Given the multi-faceted layers of project-based learning, tracking students’ progress is essential. In episode 15, we explored how to track students' progress and examine ways to set up a project management system to help students stay organized. As an educator, you know how difficult it can be for students to manage documents, resources, and materials. Furthermore, depending on the grade level and subject area, it's possible to find yourself managing five projects or twenty-five projects, which can be overwhelming. Let's explore how you can use a free tool, Google Workspace for Education (formerly GSuites for Education), to manage students' documents, communication methods, and collaboration structures.

Tune in to hear how to:

•  Use Google Classroom to create, assess and share project assignments with students
• Discover five ways to use Google forms during your PBL unit
• Utilize Gmail and Google Meet to communicate with guest speakers
• Incorporate Google chat to plan interdisciplinary project-based learning units with colleagues
• Streamline and organize student work using Google documents, slides, spreadsheets or Jamboard
• Use Google calendar to track project milestones, and Google keep to create an organized checklist for students
•  Employ Google sites to communicate project expectations and updates with parents, guardians, and other caring adults supporting students
• Explore three additional Google resources that you may have overlooked as an instructional tool for your PBL unit

Are you ready to become a high-impact project-based educator?

1. [FREE] Download the Impactful PBL Roadmap™  planning document to craft your next project-based learning unit + receive weekly tips to enhance your facilitation skills via email.
2. [FREE] Check out The Impactful PBL Roadmap™: 9 Steps to PBL Success e-guide which covers the nine phases you need to design a memorable, authentic, and rigorous learning experience for K-8 students via project-based learning.
3. [PAID] Join our Impactful PBL Roadmap™: Launch program, an online course, coach, and community of educators exploring and implementing research-backed project-based instructional practices.

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