Mini Collaborative Writing Project

Participating in group activities have never really been my thing, but this project was a great experience. I got the chance to meet individuals with different problem solving solutions than I, and the people I communicate with daily. This project helped me gain communication skills amongst others when trying to make a decision, and the process of coming to an agreement. The knowledge, skills, and abilities I demonstrated throughout the weeks have grown and boosted my confidence when partaking in a group setting. I learned that people are easily offended and it may be hard to steer away from it, but it can be done. Teamwork has always been easy for me because I offer more help than needed to my teammates. The panel discussion taught me that not everyone one wants help, but the opportunity for their opinions to be considered. Each tool I have gained from this experience will make it easier for me to engage with others in the near future in a mannerly way whether it is for a grade or not.

Overall, this group project went very well and was completed on time due to the fact there everyone including myself assigned ourselves with a task role, relational role and from the start had individual roles present such as leader, compromiser, and gatekeepers in the group that made it

For this class project, I think my group worked well together on the assignments. We all saw we had responsibilities and were expected to do our own parts for each assignment we worked on. For each assignment, we would split it equally among us and used a tool called Google Docs so we were each on our own computers but working together on one file. Google Docs really made the process easier with reviewing all the information and having it all in one file. If any questions came up we had a group text to communicate when we weren’t on campus grounds for class.

Working in a group to achieve a high quality group project can be one of people’s most difficult school experiences. Working in a group is tough because there is often someone who does not pull their own weight. “There are five stages to group development, adjourning, forming, storming, performing, and norming” (John & Wiley pg 166). Christine’s group from the Case Study the Forgotten Group Member is in between the Storming and Norming Stages. The Storming Stage “is dealing with tensions and defining group tasks,” while the Norming Stage is dealing with high emotionality and tension among the group members” (John & Wiley pg. 166). Christine and her group could have had better

Overall if I reflect back on our group work I believe we worked very well as a team and my contribution to the group was significantly high because I had an aim in my mind which I focused on until the end. As I worked the extra mile for our project, it resulted that it gave us, as a team, a bit more time in preparation for our presentation and finalizing the app which was crucial at that time for us.

Communication between group members was essential to complete this project well and in a timely matter. We used the GroupMe phone application to discuss developments to the project and obstacles encountered. When group members could not meet during class, I made sure to get them caught up through the GroupMe app immediately. I feel my leadership and organization was necessary to get certain group members to contribute to the project. Overall, I was satisfied with the group

This was particularly important since our group project was completely unstructured in the beginning with each of Healthier Initiative groups being unsure of where exactly we would fit in. As such, we invested a significant amount of time in figuring out each of our roles in establishing the project and learned to rely on each other’s specific skill sets to formulate our different projects. Further, we had frequent check-ins with feedback to ensure that we were meeting targets that we had set for ourselves. The cycle of feedback extended to our projects which were reworked multiple times to ensure that we were best addressing the needs of the community. This cycle though sometimes tedious helped to strengthen the team dynamic by encouraging individual growth whilst allowing for buy-in from all members involved in the

Throughout middle school and my freshmen year of high school, I was never extremely comfortable in large group projects. For most of my life, I preferred to work alone or do most of the work in group projects. There was a time, however, in my sophomore Project Lead the Way class where my teacher was explaining to us the grave importance of group work and how it translates into the real world of engineering. After the speech, we were put in groups of eight to solve simple engineering problems, and I began to push myself to interact with my unknown peers. Slowly but surely, I grew more comfortable in group scenarios and kept pushing myself forward. Looking forward to today, I am a captain of my soccer team and a constant leader in group projects

At the beginning, I took it upon myself to configure the essay, turn in the project on time, and share a Google Doc file with each partner. By creating the presentation on Google, this allowed every group member access the presentation and work on their slides whenever they needed to do so. Choosing the categories came easy, respectfully we gave each other the chance to voice our opinions on why we should have that specific topic. Lance was a huge help getting everything rolling, he offered to drive to Happy Trails to interview Josh Devault and not mention set up the meeting. Ryan kept me updated with his work and asked many questions that added to my confidence that he will get the job done correctly. Eddie hammered down on his section as well as kept everyone up-to-date with his progress through the journal feature on Blackboard. Char Dai’ got her section done before everyone else did and that was astonishing. She influenced the whole group to get their work done quick and efficiently. Every member worked hard and finished on time, I’m quite happy with our group’s

Setting deadlines, organizing materials, and making sure everyone did their part was my main role. Although I was in-charge of the group, I made sure to include the creative input from all members. For example, the group, as a whole, decided on the materials and how to put the body system together. My experience with the Frankenstein project allowed me to understand the importance of group cooperation and communication. I learned in order to have a productive group you need to be willing to compromise and take others perspectives into consideration. Part of what makes group projects great are the multiple perspectives and ideas that are available, so it is necessary to take advantage of all of them. Another important aspect is communication. Whether it’s over emails or text messages, knowing what is going on and when it is going on is key.

The method that I used was the encourage member to member because I wanted everyone to feel like they were a part of the group and I wanted them to share freely without feeling like they had to monitor their responses because there was a leader present. I think that this was helpful to me because to have a team, you must first make everyone feel at home and assure them that there are no judgments or criticisms within the group and assure everyone that they can speak freely. If everyone feels like they are an active participant in the group, they are more likely produce quality work and be team players. When people feel like they are being judged or that people aren’t listening to them, they tend to not want to follow through

For this group project my group members and I focused on food insecurity in Jefferson County, Mississippi. My group members were Kinley Springs, Victoria Chain, and Ashlee Blackwell. My group and I met about five times outside of class to work on the outline and proposal . During the first meeting we were focusing on the outline and we decided who did what parts and we also came up with a name for our company. Kinley focused on the program objectives and also finalizing the paper by editing and putting it all together. Victoria focused on the budget and the evaluation. Ashlee focused on the program summary and methods and organizational chart. I focused on the introduction and the problems and needs statement. For the rest of the meetings

I was very pleased with how the group work went for this project. We got started on the assignment and communication early on, which helped make the project much less stressful. Between the girls, there seemed to be mostly even and fair participation, but like any group project, some people did more and others did less. Something I found challenging about the assignment was orchestrating the memo. I wanted

This group project was interesting. I tried to approach this experience with the intention to have a new experience. To do this I had to leave some of my default behaviors behind. Occasionally, however, some of my defaults would pop back up again. Being that this project was for a leadership class I, also, tried to take some active leadership roles as well as some active followership roles. It turned out that the latter was more difficult than the former. I have learned a few key lesson from this experience and I hope to take those tools and use them in future projects.

One thing I realized from doing this project was that I was motivated. For example, group work helped me to stay motivated and focused on the topic even when the topic sometimes confused me. This is because group work allowed me to interact and discuss the topic with group members instead of just reading articles. Moreover, it forced me to be responsible to others and, frequently then, to do more and better work on the project than I might have done when only responsible