| Hey Gang, Great class Friday. For this week's blog, Since we are working in groups on Women's History Month, review the tips at the end of chapter 19 on planning and making group presentations. Choose the one you feel is most important, and tell us why in approximately five sentences. If you can, try and relate this somehow to your group's topic for Women's History Month. For instance, I personally beieve "developing an outline" is the most important step since it gets everybody organized and on thew same page. It also helps a group narrow a topic that is very broad into a reasonable six minute chunk. Finally, I guess this relates to Women's History Month because when women fought for the right to vote in the U.S. around 1920, organizing and unifying their goals helped them achieve success. In other words, everyone on the team should know exactly what their purpose is, if they want to win. Your turn! |
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
5th Class Posting: Groups
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There are many important tips for creating a positive small group experience, such as analyzing the problem, evaluating evidence, and being courteous and listening. But the most important one of all to me (besides being courteous!) is that of summarizing the group's progress. It is most important to me, because it does 3 powerful things: it creates a construct of assembled materials and ideas; it gives an evaluative perspective on remaining work, and it celebrates the group's success and progress. Thus, it creates a situation for further progress: giving an assessment of what is done, and needs to be done; provides focus and a compass forward; and provides motivation by recognizing progress. ---Paul DeLong
Oh, yes, this relates to our topic of "Gender Perception, Gender Progression" quite well, because, during Women's History month, we reflect on progress made for women, and look with even greater resolve as to what yet must further be done. That is what our speech will do, and that is what our group is doing, in order to make a speech worthy of the topic !
---Paul DeLong
I like the idea of brainstorming as a group. So many good ideas can come from it. Ideas that I may have not thought of. People all have a different thought process and it is cool to stop and try to think they way others do when you discuss possible topics or sub-topics. All people are unique and beautiful when you stop to ponder how they became the way they are.
I think you are all wonderful and so fun to share a class with. Thank you for the opportunity to get to know all of you!!
Kelley
I like the Democratic style of leadership because everyone that is on the team can feel as if they have some imput.That will encourage everyone to contribit to the goal of the team; also that will give you a broader perspective to chose from or brain-storm.
In the past I think women that were proactive in the woman movement use this model of leadership, because they probably had an advert reaction to authority, because women did not have a voice in the way thing were run then. With the Laissez Fair model I don't think they got much done with it.
Salih A. Qawi
there are many positive things when working in a group, the most important is to identify and define the problem. If you really pay attention you learn a lot from different indiviusal by seening that they all verify the problems differently and they come up with many solutions.
fatana amin
I do agree with kelley i like the idea of brainstorming as a group, because everyone has many intereting thoughts, unless you do brain storming it won't come out. I have often seen people are being shy and holding their thoughts. But fortunetly working in a group makes you feel comfortable, and you can express your feelings.
fatana amin
I do agree with Kelley that brainstorming is very important in planing group presentation. By this everyone is working together to bring a topic everyone will be interested on. You are therefore open to all angles working as a group.
Oby Said
The most interesting tip in planning a group presentation is giving group members individual assignments. By this, everyone is working equally none is doing more or less than others. Again, everyone knows his/her part and is focused on gathering materials towards that end. However, since our assignment is organized topically, this is the best way to go. Everyone is narrowed towards its part of tasks/topic and is working effeiciently as a member of a team. Finally, by division of labor things get done quickly.
Oby said
the most important tip in planning a group presentation is making sure each member understands what is being done. When everyone is in the same boat at the same time it makes life easier or else the whole group will fall behind. then when each member knows thier task the group will then reach thier goal. the group will then be welled prepared. only then can the group give an outstanding presentation.
Hoa
I think it is very important to use presentation aids effectively as a tip for making a group presentation. I like the adage which says that seeing is believing. I am also a visual person so presentation aid goes a long way in helping me understand a group speech. It also serves for clarity especially when you are in doubt.It adds to the credibility of the speech. It is one of the most important tips for making a speech to me.
Euchay.
It is very interesting to see how different our points of view are on ...what is most important to a group ! This points to both the strength and weakness in group dynamic: you get to hear ideas that you, personally, never would have thought of. But, you also have to deal with many divergent points of view on what is important, and what should be done ! That leads us to Hoa's comment: that everyone gives effort to coming to a common understanding. Only "in the same boat" can we row to shore, i.e. reach our goal. --- Paul DeLong
Personally, for me, working in a group is the best way to work. Brainstorming ideas not just from yourself, but also from your group members gives you a better understanding of your topic. For example, Womens History has a lot of different information you guys can choose from and by having a group helps you narrow down your choices of a topic.
Lito
I am working on a bare bones outline for each chapter, to help me study which I am willing to share. So far, I have Chapters 1,2, 7, 8, 9 done. E-mail me if you would like to have this product, at, as they say, "No extra charge." --Paul DeLong
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