversations. Teachers ask questions called "topics" and students post video replies.
Support for PBL Teachers may utilize Flipgrid to choose themes from the Discovery Library for students to use as a PBL focus. Flipgrid also offers a range of options for students to share their learning, participate in conversations, and trade ideas. PBL is an iterative process that necessitates reflection, guiding students to become more autonomous learners and generate more enthusiasm for learning (Pieratt, 2020). Students may receive timely and authentic feedback, which is essential for learning, as well as give peer feedback and strengthen their communication and collaboration skills (Dené Poth, 2020). 
Asynchronous Virtual learning can be made easier with Flipgrd. Students can connect, have access to videos, and can create and comment on their videos at their own pace According to research, video-based talks can increase relationships between instructors and students and are preferred by students (Lowenthal & Moore, 2020). Group cohesiveness, a fundamental sign of social presence, has been proven to be enhanced by using online video discussions (Lowenthal & Moore, 2020).
PBL Activity Research, investigate, and react to a genuine, engaging, and challenging subject or situation. Students can then videotape themselves responding to the question and fixing the problem. Exchange grids with another school or with external collaborators in order to connect with and receive  feedback from other teachers.
ISTE Standards Students are actively engaged while using Flipgrid, sharing their questions, comparisons, and connections (Harrington, 2019). This process can help develop student's skills as creative communicators, specifically practicing ISTE Standard 6 to communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats, and digital media appropriate to their goals (Harrington, 2019).]]> 2022-06-06 21:53:02 UTC https://padlet.com/daltonl4/ntdcm6v1d1bqv9if/wish/2212706198 daltonl4 https://padlet.com/daltonl4/ntdcm6v1d1bqv9if/wish/2212707812 Description Google Drive is an online storage facility for Google Docs and other types of files users choose to submit. Drive connects with Docs, Sheets, and Slides, cloud-native collaboration applications that allow your team to generate content and interact in real-time (Google. n.d.).
Support for PBL Project-based learning involves students cooperating on artifacts outside of class time, and teachers must be able to monitor project progress and assess each student's unique contribution (Ó Broin & Raftery, 2011). . Google Docs is a free internet application solution that allows for collaboration. Google Docs allows students in different places to work concurrently but independently on the same artifact. Teachers can be included to observe each project group and track the progress of the work (Ó Broin, & Raftery, 2011).
Asynchronous and Synchronous Google Drive can be effective in both learning environments. During Synchronous learning, documents and materials can be pulled from Google Drive and shared with students. Asynchronously, Students working on group projects can access a shared Google Drive to collaborate.
PBL Activity PBL can be supported by using Google Drive to maintain and store artifacts and collaborative documents. Shared drives can be monitored by teachers. Google allows educators unlimited storage space, removing the need for hard copies.
ISTE Standards Using Google Drive can assist students in meeting ISTE Standard 1.3 Knowledge constructor, and 1.6 Creative communicator by facilitating the creation of resources and artifacts making learning meaningful and providing opportunities for students communicate and organize their information with a variety of the platforms, tools, styles, formats.]]> 2022-06-06 21:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/daltonl4/ntdcm6v1d1bqv9if/wish/2212707812 daltonl4 https://padlet.com/daltonl4/ntdcm6v1d1bqv9if/wish/2212708110 Description Belouga is a worldwide education platform that allows for meaningful peer-to-peer and classroom interaction, communication, and collaboration. Belouga provides an individualized learning experience for instructors and students through community and content (Belouga, n.d.).

Support for PBL Belouga connects real-world issues, dynamic information, and cross-curricular applications to make learning more relevant (Bindel, 2021). Belouga provides excellent project-based learning ideas with a curriculum that directs students to act on what they learn (Bindel, 2021). Planning project timelines is made easy as this information is provided for each project. Teachers may use the dashboard to track student progress and interact with other teachers (Bindel, 2021 ).
Asynchronous Teachers can use Belouga asynchronously by choosing specific films to accompany current events, class discussions, or SEL exercises. Students might also connect with a classmate from another country and then show their learning to their classroom via remote collaboration (Lister, 2020). Belouga is a great resource for asynchronous collaboration on meaningful topics..
PBL Activity Use the Explore tab to Select a Belouga project on a specific topic of interest. Students can pair up with another teacher's class student and ask about their community, food, holidays, interests, and customs.
ISTE Standards Belouga can help students extend their perspectives by investigating local and global concerns. This is in accordance with ISTE Standard 1.7 Global Collaborator. Students can construct descriptive models to comprehend complicated systems or to aid problem-solving in addressing ISTE by breaking down problems and extracting information. ]]> 2022-06-06 21:55:53 UTC https://padlet.com/daltonl4/ntdcm6v1d1bqv9if/wish/2212708110 daltonl4 https://padlet.com/daltonl4/ntdcm6v1d1bqv9if/wish/2212708161 Description Trello is a collaborative digital whiteboard with enhanced sticky notes for project planning, research, and class discussion (Joiner, 2021). Trello can be accessed at any time from a computer or phone.
Support for PBL
Use this as a planning and research tool for a project-based learning lesson. Establish one board for each unit and let groups/individuals make their own lists within the board,  communicate notes, and coordinate projects (Torphy, n.d.). It is perfect for production-oriented projects because it provides a flexible, responsive, and efficient tool for promoting open communication between students and teachers. Trello may provide students with a more real-world experience by simulating some aspects of a real-world software development environment and incorporating realistic skills into their academic assignments (Torphy, n.d).
Asynchronous and Synchronous Trello is an excellent tool for both synchronous and asynchronous communication, active learning, cooperative learning, and research. An unlimited amount of team members or collaborators can share a board (Atlassian, n.d.). Each board is a single web page that shows the board's lists horizontally on the page.
PBL Activity Trello can be used to view and manage projects. A team member who isn't pulling their weight can easily be identified when that board is visible to everyone.  Making a Trello board for a school assignment or project will motivate students to complete it because they can see their faces on the card (Fractus Learning, 2014). 
ISTE Standards Using Trello in the classroom can address ISTE Standards Knowledge Constructor, Empowered Learner, and Global Collaborator. Trello's collaborative shared action list enables students to manage and organize processes.




]]> 2022-06-06 21:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/daltonl4/ntdcm6v1d1bqv9if/wish/2212708161 daltonl4 https://padlet.com/daltonl4/ntdcm6v1d1bqv9if/wish/2212708196 Description Seesaw is a digital portfolio and interactive learning platform that allows teachers to build engaging multimedia experiences for their students (Rogowski, 2022). Seesaw lets students and teachers present their learning in creative ways. Students can participate by sharing their work, and providing peer comments (Rogowski, 2022).
Support for PBL  Seesaw gives students the role of becoming experts and sharing their knowledge with the class. The activities on Seesaw enable teachers to arrange learning and coach students through tough aspects of the process. Seesaw offers a discovery zone where teachers can pull from curated project activities, templates, and rubrics. Seesaw may also be used to assist students when they conduct independent studies through websites, databases, and other curated resources (Rogowski, 2022).
Asynchronous and Synchronous Seesaw can be used in both types of environments. Teachers can communicate with parents and students, and share activities and resources. Students can show their work, ask questions and provide feedback.
PBL Activity Help learners to submit a sequence of photographs together with notes that explain the narrative that links them (Rogowski, 2022). Allow children to participate by sharing student comments and using peer feedback to make suggestions on writing content, scientific theories, or creative ideas (Rogowski, 2022). Teachers may use Seesaw to construct digital portfolios of student work, and students can use it to display a project's end product.
ISTE Standards  Finding ways to be creative with SeeSaw can allow educators to address several ISTE Standards, such as ISTE Standard 1.1 Empowered Learner. and 1.6 Creative Communicator. Using technology to receive feedback on students' learning can enhance their understanding and allow them to demonstrate learning in a variety of ways.
 
]]> 2022-06-06 21:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/daltonl4/ntdcm6v1d1bqv9if/wish/2212708196 daltonl4 https://padlet.com/daltonl4/ntdcm6v1d1bqv9if/wish/2212708244 Description Diigo is a social bookmarking site that lets users bookmark and tag websites. Highlighting or attaching sticky notes to specific highlights on a webpage is possible. Annotations can be private, shared with a group in Diigo, or forwarded via a special link (Modern, n.d.). 
Support for PBL The Diigo app can be very useful for students who are learning how to manage online content. Online resources can be searched for, bookmarked, organized, annotated, collaborated, and shared by students (Modern, n.d.). They can also learn about numerous subjects by conducting searches with Google or other users' libraries. Students can use this to share annotated articles they have found, which will be very helpful in a group or team setting and help students complete research in a more efficient and effective way (Modern, n.d.). 
Asynchronous and Synchronous Diigo can be used in both settings. In synchronous learning teachers can share their screens and walk students through the process of using the tool, allowing students to ask questions. During break-out sessions, students can share their annotations and discuss information that they collected. Sharing a Diigo annotated list is simple in both environments.
PBL Activity Students will work together in groups to learn information about inventions/inventors, using Diigo to organize and share their information with classmates. While working in groups, students can use Diigo to explore the website's features and options.  Students may simply bookmark and keep track of several websites that will help them prepare and conduct research for a science fair project (Valasek, et al., n.d.).
ISTE Standards Students become active participants when they record and analyze their ideas. Diigo assists them with the Knowledge Constructor ISTE Standards for Students by providing a single area for curating and evaluating information (Crawford, 2016). Students can use the Diigo Outliner tool to generate tags to arrange their notes in outline style (Crawford, 2016).]]> 2022-06-06 21:56:08 UTC https://padlet.com/daltonl4/ntdcm6v1d1bqv9if/wish/2212708244 daltonl4 https://padlet.com/daltonl4/ntdcm6v1d1bqv9if/wish/2212708281 Description   PenPal Schools is a project-based learning community with skillfully designed, collaborative projects created to spark discussions on language, culture, and global issues (Wilson, 2018). Students collaborate using online topics while practicing literacy, technology, and social-emotional skills (PenPal Schools, n.d.).
Support for PBL The design of PenPal School is focused on global project-based learning. Teachers may quickly select a topic relating to a subject matter, and PenPal links your class with students of a similar grade and age level (Bizzarri, 2020). The topics include a final display project and collaborative teaching. Each collaborative lesson consists of a video, instructive reading, and a discussion question. After students respond, they may look at responses from other PenPals (Bizzarri, 2020).
Asynchronous and Synchronous PenPals can be useful in a mixed learning setting. Students can spend synchronous time participating in live conversations and digital collaborative activities. Asynchronous time can be utilized to access and examine materials, as well as to submit and read responses.
PBL Activity Students can gain feedback from a variety of views by sharing their unique poetry with an actual audience worldwide (PenPal Schools, 2020). Have students work with PenPals from all around the world to read and compose creative poems inspired by poetry from the other parts of the world. PenPal's Flags of the World Project provides students with the opportunity to learn more about flags and the nations, ideals, and movements they represent (PenPal Schools, 2020). Through Flags of the World, students will learn and apply these basic values to design a flag, recount the story behind an existing flag, or construct a flag quiz for their PenPals (PenPal Schools, 2020).
ISTE Standards 1.1 Empowered Learner, 1.2 Digital Citizen, 1.3 Knowledge Constructor]]> 2022-06-06 21:56:11 UTC https://padlet.com/daltonl4/ntdcm6v1d1bqv9if/wish/2212708281 daltonl4 https://padlet.com/daltonl4/ntdcm6v1d1bqv9if/wish/2212708341 Description Spreaker is an online and mobile platform enabling audio makers to post, share, and record their work. Spreaker may use the audio studio to record podcasts, save progression on their episodes, cut, crop, and edit recordings, and interact with listeners via live podcast recording features (Google, n.d.). Spreaker also allows its users to join a large community of audio makers who broadcast hundreds of shows, tracks, and playlists (SoftwareAdvice, 2022).
Support for PBL By creating content, students not only learn about a subject, but also develop new skills. Speaker can support project based learning by allowing students to create a digital product which will develop their digital literacy skills.
Asynchronous and Synchronous To effectively develop and aid students in comprehending all of the aspects involved, creating podcasts may necessitate both synchronous and asynchronous instruction. Students will require opportunities to set up interviews, which must be synchronous. Working strategically and methodically to complete the project will be most effective in a mixed learning environment.
PBL Activity Students should listen to selected Spreaker podcasts to identify the characteristics of a quality podcast. Students can use a Jamboard or a Google doc to brainstorm and identify the traits. Make sure your students have ample project time to focus on their podcasting projects. Guide students through the research, recording, and editing processes, as well as the creation of an interview script (Brady-Myerov, 2019).
ISTE Standards 1.3 Knowledge Constructor]]> 2022-06-06 21:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/daltonl4/ntdcm6v1d1bqv9if/wish/2212708341 daltonl4 https://padlet.com/daltonl4/ntdcm6v1d1bqv9if/wish/2213738868 Description Tract is a personalized Project-Based Learning (PBL) platform that provides students with rich, personalized projects that can be monitored and controlled through a centralized instructor dashboard (Davis, 2021). Tract allows students to learn, connect with each other, and share what they have learned with other children.
Support for PBL Students can use Tract for self-directed learning, or teachers can generate hyperlinks from projects and post a selection of Tract choices (Davis, 2021). Tract gives the framework and support to keep the whole class interested as they complete lessons aligned with PBL Works' 7 Essentials of Project-Based Learning: engaging classrooms, interesting challenges, and impact-driven, peer-to-peer encouragement.
Asynchronous and Synchronous Tract is a favored remote learning platform for PBL Works students to explore classes and online groups (Tract Learning, 2021).
PBL Activity A Tract-exclusive currency that rewards students for completed projects and empowers them to tackle real-world problems and issues they care about by allowing them to trade those coins in for real-world donations from Tract's prize board - such as protecting the coast, planting a tree, or donating a meal (Tract Learning, 2021).
ISTE Standards 1.6 Creative Communicator  and 1.4 Innovative Designer

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