End of course reflection

Well it looks like we are done with this class.  Donald turned everything in and he said there won't be a meeting Weds. so I thought I would leave one final reflection.
At times things were frustrating and communication issues were a good part of that as it is in most conflicts it seems.  Some people didn't have the same work ethics as others, but they pulled it together towards the end and hopefully they can learn something about working in groups and realize that the group is bigger than they are and working as a group can lead to a lot of accomplishments that they couldn't achieve working alone.  I learned quite a bit taking this course that really helped in other courses and in my personal life so I can't be to upset about my grade because it doesn't reflect what I actually learned and inside I know thats more important than the grade is anyways.  Its been fun in ways to see what other people are seeing and reading their discussions and questions i just had to shake my head, but then again i have teenagers who sometimes do the same things, but now i will watch what they are doing a little closer.  Thanx Everyone!!!!!!

Dec. 9 meeting

I did not attend meeting on December 9th nor was I given any information on what was discussed

Meetings Nov. 25 & Dec. 2

Last week was Thanksgiving, so we didn't have a meeting due to everyone being busy with the holiday.

Last night's moderator was me.  Don had a prior engagement on campus, so he asked me to be the moderator.  I couldn't get the cameras and mics to work for Taylor and Eric, so we just text.  It seems to me that Taylor and Eric don't know how to contribute without someone telling them what to do.  Taylor asked how the Survivor project rework was going, because it is really bringing down her grade.  I asked her if she added any new input to it and she said she hadn't.  I told her to check the discussion area for the rework project and add from there.  She openly said that she needs to be told what to do.  I didn't know what to say.  This class is suppose to teach critical thinking in a group setting, but she doesn't want think on her own and give feedback.  Eric is the same way it appears.  I haven't seen an assignment post from him in over a month and none of his posts for the projects include terms from the text, even though he has been asked repeatedly to include terms in his work.  It is frustrating for me because I feel like they want me and Donald to do the work for them.  I'm having a hard enough time with my other four classes and this one to be doing work for other people.  I need a 3.0 to transfer in the fall and this is the only class I'm not getting a 96 or better in.  In away I feel like I am giving upon this class because of the lack of effort from others.  I feel I need to concentrate on the classes in which I can control the grade by my work and not the work of others.  I still need this class but to put in so much extra work to cover for those who don't want to work is defeating the purpose of group communication and it isn't worth sinking my other grades to put forward more work in this class.  I will keep doing what I have to, but my motivation is declining..  Justin was a no show again.

Meeting Nov. 18

Taylor, Eric, Donald and myself were present.  Donald let everyone know what needs to be in and when and that was about it.

Meeting Nov. 11

Everyone was there except Justin, who was having software issues.  We discussed the project and using terms from the book when writing up the responses and posts.

Weds. November 4

I received a summary of what went on during the meeting.  Everyone was already gone when I logged in at 7:11 p.m. .  Here is the summary.

 Date of meeting-November 4th
 

 Location of meeting -Eluminate

 Time of meeting -1900hrs. Names of members present- Eric, Justin and Moderator(me)

 Names of members absent- Taylor, and Darrin

 

 Names of any guests attending

 

Record- meeting went smoothly.  Informed those present that I was going to use Backwards planning to help us get on the ball with the project.  They took it in stride and agreed to go along with my suggestion.  Set up a schedule of when I needed your portions of the project. Request that all of them be sent to our group discussion board before meeting time on the due date.  That way I could go over your answers in the meeting.  I told those present to be as frank as possible.  I can handle constructive criticism.  They agreed to not pull any punches.  Hope so.   We need this project to go smoother than the last one.  If you look at your "Group Analysis Project" Handout you will see the questions that need to be answered for our project.  The first 2 groups of questions (Roles and Norm emergence) will be due on 11-11-09.  the next set will be (Communication patterns and Conflict and tension management) due on 11-18-09.  The next set will be (Decision making and Group fantasy) dues on 11-25-09. and the last group (change in the group) is due on 12-02-09.  I am asking for these before the meeting time so that we can go over the most common answers and agree to disagree on which ones will be in our project.  Thank you, and if you have any questions please post often.

Meetings

The meetings have been the same Donald and Justin were the only others there.  We didn't discuss much about the class project and it doesn't look like anyones been posting anything lately in the group discussions.  There really isn't much of a group dynamic here, but I'm sure we will pull it together for the final project as we did for Survivor project.  Sorry this posting is late.  I lost my blog address and just found it today.

no meeting

i recieved no link to meeting

Hi

Smile you could be sitting in my chair

Weds. Emulate Discussion

Everyone was there.  I had mic issues couldn't speak but typed in my responses.  Still working on group work for survivor.  Its a tough week though with midterms in other classes and starting dialisys, but it will come together.  Peace

Welcome to Dr. Rocks World of Adventure

Hi,

I'm behind on this due to a computer malfunction. I didn't have my computer plugged into a surge protector during storm last week and one flicker fried it. Now I'm playing catch up on all my classes. I have been reading the material though and finding it very useful in getting a new computer, so i feel this class will do me wonders.