Evaluation of Group Project
Yu He
07/28/2013
Class Time: 13:00-2:55
Self Evaluation of Presentation There is a disadvantage of majoring in math which you would not have many chance to do group work with others. Most time I study alone. So, I was really excited to take speech class to experience my first time group work. I think of myself as a democratic leader of my group. Our group norms are very simple, which include joining group meeting on time, being active in group meeting and share your own opinion and information, and being well prepared for next day meeting. To be an information seeker and giver was the primary request for everyone in my group. The hardest part of being a group leader is to maintain team harmony. Here I played a role as tester of agreements and feeling expresser. With the differences of individual presentation, disagreements of certain terms always exist in the preparation of group presentation. At the first time meeting, our team tried to brainstorm any ideas of our topic, including North Korea Weapon Issues, Teenager Dating, Internet Privacy, Japanese Cartoons’ Influences to Teenagers, etc. Our group members’ debates therefore revolved around deciding project topic. I came up with an idea that vote might be the best way to reach a consensus. Moreover, Julia and Nicole once argued about the meaning of hacking and phishing for the whole meeting. It was my responsible to stop them but I could not. Thus, I had to end our meeting. When I came back home, I texted massage to both of them. “What I know is that the right meaning of a single word won’t help us to get good grade for this group project, but the strong group cohesion will lead a team to the right direction.” Fortunately, they all took my advice and cooperate well on the rest of our group meeting. I also played a role as energizer and “Tomorrow, we will talk about the internet safety tips. I hope everyone could brainstorm any possible ideas of preventing disclosing personal information and getting
07/28/2013
Class Time: 13:00-2:55
Self Evaluation of Presentation There is a disadvantage of majoring in math which you would not have many chance to do group work with others. Most time I study alone. So, I was really excited to take speech class to experience my first time group work. I think of myself as a democratic leader of my group. Our group norms are very simple, which include joining group meeting on time, being active in group meeting and share your own opinion and information, and being well prepared for next day meeting. To be an information seeker and giver was the primary request for everyone in my group. The hardest part of being a group leader is to maintain team harmony. Here I played a role as tester of agreements and feeling expresser. With the differences of individual presentation, disagreements of certain terms always exist in the preparation of group presentation. At the first time meeting, our team tried to brainstorm any ideas of our topic, including North Korea Weapon Issues, Teenager Dating, Internet Privacy, Japanese Cartoons’ Influences to Teenagers, etc. Our group members’ debates therefore revolved around deciding project topic. I came up with an idea that vote might be the best way to reach a consensus. Moreover, Julia and Nicole once argued about the meaning of hacking and phishing for the whole meeting. It was my responsible to stop them but I could not. Thus, I had to end our meeting. When I came back home, I texted massage to both of them. “What I know is that the right meaning of a single word won’t help us to get good grade for this group project, but the strong group cohesion will lead a team to the right direction.” Fortunately, they all took my advice and cooperate well on the rest of our group meeting. I also played a role as energizer and “Tomorrow, we will talk about the internet safety tips. I hope everyone could brainstorm any possible ideas of preventing disclosing personal information and getting