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Project Based Learning

Project Based Learning

Easily simulate your 3D projects in Augmented Reality. Impress your teachers and get a top grade. Express your creativity and get rid of prototyping cost and time barriers.

Rob, I've intrigued by augmented reality since I first learned about it at an EdCamp last winter. Since then I've played around with AR flashcards, Chromville and Aurasma. I can see this application used both by teachers and students. It is my hope to generate some Aurasma's next year that students can demonstrate to the public. This will work to connect student learning to the public and showcase our 1:1 ipad initiative! @travislappe is someone you should follow on Twitter - he's a tech integrationist in South Dakota that has been very active with augmented reality.

I have been intrigued by augmented reality since beginning the VREP program at my school. This resource looks like a user friendly way to introduce the concept of AR into the classroom. I have actually used Poly Fauna for a collaborative project with West Central's chorus. It was a great way to tell a story and adapt a virtual storyboard to music. It definitely expanded the lesson plans I had previously implemented with our peer groups.

A good site to get started with creating a wiki for class projects

A good site to get started with creating a wiki for class projects

Similar to Google docs, but allows you to break down a document into subtasks. You can use to-do lists to monitor your progress on a project with team members.

Similar to Google docs, but allows you to break down a document into subtasks. You can use to-do lists to monitor your progress on a project with team members.

"Use Sites to Plan club meetings and activities, share info on a secure company intranet, collaborate on a team project, or stay connected with family members

This allows teachers to hold a forum. Students can reply with audio or text to a question. They can even draw on the existing image to make a point. Others in the group can then respond in turn.

As you could tell from our class using it, I think this would be great for small group discussions versus the whole class. I could see this being used efficiently for a group presentation that the students would create and then have another group comment on the voice thread for pointers on what to consider, etc. This resource is definitely both uses depending on how you set it up whether it is a teacher forum or a student led forum.

Great site to use for collaborative projects. So many ways to share and communicate.

Free resources for teachers, educational ideas and tips, educational topics, Personal Learning Networks, Project Based Learning, Google, Evernote, Discovery Education and more.

Store documents in Dropbox and share them with colleagues.  They can edit the documents and save them in Dropbox and it will update on everyone's copy.  

Dropbox has been a life saver for me with my 8th grade science kids. We do a weather photo project and they must digitally send it to me. Well, the photo projects are usually too large for email so Dropbox to the rescue. This product is one that both teacher and students can use. Perfect for collaboration as others can edit what you share with them. A similar product would be Google Drive.

Students can answer poll questions and multiple choice questions which are projected. The results are made into a graph. They can also text answers to open-ended questions.

Curriki offers teachers a place to find lesson/material ideas for current projects they might be working on. This website also gives teachers a place to collaborate with each other for free!

Students are able to create stories or reports using Nanoogo.  They can put in a picture of a famous person from our past, such as Martin Luther King, and then create a project about him using Nanoogo.

Fun easy way to share information in a poster/flyer form online

I love Smore posters! I used it to publicize my Bakery Business project and it was nice to have the social media outlets built in. My students also used it to make individual posters to print and hang around the school. It was nice to have a choice of mediums. I added Canva to this list but it is not as well adapted for online use. Smore is unique in its ability to forward through various social media networks and embed in email but still look so nicely done in print.

Multimedia poster/collage - could be used by student or teacher to present /share info

An alternative to the standard poster or other presentation tools. This is a highly interactive and customized digital poster board. Teachers are able to set up student accounts that are linked to their teacher account for FREE!

An alternative to the standard poster or other presentation tools. This is a highly interactive and customized digital poster board. Teachers are able to set up student accounts that are linked to their teacher account for FREE!

I have to give a shout-out to William Chamberlain for putting this platform out for others to use. I has been a great tool to allow my classes to connect with classes and students across the country and the world safely and well. Super tool.

I agree with Scott on this resource. Kidblog was a great way to introduce blogging to middle school students. It allows students the freedom to maintain their own page but allows teachers to supervise their postings and comments. We, my co-teachers and I, gave students the choice of using this site as one choice of a book project. I would say Kidblog's use is mainly for students, again under the direction of a teacher. I know of no other site that gives teachers the control and a listing for class blogs.

Skype in the classroom gives students and teachers a free and safe way to communicate with other students, educators, authors, or others who want to have input in the classroom!

I didn't know this existed! As Skype accounts are so prevalent, I could see as a teacher using this to Skype with a sister classroom somewhere else in the country (or world!) for project collaboration. Also it would be useful for interacting with an 'expert' in the field somewhere, using their desktop or smartphone Skype app. Other possibilities are Facetime, Google Hangout, and Zoom, but I believe Skype is the easiest one to configure.

Hands down, this is my absolute favorite to do list! It is VERY easy to use and has so many options for sharing, linking, connecting any of your content. Their Android app is very good quality too!

Flickr offers students and teachers a great way to share photos or for educational purposes such as projects or research.

QR code generator. Has some options other than plain B/W. Pretty cool!

I like QR Stuff so much I have even paid for its use. I like that they keep track of your history in a paid subscription. I've used QR Stuff to create vocabulary scavenger hunts, to make a poster of sites to share with other teachers and post a video of the scavenger hunt to share. I've even made my own audio book recordings through QR Stuff. I see this resource as one to be used by students and teachers. The site has so many options for teachers to create codes for their classrooms. Students can link documents to digital portfolios, QR Creators are popular, but I haven't found another one that offers as many choices in codes and personalization features as QR Stuff. Ben you should look into Aurasma, an augmented reality app that adds a 3D component. And Socrative can be used for formative assessments.

QR codes are great for students, teachers and community members. I would guess many students and adults are familiar with them and if they don't know how to use them, know someone who is. Renee and Ben, I know some teachers use QR codes as a link to their Aurasma pages. I like this site because it offers more than the first-generation QR code generators. I can see many uses - I'd love to try one of the t-shirt or visual AR codes. I'm a fan of Tagxedo, which reminds of of the visual AR codes shown on the website.