Monday
Jun272011
Apps for Project-Based Learning
Monday, June 27, 2011 at 8:00PM I presented Project-Based Learning in Hand at the International Society for Technology in Education conference in Philadelphia. Here are my notes for the session. My favorite part was that I asked educators in the room and on Twitter to submit favorite iOS apps for project-based learning. The resulting spreadsheet has 133 submissions. I removed spaces from app names so that I could use Wordle.net to generate the word cloud below.
The suggested apps are ones that could be used for questioning, investigating, and/or sharing. As you can see, SonicPics was submitted the most times. It's a certainly a favorite of mine. iMovie, Evernote, ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard, PuppetPals, Storyrobe, and Comic Life were also popular.
Reader Comments (6)
Thanks for sharing, Tony. Someday perhaps I'll get to go to a high powered conference where you are presenting and get a chance to meet you after these many years of following you ;) I just got a job as a tech. coordinator for a high school district and the emphasis is on 21st Century learning skills & a move toward more collaborative platforms between teachers and students. PBL is one platform. I'll enjoy checking out the list of apps you've posted. Oh, BTW. I taught 3rd grade two days/week this year in a job share and I'm still using Tungsten E & Zire handhelds for learning ;) Just thought you might like to know that handhelds are still in use. Enjoy the rest of ISTE, Tony.
Glenn (SISQITMAN)
Tony
Just put a ~ between words to create joined words in Wordle.
Such as Tony~Vincent -- :)
and then -- tada -- it joins them together...with a space between the words.
:)
Jennifer
Please visit www.wordclouder.com for great software to make wordclouds directly from ms-Word docs on your pc. It's downloadable and even for free.
Thanks for another great post Tony
We are using a Challenge Based Learning model and the students have amazed us at the way that they use apps to articulate their own learning. One of the things that other teachers always ask us about is the choice of apps that we offer the students. I have to explain that it is not the single apps that make an interesting or worthwhile lesson, it is the activities that are designed to use a combination of apps. This combination allow the students to create content that really illustrates their understanding of a concept. As always the technology is simply another pedagogical tool.
Hi Tony. This is Ron from Evernote. Just came across your post and wanted to drop by and say hello. I was actually at ISTE this year with Evernote. Sorry we weren't able to connect. Thanks so much for all the support. Let me know if you have any feedback or questions that I can help with. Best
-ron
Hi Tony,
Have you tried Tagxedo? It's like Wordle but my students prefer it.
Thanks for the list - we have used many but open to more!
Lori-Anne