Jessica commented on group 1 and
Charlene commented on groups 2 and 4
Becky commented on groups 1 and 4
November Monthly SummaryBecky commented on groups 1 and 4
Group 3 has continued to work really well together as we put together some of our final group projects. At the beginning of the semester, we decided to meet on Tuesday evenings on Blackboard Messenger to discuss our assignments and how we wanted to proceed. We continued that throughout the month of November, and we found it to be quite successful. Our meetings allowed us to talk about each assignment and plan out how we wanted to approach them. It seemed that as we were more proactive in our communication, we were more effective completing the assignment.
For the Important Adult/Community Education Organizations paper, we decided to split the assignment into thirds and then come together to edit and finalize the assignment. Charlene took charge of the introduction, Becky wrote the roles & responsibilities section, and I wrapped up the discussion. We decided to write about and do more research on the adult/community education organizations that sponsor the programs we researched for the previous assignment. Having something of a theme between the assignments allowed us to further explore those organizations and gain a deeper understanding of their impacts on the community.
For our E-archive, we decided to create a website using wix.com. Becky had some experiencing using wix, so she took the lead designing the page. We then loaded our assignments to the webpage as well as short group member bios, headshots, links to resources related to our assignments, and a link to our blog. One of the challenges we faced creating this E-archive was that only Becky had much experience creating a webpage, so for Charlene and I there was a bit of a learning curve. However, the website we used to create our archive was very user friendly, and Becky was very helpful.
Ultimately, our group worked very well together. I think we each took something slightly different away from our group work experiences, but our assignments allowed us to gain a better understanding of the educational opportunities available to adults across the world. Our better understanding of these adult/community education programs and organizations will allow us to more effectively help adults who are seeking to learn.
It's very interesting that your group worked so smoothly. I guess I'd like to know more about the challenges. You hinted at them briefly, but I don't have a good sense of them. Personality, time, confusion, communication...I want something REAL to learn from in other people's groups and group work. But maybe that aspect just wasn't there and it really was all sunshine and flowers. :)
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DeleteBelieve it or not, our group worked extremely well together. There were no personality clashes among us. As we mentioned in an earlier summary, there was some time management issues on an earlier assignment, but we nipped that for future assignments and often completed assignments early. There was no need to make things "pretty" for this month's summary. If there were issues we would have definitely mentioned them throughout the semester. I guess we got lucky with our group this time around. I'm sure the other ladies in our group would agree.
~Charlene
You have done a beautiful job of creating teamwork at its best! The level of your work reveals how well you functioned. Congratulations on a successful semester!
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Darcey
Awesome review!
ReplyDeleteI think this excellent strategy served you well: "we decided to meet on Tuesday evenings on Blackboard Messenger to discuss our assignments and how we wanted to proceed. We continued that throughout the month of November, and we found it to be quite successful."
Knowing how things are going to get done and that everyone is on board is critical.
Your work did indeed reflect that.
I'm really glad to know that you had such a positive experience in your group. That should make your celebration of completing the class that much better!
Group 3,
ReplyDeleteI like how your group met regularly through Blackboard Messenger. I think that was a great idea, and I plan to use that or a similar strategy in future group projects. It's evident from the quality of all of your assignments that your group worked well together. Good work!
Good luck with the rest of the semester!
Thanks,
Jen Warrner
Jessica, Charlene, and Becky,
ReplyDeleteGroup work can be a big challenge for many students, and you did a fantastic group work, and I am glad that you all worked so well together. Like Vince noticed, it could be as simple as just meeting virtually on a regularly basis! It is actually not an easy job to meet regularly every week. It needs commitment and your dedication to the excellent group work.
Bo
Group 3,
ReplyDeleteGreat job! I think its really cool that you guys used blackboard messanger in order to talk to everyone. I didn't even know there was that available. Overall, I think you guys did a wonderful group of communicating and working together.
- Ross Reynolds
I truly looked forward to reading your three month summary based upon the first two. I believe you could be a model for how to work as a team. It is not always easy, especially when we are working in an on-line mode. I will take your lessons into my next on line course. Thanks for your work!
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