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This is a great and effective tool and I have really enjoyed working with it. There is a tool similar to this in Microsoft Outlook, however this tool is the most user friendly to me, as Outlook can take a bit getting used too. In addition, I was pleased that Doodle didn’t require you to download any special software on your computer to use their tool and they allow you to use their tool without creating an account. Doodle also gives you the option of an app for tablet or cell phone, and most importantly it was their basic tool is free and their app is free. From this class forward, anytime I work in groups or we need to set a time and date for a meeting I will certainly recommend this tool. The best
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To me, this tool will solves majority of our problems as we can use this throughout the semester to meet to complete our work. I feel like many people will enjoy their group this semester because no one will feel pressured to agree to a time that does not correlate with their schedule and have to rush to leave meeting, and as a group we only have under thirty minutes to knock out as assignment. This tool will allow our group to agree on time where members can meet for more than thirty mintues to complete and give feedback to each other on assignments and group discussions. Having valuable group time like I described in the previous sentence, gives each of us the ability to learn more, understand the material, and that as a group allows us to not turn in subpar work. In a previous class, this tool was recommended to all groups to use. I believe if we had used this tool it would have made the course a little more stress-free. To this day, I never met the people who I work with in that class, because no one wanted to meet and we just communicated through
In an online class setting, it can be very challenging to work on a group project that requires the participation of every group member and completing the project on time. This group project was successful one each individual had because we used proper communication to assign tasks, roles, and deadline to complete the project.
6. Group study is extremely useful because discussions will help make the material and concepts easier to remember and deepen your understanding. You will be asked to work in small groups in class—take advantage of this learning opportunity!
Working in a group was a great way to get to know my classmates. Despite our differences, we worked together and completed the assignment. I like working in a group, but sometimes I would rather do the assignment on my own. Group work has its good and bad effects.
Seeing what these students struggled with has inspired me to teach and try to incorporate into my future classroom the educational skills students will need. These skills include learning to think critically, efficiently reading and writing, and developing arguments with backed up evidence. When students are exposed to these skills, they will enter the university level, and their future career paths prepared. Also, in my classroom, I want to challenge students and watch them grow to their full potential. I want to take students at different levels and see them develop together for the betterment of each individual. Therefore, group work is essential to having a thriving class. The impact of group work, when students help fellow students, changes each person and transforms the atmosphere of the class as a whole. Thus, I believe it is crucial to help students develop their social and interaction skills through group work and
Some benefits of working in group setting include; students will learn new skills, share experiences and find different ways of solving problems. Ells students seem to struggle with creating strong relationships among teachers, corps members, and staff , this is due to the “thin trust” that’s corps members have among each other. The creation of more group work will help students to build trust between them and go from thin (just friends) to thick (like family, friends). In order for students to feel safe and have confidence, I will encourage teachers and volunteers to create more group activities such as, the Jigsaw method. This method allows students to share their views and opinions openly without fear of
We got together during the group days to collaborate and share our work with one another. Putting all of our information onto a Google doc was an effective way to have a mutual place for all of our work, where we could work on it at home as well. The only thing that did not work well in our group was the time if completion for everyone. We were all at different points throughout the semester, rather than the group working at the same pace.
During the last semester of school, I had a group project that was worth 30% of my final grade with five other members. It was difficult to correlate everyone’s schedules to meet up and work on it. After a week of miscommunication and time running out I made a google doc page. This would allow all group members to access it and add on to it without physically coming together. Everyone spent most of the week uploading their material and we had to only meet up once for a group edit before submission. By creating the google doc space allowed my group and I to still work as a group without actually being
I love forming groups because when you are in a group you learn a lot of things method from your classmate. It helps the teacher build groups with the same reading level, thinking level or learning methods. I remember on my freshman year of high school our math teacher had us partner up with 3 classmates. We all helped each other to develop in the different subjects.
In my opinion, group work does not work. In group work, students are put together and expected to plan how they will work together to learn. For example, the teacher may say to the students “Discuss it as a group” or “Talk it over.” The issue, however, is that some students may do all the work whereas some students may do little to no work. Essentially, group work doesn’t work because it lacks structure, doesn’t guarantee individual accountability, and fails to ensure that students will work together effectively. As a consequence, achievement gains are not seen by all students, social skills are not facilitated since participation is not equalized and student interaction is not encouraged, and only a few students are actively engaged at once.
Group work was one of the strategies used to assess students. The purpose of group work is for students to build social skills. The weakness I observed with group work is that some members don’t take group work seriously and the bulk of the work is placed on one individual. For participating in the course one was required to discuss different topics weekly with peers. This procedure enlightened me to new strategies that I wasn’t privy to due to the level I teach. However, I felt at times that the discussions was not edifying but complimenting peers. Furthermore, the coordinator scaffold our learning during the discussions by reviewing our posts and providing feedback where
Following the solution will help all team members to be active in the group discussions along with finishing assignments on time. These are keys for the team to perform well, and everyone is getting the best grades possible.
Within group settings, not only are students able to learn from their peers, they are also able to save time
Strengths for our team include the fact that our group consists of upper level, business majors who have studied various aspects of business theory and knowledge. This knowledge will be used to the best of the group’s ability to develop and present a well-rounded final project. One notable weakness for our group is that we are having to communicate over a distance rather than work together in a single setting. This provides some obstacles as e-mail communication is often tedious when it comes to working together in a group. However, opportunity wise, our group consists of different minded members who can provide various and diverse insights for our group project. As a group our biggest threat is mostly time and communication. Because this class ranges over a few short weeks it is imperative that our group is mindful of deadlines as well as maintaining clear communication between all members.
• Encourages students to reflect on their role and contribution to the process of the group work.
Group working is an essential skill in university because it is beneficial to understand the work and complete it better. The main point is working in a group always can get more information than working individual. When students working individual, they are always cannot get more ideals or difficult to develop the ideal, the reason of that could be some people may be not enough knowledge about the topic. This cause is very obvious in engineering students because they always get a project that is need to think on the difference way to get the solutions. Burke (2011 :88) also states in his Journal that working in group can get more information because the group member who from difference countries and culture backgrounds also they have difference experience of the topic, therefore the students are available to get more information than a single individual. So,