Group Postcard

As I sit here to this day group work is still not my favorite thing it makes me angry when professors mention it. I feel as if we are now in college not in high school. We should be treated as one person when doing an assignment. So you could see each potential of each

The push for group work is founded on the goal of preparing students for their adult

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.

After going through the whole process of my service project from the initial meeting to the final meeting it was nice to see that I can use my math and statistic knowledge in an area outside of the classroom. Not only that, but I was able to serve an organization that serves foster children, many of whom have been abused and neglected. When looking at it that way, I helped to serve the foster children of Santa Cruz County, by providing my skills and time to CASA of Santa Cruz. It was really nice to have read the article “Co-Designing a Healthy Future with Foster Youth & Families” towards the end of my project, because I was able to relate some of the things that was being done to help children in foster care relate to what I was doing to serving foster children in Santa Cruz. The article “Helping, Fixing or Serving?” that we read was always in the back of my mind when working on this project. When I began my service placement in CASA of Santa Cruz I kept in mind that I wanted to serve CASA. What I didn’t want to do was help or fix CASA. I never wanted to think of it as helping CASA, because I didn’t see Cita or CASA of Santa Cruz as less than me. Since I had the mathematical skills I never wanted them to feel any inequality between us. I also didn’t want to fix CASA of Santa Cruz. I didn’t want to just come in, do everything and not see the people behind CASA.

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

Through out the process of creating our project as a group there wasn’t as many obstacles as I thought there would be. In other words, everything went smooth it was just what I wanted. I believe the reason for such great outcome was because we all learned how to work as a group and interact with each other because of our Chicano studies class. Knowing what we did wrong in group projects in that class certainly made me change and understand what group studies really are and mean. Therefore, there wasn’t any problems as a group we communicated well and if a person couldn’t meet up we would let them know how they could contribute and certainly they did their part.

We were all willing to work together. I was proud that they were willing to meet me on the day no one showed to class to work on our project.

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

During my college life on campus in my major, I normally get a lot of group assignment to complete. In my second semester, I have been engaged with some hard working group members who willing to achieve their goals. In this case, all of us were on the same pace to complete the assignment and get it done on time to the best of our ability. In my communication class called editing and film, One of the projects was to film some athletes performing and write an article about the sport. There were five members in my group and we all work together and each individual gets a sign task to do and complete it without an issue. We get one week to perform the task and the follow Monday we would have to present it to the class, we have complete the work on time because we all work hard together as a team to get the job done

Over the past few months in our Business Communication class we participated in a service learning project called “Big Brothers Big Sisters”. We divided into small groups in order to focus on different aspects of the organization during this project. The project included three main groups, each focused on different aspects of the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization. The first group was responsible for social media around campus. The second group managed Public Relations which made flyers and used other media resources to spread the word throughout campus. The third and final group focused on planning. This included different activities and parties for the children. As a class we were to plan and coordinate two functions that included the Big Brothers Big Sisters program.

The first thing we did was all gather and make a PowerPoint to gather our information, and put the cites we were using for our information. I found the political cartoon and PSA for the group. We figured to do everything on our own then come back later to see where we were. Somewhere ahead and a couple were somewhere behind. Next we had to make a preview of our topic and what question our research related to. We had some problems because some people were gone and some did not do the there work. So I made the preview for our group and presented it to the class. The next day most of us had our worksheets done but one of us did not so we had to present with 3 instead of 4. I though I contributed to the group because I did my work on time.

Working with the children and kind employees has made an incredibly positive effect on myself to help mold who I want to be today, tomorrow and twenty years from now. These amazing ladies that are in charge are extremely kind hearted and make me want to be the exact same way. Not only have I learned the patience and kindness that it takes to work at a center enclosed by children, I have knowledgeably discovered that a friendly face and helping hand can take someone a long way. Because of this, my sincere thanks goes to the AVC employees for my current mental mindset and growth. Each unique employers possesses appreciative smiles, helpful words, and inspirational attitudes. There are just a few of the qualities that make them excellent role

Today is the beginning of our first CLC assignment. Collaboratively working together to accomplish this week’s task alongside the other CLC assignment weekly assignment going forward. The focus as a whole needs to factor: Making a point of contact, aligning individual’s strengths in areas to complete the assignments, and individual responsibilities. These assignments require weekly leadership, and a submitter. Please let’s text, or call one another today to get this ball on the roll. Looking forward to speaking and working with you all and together I believe we will succeed. I will initiate today’s point of contact to the team through text please feel free to call me any time after 3:45pm (Arizona time zone).

In conclusion, this class has changed my perspective about working in a group. Since my prior experience with groups was so unsettling, I believed that all groups were going to be the same. However, this class has made it possible to believe that there are groups that respect and take into consideration other members’