When I first started my small group I thought that I would have to teach for the full hour of the small group, so I prepared an hour’s worth of material for the small group. I prepared for my small group like I was going to preach a sermon rather than have a discussion. During the first meeting of my small group it became clear that trying to lead a small group this way would not work. I found that I was not able to get through all the material I had prepared because I had planned to preach but we ended up having conversation instead. This led me to change how I prepared to lead my small group next time. I learned that I had to condense what I wanted to say so that I would be able to share the main points with my small group and yet still allow them enough time to discuss what I had shared with them. One of the hardest parts of my small group was figuring out a time when everyone could meet. We decided to meet on Tuesday at seven thirty because when I started my small group everyone in my group no one had anything planned at seven thirty. But since the people in my group were collage students their schedule were constantly changing. As the semester (and my small group) progressed it became clear that not everyone was always going to be able to make it our small group. At first I heard a lot of excuses why people could not make it to my small group: papers, homework, jobs, class activities, or prior engagements. As my small group progressed I made it clear to the members of my small group that it was okay to miss our small group if they truly had something they could not get out of like work, but that they had made a commitment to this small group so they should plan accordingly to make sure they could come. I told them that this ... ... middle of paper ... ...o with the flow. Because sometimes you will need to make your pray time longer than it normally is because someone’s mom is sick or you may need to cut your discussion short because someone has go to the airport. The goal is to be able to adapt to whatever may happen. The last suggestion I would make to someone leading a small group of college students is to let yourself have fun with the people in your small group. If you are willing to have fun with the members of your small group it will be an enjoyable experience. Small groups should not be a rigid place where you cannot have fun with the members of your group. Your small group should be a place where you can just hang out with your group and discuss the Bible together while having a good time. If you are willing to have a good time and get to know the members of your small group you guys will have a great time.
My team consists of four other people besides myself, Lauren Chojnaki, Alexa-Louise Patnode, and Jacobe Loewen, and Ryan Tyriver. Together, we are tasked with the mission to complete a stakeholder analysis regarding a specific organization and their structure. For this project to be completed successfully, it is important that all team members are able to cooperate with one another and are able to use their different strengths to create the best end product.
For that reason, our group struggled to continue a conversation. Certain people in my group did not take part in the conversation, and I believe myself and two others controlled the entire discussion. Additionally, one other member contributed little and did not present any statements to completely answer a question. Other groups struggled with the same situation. Instead of debating over a certain topic, we tended to agree with each other and then exhaust our concepts that related to the specific question that was asked.
group it is also difficult for us to do a lot of things. It is difficult to
I think what would help the group be more effective is if all members vocalized their ideas or questions. During this group meeting it seemed to me that the president of the board was the highest participator. Other members seemed distracted by the information they were given. They constantly looked down and were not attentively listening to the individuals speaking Also, the leader in this group John, should have tried to get quieter group members to express their ideas or questions.
It was made clear in our first seminar that there would be group presentations in the subsequent seminars and everybody would be given the chance to speak. This was to ensure that at the end of year, we would not be having any stuttering problems or major tension in facing the class during our presentation week. I realized along the way, that this not only helped me improve my presentation skills but it helped me get closer to the subject marketing. What I feared was so temporary; before long I enjoyed my marketing class more. I looked forward to those group activities, in which we were given time to converse, to find out about each other and also to know what exactly we were learning. It was through these activities I understood the subject more intensely.
Most of the groups had used Messages and Google Docs. Using Messages would have been helpful to my group, since there were times when we couldn’t contact each other or work on it because of no internet. Not only did they show me that Messages was useful. Because my team was one of the last two groups to go, the teams before us gave me examples of what to do for our presentation. Most of their presentations were well done, but there are some things that they could have fixed. In the beginning of a presentation we were supposed to write their names down and this was hard because their names were too small for me. Also even though they tried to make contact with the audience it would have been nice if I didn’t have to see them lift their heads up and down often. What they could have done was broken their parts up and remember certain parts so they wouldn’t have to bob up the heads. However, even though they did that I could hear their voices loud and clear.
An analysis of the learning group for the proposed instruction is a key component in determining the content, structure, and material. The target learner group are professional ASL EI’s whose entry-level skills include: knowledge and fluent usage of ASL and English (see Appendix A, step 8.1); background or training in interpreting (i.e. native language user of ASL and/or college degree from an endorsed Interpreter Training Program) (see Appendix A, step 8.2); and knowledge of interpreter processing (see Appendix A, step 8.3) and Dean and Pollards (2013) DC-S (see Appendix A, step 8.4). Additionally, the learner possesses a basic knowledge of child and language development (see Appendix A, step 2.1) and is familiar with the public educational
After completing the group task of preparing a presentation on, transferring individual facilitation skills into a group work setting I will critically reflect upon my own participation. I will evaluate my self-awareness while working in the group, as well as those around me. The way that I personally dealt with any issues that arose within the group and how that affected the group dynamics. I will also briefly discuss the roles in which each member of the group took and how role allocation affected, the group dynamics and the working relationships. Finally I will evaluate my work having discussed it with my fellow group members.
Through the process of this class I have been able to reflect and analyze how I am as a leader as well as a co-leader in a group setting. I believe throughout this process of being part of a group as a member and leader has help me further define the roles that I will play in group counseling in the future. The evolution that I am seeing are an abundance of growth in areas that I thought I was already comfortable in such as being an active listener and co-leading. I see that there are more to becoming a powerful leader and facilitator. There are various aspects of becoming a well rounded group leader as learning the skills to endure especially building your endurance. Also, being able to take risks, being competent and confidence in your ability to lead a group of any sorts. Moreover, I have found that my communication style has shifted especially learning about the process in which you communicate your informal introduction as well as the lingo that is being used as a counselor. Also, the way in which we approach each member of
Our group started off with twelve people but then three of those members dropped out of the course leaving only nine left. I thought it would work out if I saw it as a positive experience and not the contrary. One of the main reasons I found this to be a positive experience for me was because working in such a big group it made me realise it provided me a structured learning experience I know will help me prepare me for the diversity of the workplace, working with people with different skills and the approaches we as individuals have. Another factor which I found to me a positive experience was learning in the lecture, as well as learning more about things I already knew. For me personally, it was more so about the little things I learnt/ learnt more about in the lectures which really made me open my eyes. For example the lectures were we looked at communication and conflict. I found it to be very useful and because of that it was a positive experience for
In my experience and in this small group project I would be one of the more vocal people. By avoiding intimidating or shutting anyone out, it is important to have each person brain write to avoid any hesitation from others. In my current small group, we partake in electronic brainstorming. Each of us sat down at a computer and found articles that we thought was best fit to the solutions to the problem. After finding our articles we then posted them to google docs where we are now in the process of evaluating them. This makes it easier for everyone to find articles that connects to them. When we tired of thinking of new ideas we take a brake and talk about each other’s lives. I like to as all my groups what we plan on doing over the weekend and we also do it in our class when (Dr. Davis) asks us how our weekend was or even what is happening this weekend, giving us a break from thinking about school related items so we can start fresh. Brainstorming is important to do and is the best way to come up with the best
While working in group who have a different information and skill for instance some skilful in accounting some are in marketing so, we can collect knowledge and skill from others. That is a suitable work.
During small group time, I was able to circulate around the room. I could assess student understanding informally and in qualitative ways (IE: I noticed that Gabby had a strong answer to a key question), which also helps me to build and foster a strong rapport with my students. I also engaged in small group discussion and asked a few probing questions to groups who needed further gui...
Everyone in this group all act very active, but as this time there have 6 people in the group, we can’t all express our ideas detailed, conversation in this group became short with only key words to communicate with each other. And Tyler act as the leader in our group, he connected group members and being democratic role in our group. Like the first group, we decided the group topic and then through discussion distribute the part we each would work on. As this is the second time for us to do the group work and we all familiar with each other, so it is much easier for us to prepare for the
The following is a report on the procedure and method of conducting a group assignment. The purpose of this report is to give a firsthand experience on the goals achieved in producing a summary report within a group. The topic chosen by the group is entitled "Language and Meaning" (Appendix A).