Project Based Learning
For BYOD and 1-1 Schools
Rita Ayers, Professional Development Specialist, 1 Old School
Giving Students Choices
We don't give students a set of watercolors and tell them to color everything blue. Yet, we frequently limit their options when it comes to showing us what they have learned.
BYOD and 1:1 classrooms can provide teachers the flexibility to allow their students choices when assigning projects. Every student may not have the same apps as their classmates, so instead of requiring the students to use a particular app or website, why not give them a choice? You will find that student engagement and creativity will increase when students are given the freedom to use different tools to deliver content.
How to Assess?
What do you do when they don't all have a device?
First Things First
Free Resources for Video Projects
Make Your Own Cartoon Network
PowToon
Teachers could also use PowToon as an introduction or a teaching tool.
ToonDoo
Moovly
ToonDoo Samples
Create an Interactive InfoGraphic with ThingLink
The White House - note the YouTube videos embedded on this one
My Hometown - about Fairhope
Free Resources for Web Projects
Examples of other assignments that give students choices:
Articles:
Use the Camera on their Device as a Scanner
Instead of waiting for a slow scanner to scan in page after page of a document, just snap pictures and create a multi-page PDF with any of a number of free apps. One good one is Genius Scan.
Here's a link to a huge list of ideas for how to use Genius Scan (or any other device "scanner" for that matter.)