Almost 100 Ways to Demonstrate Learning Digitally!

When I was teaching I would get a handful of students every year that had a deep passion for cooking. One particular student was interested in cooking, science, and travel. Together we designed a project-based learning experience that combined those three interests. ​

This student coordinated a fundraiser to raise money for a school trip that blended her loves of science and cooking. She learned about chemistry concepts by experimenting in the kitchen. She then created a cookbook using FlipSnack with original recipes that demonstrated chemical reactions, and sold the cookbook to friends, families, and neighbors in the community. This project inspired me to do kitchen inquiry with my own children last year, which I posted about in this blog. Check that out for fun kitchen science activities! 

This student could have learned about chemical reactions, thrown some definitions and formulas onto a poster board, presented it to her class, and called it a day. Instead she applied the content to real-life and created a product that could be shared digitally. 

With the onset of Covid related school closures, the means to create innovative final products is more important than ever. A while ago I published a post here with over 100 innovative end product ideas for project-based learners. Below is a list of ways to create and share each of those final product options digitally. 

If you are new to project-based learning, or you are experienced but are looking for time-saving strategies, check out my project-based learning planner. Use the templates to develop unlimited PBL experiences. You can also check out my guided PBL resources, which all focus on a theme and include end product ideas, all of which have a digital option. 

Project-Based Learning Digital End Product Ideas

Online Images (Ex: Canva, Photoshop):

• Illustrate and write a comic book
• Make a "mural" that can be displayed as computer wallpaper
• Create a storyboard 
• Make a calendar
• Write a newsletter (could also do this using a book creator such as FlipSnack)
• Awareness campaign
• Charts and graphs
• Make a travel brochure (or any brochure for that matter)
• Business cards
• Fliers
• Theme poster
• Concept maps (try Lucidchart or Creately)
• Diagram
• Infographic
• Graphic organizer 
• Postcard
• Collage

Google Maps:

I use Google Maps for a lot of things including student-designed tours, storytelling, and more. Check out this post with end product ideas using Google Maps. If you're looking to save time or are looking for PBL guidance, check out this high school PBL resource that uses Google Maps as an end product tool.

Interactive Presentations (Ex: Google Slides, Wick Editor):

• Create an interactive learning activity for a relevant audience
• Make your own trivia template with moveable parts
• ​Create an interactive exhibit 
• ​Design an interactive tour
• Make a "board game" that can be played online (Try https://www.gamestructor.com/  and https://www.wickeditor.com/#/)
• Design a moving model (simulates a concept such as neurotransmission with an interactive moving model)
• Create an interactive storyboard
• Interactive timeline  Ex: RWT Timelines
• Make a quiz (Ex: quiz-maker.com)
• Make an interactive map
• Build an interactive puzzle
• Advertisement
• Interactive learning stations

Movie Makers (Ex: iMovie, Movie Maker, WeVideo, etc.):

• Online tutorials
• Time lapse videos (creating art work, animal behaviors, etc.)
• Stop motion movies
• Documentaries/mini-documentaries
• Promotional videos
• Host a vlog - create video content and air it on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, etc. 
• Choreograph and record an interpretive dance
• Slideshows - Great for recaps of trips experiences, for example
• Write and record a monologue
• Make an animation (Ex: Animaker, Blender)
• Produce a news segment
• Video demo
• Make a music video
• Claymation
• Video montage

​Other digital movie making tools to check out: Screencast-O-Matic, PlayPosit, Green Screen by Do Ink, Animaker Class, Edpuzzle, Binumi, Adobe Spark, Touch Cast Studio

Online Books (Ex: FlipSnack, Book Creator):

• Create a Magazine
• Write a poetry book
• Make a photo journal
• Design a scrapbook (great for history projects)
• Write a screenplay
• Write a news article or editorial
• Write a lab report
• Short story
• Novel
• Biography (check out my guided PBL project on biographies)
• Autobiography
• Journal/diary
• Instruction manual
• Children's book (Bookbildr is great, too!)
• Book of interviews or personal essays
• Write a proposal

All of these could be completed using a simple word processor such as Microsoft Word or Google Docs, but tools such as FlipSnack offer options to insert images and video clips. 

Audio End Products (Podcasting hosts, FlipGrid, Clyp):

• Record a podcast
• Write a song and record it
• Start an online forum about the project topic
• Coordinate a debate using something like FlipGrid or Google Classroom.
• Organize a mock trial, again, using something like FlipGrid.
• Write a jingle

Other digital audio tools to check out: Anchor, Beautiful Audio Editor, StoryCorps App, Toontastic 3D storytelling app, Explain Everything, Audacity, SpeakPipe.

Blogs/Websites (Ex: Weebly, Blogger, WordPress):

• Create an art gallery to be displayed on a website or blog using online graphics and photo editing programs.
• Create a virtual museum - student(s) can create craft items or "artifacts" that represent a time in history, for example, photograph them, and organize the photos onto a blog or website for visitors to "walk through". 
• Design lesson plans for teachers to use and add them to a website for easy access.
• Showcase a product such as crafts, art pieces, or even class final products of another sort

Online Portfolios (Ex: Google Slides, Crevado):

• 21st-century skills portfolio
• Project-Based Learning Portfolio - An editable Google Slides portfolio for students to showcase ALL of their project-based learning final products and outcomes - get this for free from Experiential Learning Depot when you subscribe. 
• Create a career portfolio using something like Google Slides
• Artistic portfolio showcasing any/all artwork

Other: 

• Online trivia game using Kahoot
• Design a t-shirt
• Make an organizer using spreadsheets
• Create a fictional Facebook profile (great for book characters)
• Blueprint/floor plan (Google Sketchup is a great free option
• Write a petition using something like change.org
• Write a persuasive or informative speech and record it using the video tools mentioned above
• Write a business plan
• Host a gameshow using a video conference platform such as Google Meet or Zoom.
• Create a time capsule using something like vtcapsules.com
• Organize an online event such as a speaker series
• Host an online fundraiser
• Pinterest photo campaign

I would love to know what you are doing with your students in the virtual world! Although I have a lot of experience with in-person project-based learning, I am learning about how to make PBL meaningful and impactful digitally right along with you. Tell us about the digital tools for demonstrating learning that you love the most! I would love to make this a continuous and growing catalog of digital end product possibilities. 

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