TechCon Andover Public Schools

1. Project Based Learning With
Technology
Daniel Downs, Ed.D.
@danieldowns
Youtube Username:Forerunner00
Digital Learning Specialist
Andover High School

2. My Experience with PBL & Technology
• Classroom Teacher Instructing
High School Students using
Multimedia Software with
group approaches
(Technology Driven curriculum with Embedded
Skills,Podcasts,Videoa,Mobile
Applications,Animations,Web Design)
• Presentations,Projects and
Tutorials Using Screencasting
Tools (screencast-o-matic,Youtube)My
Youtube Page-Daniel Downs
• Integrated Formal &
Summative Web Based
Assessment & Project
Presentation (Google Documents)
• Authentic Collaborative Group
Projects (Real World 21st Century
Skills, Students Sharing
Knowledge, Collaboration, Leadership Skills)

3. Project Based Learning Background
What Is It?
Project-based learning is a teaching
approach that engages students in
sustained, collaborative real-world
investigations.
Projects are organized around a driving
question, and students participate in a
variety of tasks that seek to meaningfully
address this question(Coffey,2010).
History Of PBL
Why Use It?
PBL provides a format for implementing
several very powerful instructional
principles, including differentiating
instruction, scaffolding instruction, and
facilitating socially constructed
knowledge.
This approach fosters the development in
students of a sophisticated
understanding of content-area subjects,
as well as sophisticated development of
effective and efficient strategies for
informational-gathering and processing,
communicating, critical, analytical, and
creative thinking, collaborating, and goal
setting and self-evaluating.

4. Embedding Technology Into PBL
Projects Allow…….
• Independent learners with
technology and core subject
content(student engagement
with content)
• Improved skill fluency with
technology
tools(adaptability,increased
knowledge)
• Work on authentic projects and
collaborate to problem solve
(real world problems)
Sample Authentic Scenarios
• Powerful examples of learning
outcomes
(videos,presentations,online
assessments,audio recordings)

5. What kinds of projects are
immediately possible using
technology?
Project Type Available Software/Tools
Podcasts Garageband
Videos/Presentations iMovie,Prezi, Photobooth
Student Created Tutorials/Learning
Aids
Screencast-o-matic, Quicktime
Youtube
Student Critiques & Evaluations Google Documents( Forms, Docs)
SurveyMonkey, Learning Journals
Posters/Graphics Glogster,Photoshop,Illustrator,Paint
Collaboration Edmodo,WikiSpaces

6. PBL With Technology Assessment:
Sample Project Based Rubric
• What Skills Using the technology are included?
• How is core subject matter content knowledge
included?
• How are the interactions/sharing of students
assessed?
• How is core subject problem solving and content
understanding represented in the final
project/presentation?
• How Authentic are the approaches to solving the
central questions and creation of final projects?

7. Developing A PBL Rubric
Assessment
Area
Description Point Value
Project Authenticity How does the product reflect a real world
solution?
Group
Work Ethic
Was there collaboration/leadership/ethic?
Was time used effectively?
Technology
Skills
What tech skills were learned?
How was fluency with known tools improved?
Core Topics & Learning What core subject
Knowledge was shown?
Was a deeper knowledge of core learning
reflected in the learning?
Problem Solving How did students address the central problems?
Were their solutions successful?
What acquired knowledge solved problems?
Required Components Were standard project requirements met?
Were requirements integrated into projects?

8. How do We Integrate Technology Into
Classroom Projects & Lessons
• Choose Technology Driven
Final Outcomes
• Include Group Project
Conceptualization &
Planning Time
• Integrate critical technology
skills into formative &
summative assessment
• Include a final technology
driven presentation Beyond
the required project in
which student explain
process or authenticity.

9. Planning Strategies For PBL With
Technology
• Online documents or presentation space
(youtube, slideshare, edmodo, teacher tube)
• Available Technology (multimedia,web based)
• Define Outcomes (can be single or multiple
projects in the same unit:
critiques, presentations, posters)
• Develop a sample final project
• Rubric Development for PBL Unit or a simple
lesson
• Simple Modifications to existing lessons

10. In class Project Strategies To
Consider:
• Grouping(student strengths & weaknesses and group
size….your strengths and weaknesses)
• Formative & Summative Assessment(Online Learning
Journals,Critiques,Check In Quizzes,Skill tests)
• Evaluate and Inquire About Available Technology(in
classroom technology & labs)
• Conceptualization time/group process

11. Lets Walk Through A Plan!
• Let’s Walk Through Some Questions to help us
Develop A Idea for project and strategize the
development of a rubricPBL Lesson Planning
Document
• www.projectbasedlearningonline.com
Please review the linked documents for more
background information.