Day 4

Whiz, bang, squizzle, beep, lub dub, lub dub. No, these aren't the sounds of the newest breakfast cereal, they are the squeaksters hard at work with LabPro. Great, the hands-on stuff. I'm in my element. Lots of tech and lots of ideas. The data collection features lend themselves quite well to the science classes. I could possibly use them along with a strain gauge to measure the forces involved with striking a nail. Squeak skills; lots of new features and many ways to use them. I do wish that I had copies of the examples shown during the day. I could use them as building blocks to explore and inovate. As it stands right now I don't have any of them working successfully and I'm not quite sure how to fix them. Oh well, just another opportunity to be creative. PBL focused on teams and team building. Good information and many points to check as I'm building my teams. Some of these points can make or break a project. If you don't have the right makeup of your teams it won't matter how dynamic and spectacular your project appears to be. If the kids don't have their "AHAHH" moments then the project will flop. With the wrong teams then it becomes an uphill battle. Time to get to the reading assignment. Later>