Designing a PBL Project

Designing and developing a proposal for a PBL project that uses technology has proven to be a very interesting task.  Thankfully, this was a group project that allowed each of us to work to our strengths.  As the project leader it was great seeing everyone work together and offer suggestions for improvement.  This to me was the best part of the process.

As far as actually designing a project proposal, it was interesting tying different subject areas together.  I have found that there are many similarities in subjects that can be brought together using PBL.  It would be difficult I think to design a lesson for a subject that I did not teach.  I can link topics to standards and come up with sample activities, but to teach for understanding someone who teaches the subject should design the lesson.  This is something I realized more and more as we got into this proposal. 

I have learned that to have a good PBL project, you must have a good team around you.  Without support, developing something that is worthwhile is not likely.  I had a great group for this that offered support to each other and developed something that can be taken and adapted for use throughout our careers.