Integrating Technology Into Projects

My students recently completed a project called "Selling Science."  They had a lot of fun with the interdisciplinary part, they researched scientific issues or phenomenon in Chemistry and created chemistry demos to showcase their issue.  In Humanities they created podcasts that showcased the issue and found experts in fields related to their topic to interview for sound bytes.  While they weren't too thrilled with the extensive revision process and vetting of scripts, they were intent on doing well in the NPR student competition they were submitting their podcasts to.  Exhibition was a success for the most part, and they incorporated technology through a projector displaying the voting results for best podcasts, and parents and visitors could vote through PollEverywhere and everyone got to see the competition for votes.

However I was somewhat concerned that the students were sending off their podcasts to NPR and likely never interact with them again.  So I helped them and my cooperating teacher create a QR code sheet that could be emailed out to the school and displayed on their Digital Portfolios to at the very least archive their efforts for whatever future use they may have for it but hopefully create a real audience and inspire other teachers to incorporate similar practices in their teaching.