Whilst doing this assingment, I took on the role of various things. At the beginning of the task, I took on the role of asking each and every team member which questions they desired to answer whilst allocating each question to each member. I also took on the role of creating the powerpoint with Joy. This was done by collecting all answered questions from all team members and combining it all into a powerpoint presentation. Towards the end of the task, I took on the role of collecting all information to finalise the design and edits of the powerpoint presentation whilst making sure all team members had completed their personal blog posts and evaluation scaffold.
What did you like about working as a group?
The good thing about working as a group was that everyone had the ability to share their ideas and thoughts towards the task at hand. I liked working as a group as it made a huge difference positvely when it came to answering all the questions... This is because we were all allocated specific questions, making it so much easier for each and every team member. I also enjoyed working as group because not only did we attempt to cooperate with another, but we too, succeeded in compeleting the task.
What was difficult about working as a group?
There was various difficultes working as a group. One of them was that it was difficult to keep in touch when it came to answering the questions and sharing them to all those in the group... it was difficult to communicate with another concerning the task at hand as we mostly stayed in pairs of myself and Joy and Christine with Rhyannon. This made it difficult to work as a group.. as most of the time, we worked as a pair, rather than a group of 4.
What did you learn about working as a group?
Working as a group has taught me that it is greatly essential to have communication within the group. This is because, without talking nor communicating with one another... it makes it much more difficult to complete the task. If there is no communication, then nothing of the task is completed to the best of it's ability. Working as a group taught me that without communcation and cooperation, a 'group' is nothing without it.
How well did you work together/cooperatively?
On my opinion, our group worked rather cooperatively. Despite the fact that it was hard to communicate with another... our group still had the ability to work as one to complete the task before the due date. We were able to communicate with another, making it so much easier for us to go off either at school or even at home to answer our allocated questions. Working cooperatively allowed us to make it clear on what was needed to be done so that the task was not only completed by the due date, but to the best of our ability.
Did everyone contribute equally and enthusiastically?
Yes, within our group of 4, everyone did contribute fairly. Each and every team member contributed equally when it came to answering their questions... completing the powerpoint presentation and completing the handout, etc. Our group was able to answer our own allocated question with enthusiasm and no complaints at all... causing all work needed to be done.
How well as an individual did you work as part of the group?
When it came to organising and assuring the group was fairly organised, I think I did part my part as an individual within the group. As an individual... I tried my best to make sure that not only all my questions were completed, but that each and every team member had completed theirs too. Also as an individual, i tried my best to display enthusiasm and motivation to the best of my ability. I encouraged my team members to not give up and stress out on the night before the due date as they were doing so... I told them not to stress out and to keep going for it. As an individual, I did everything I could to make our group, a group.
Identify your strengths and weaknesses as a team member:
As a team member, one of my weaknesses is completing my part of the task on time. This stand as a weakness because though I have the ability to do so, I sometimes lose concentration, causing myself to leave it to last minute. Another weakness as a team member would be losing my focus and motivation on the task at hand hald way through it.. and maybe causing the entire group to fall behind. On the other hand, one of my strengths as a team member would be the concern I have for those in my group. This stands as a strength because when I have a concern for others in the group, I tend to help them out and vice versa... making the task so much easiser to complete and finish.
Outline suggestions to improve your approach to group work:
- Don't let team members down by losing concentration, focus and motivation
- Keeping my set goal throughout the entire process of the task by not giving up
- Don't ever leave things to the last minute
- Stay in touch with each and every group member (communcation)
- Be abit more organised as an individual and in terms of the group as well
- Stay focused and motivated from start to finish
