Observation Reflection
My observation took place March 13th during my 2nd period PE class. We were doing a consensus protocol so I could find out what my students may have already known about our projects' subject matter. The day before they chose their health condition that they were going to research. On this day we divided into our groups and they spread out along the 10 foot lines of the volley ball court. Last semester we did this and the groups were spread out all over the gym. This worked much better because they were closer to me, but far enough away from other groups to not get distracted. They had a large piece of paper with markers. Every student had their own side of the paper to write on, and in the center they had a circle they would use later. We went through a variety of questions about their chosen condition. What is it? What causes it? What problems can their condition lead to? The last thing we did was to combine any similarities they had in the center of the paper. For each question they were given a time limit to write down as much as they could. I used time limits because that is what they are use to in PE. It also kept things moving smoothly.
The consensus protocol went very well. They were very receptive, with minimal redirecting. I was surprised with how much information some of them gave. Makes me wonder if some of their family or friends may have exactly what they chose. This was the case with the diabetes group. Overall, this went much better than last semester. For one, it was with seventh grade and not sixth. Two, the space was more controlled and not so spread out. And three, this was not the first attempt at trying this. I think that doing this last semester really helped with how things went this time around.
Clark,
ReplyDeleteIt is so great that you are finding meaningful ways to incorporate PBL in your PE classroom. Time limits are a great tool to have when completing certain tasks. For me, it minimizes the down time for students while allowing them to be engaged in the task. For one tasks on m PBL, I gave them a time limit of 4 minutes. When they timer went off they begged for more time but since all groups were actively engaged, I surrendered giving them 3 more minutes.You are right about the first time being a learning curve! It is always better the second time around because you have learned so much from the first!
Hi Clark,
ReplyDeleteThank you for taking time to reflect on your pbl implementation observation with your consensus protocol. I agree with you that this was successful and students were engaged throughout this activity. I also agree with you that this activity was more successful because you had the opportunity to try it out last semester. Thank you for your willingness to implement pbl within your classes this year.
Sincerely,
Dawn