Facilitation

It is interesting to watch the different groups facilitate and observe that certian people take on the leadership role for the group. For example there may be 4 people in a group but 1 or 2 might become the primary speaker and they because they may be more comfortable or they just like to lead naturally. I think for Jerry's group it was easier for him to speak and get more involved but also Brian who did not know the group really became comfortable and was as involved as Jerry. I think they did an excellent job. I am sure they had decided it would have been too much for a group of four to facilitate for only 6 people and I like how they did that so that it didnt become too confusing.

It was really helpful to get critiques on my group so that we could better write our paper, it made the paper flow very well. We had a really easy time writing it because we all knew what we wanted to say. We created an outline and passed it around (via email) incorporating things we would all like to address in the paper. It allowed for us all to express our opinions and make sure we were not redundant in the paper. Then we broke it up in parts and this made it a lot easier than having to all sit down together and try to write it. I really like the way we decided to do it. If I were to do a group project again I would suggest this method.

I also found it useful to watch myself. I realize that I need to speak up. I have not always been soft spoken but I have developed that in the past couple years. I looks like I am not confident. It is definitly something I need to work on. I think it was awesome how our group knew each others strengths and weaknesses and played them to our advantage during our facilitation. We made a great team I must say! Having Jess and Carrie allowed me to utilize my strengths especially when it came to the end. I can be very extraverted and I loved doing the cinnaroll hug when they didnt want too. I felt good about it!

At this point I'm trying to think of what to do for next class where we facilitate a discussion. I think I have an idea. I wanted to write some questions on a notecard about the specific section and have groups of 2 or 3 talk about their opinion after having a few minutes to discuss. Then that way we can share with the class and then come up with other ideas if we can. I think by splitting it into groups it will help reduce my time since we only have ten minutes. I hope this works. Lets see what you think!