Designing and Developing PBL

Now for the lessons learned through this project. I think I do not have a warm and fuzzy feeling about this project for several reasons. First and foremost, I had technical issues with GoogleDocs from the word Go. This was enough to send me over the edge. This was my first time using GoogleDocs, and I think it would be a cool discussion tool for the classroom if there are no issues that get in the way such as technical issues! Another problem is that I am not really keen on group work. Now, I have to say that my group was awesome! Our leader, Frances, was fearless! She did a fabulous job of organizing and offering assistance. She helped me tremendously. Shadra, Anet, and Serena also did a fabulous job with their parts of the project as well. I just hate feeling like my issues could cause havoc for someone else. I also learned that using a math standard was most likely more difficult for a PBL project. It seemed difficult to come up with lessons incorporating the technology aspects we learned this semester. It seems like using science and social studies would be easier. I certainly see how using PBL can be valuable in the classroom. It is a great organization tool to build resources to help teachers target areas that are weak across the grade level.