Watching the videos from Tony Vincent about Project based learning with hand held devices I was inspired. I have always been a fan of project based learning. I have over the years found it difficult to make them a complete success on all levels. Tony explains the process of using hand held technology to incorporate project based learning into your classroom with ease. He gives many good tips and pointers on apps that can be used on an ipod touch or ipad to help with research and with the project itself. I was amazed at how many apps there are out there to help kids create a project from their learning. I particulary liked the idea of Idea Sketch to help with the brainstorming and researching of a topic. Another cool app to help kids that struggle with the back and form between apps to take notes and research on many sites the information you have Side by Side. The part of this video that amazed me was how kids can use the ipod touch or ipad to create slide shows and short videos using their research. A few of the apps to accomplish this are: Keynote, Sonic Pics, strip designer, and Reel director. These all work with pictures that were saved on the device and then used with narration to construct a great project to share what they have learned through this process.
Project based learning is a great motivator for kids. I can easily see how to use PBL in the subject areas of Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies, but how does this work with Mathematics. I am a math teacher at heart and I am always looking at how to use all new techniques in the math class. We have a program at my school that is very prescribed and there is very little room for variation, but I always find that projects can excite kids into learning more. How do you think this could happen? I am always looking for ideas how to incorporate PBL into the mathematics classroom.
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