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Group Projects How to Be Successful

Group Projects How to Be Successful. A guide for group leaders. Group Projects This is what we don’t want to happen!. Introduction. Overview. Ice Breakers Exploring objectives and setting rules Learning activity Team Management Effective Listening Poor Communication Group Assessment.

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Group Projects How to Be Successful

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  1. Group ProjectsHow to Be Successful A guide for group leaders

  2. Group Projects This is what we don’t want to happen! Introduction

  3. Overview Ice Breakers Exploring objectives and setting rules Learning activity Team Management Effective Listening Poor Communication Group Assessment

  4. Ice Breaker Ice breakers play a vital role in developing a sense of community in a learning environment Choose appropriate activity according to demographics of members, room size, materials available, time BUILDING COMMUNITY IN THE CLASSROOM THROUGH ICE-BREAKERS More Ice Breaker Ideas

  5. Exploring Objectives and Setting Rules • List and discuss both the positive and negative aspects of previous group projects • Determine main focus of project • Set time lines • Designate responsibilities • Reach consensus on rules • Review assessment criteria

  6. Learning Activity • You Tube videos are used to help you better understand ways in which to communicate more effectively while working together in a group.

  7. Team Management • Social Loafer Discussion Questions: • Is this you? • Have you worked with someone like this? • How would you mange the Social Loafer in a group?

  8. Effective Listening • Body Language Discussion Questions: • Describe the body language of the woman in the green sweater? • Would you enjoy having her as a part of your group, if so why or why not. • Describe the body language of the woman in the purple sweater? • Would you enjoy having her as a part of your group, if so why or why not. • Who are you??

  9. Poor Communication • Language Barrier Discussion Questions: • How do you work well with someone when there is a language barrier? • Provide strategies for working with individuals when there is a language barrier.

  10. Conclusion “In order to know something more accurately, more clearly, more “truly,” one must engage with others, listening and learning what others “See,” and finding ways to synthesize the collective understandings of a topic or issue or problem.” Building Community in a Classroom (Nevins pg 5)

  11. Assessment Upon completion of Group Project • Ask for feedback • Make survey

  12. Sources Cited • Nevins, Katherine J. "Building Community in the College Classroom." Engaged Teaching and Learning: Bethel Faculty in Action. Web. 3 June 2011. • "Using Active Learning in the Classroom." Instruction at FSU Handbook 2010. 75-102. Print. • Eggleston, Tami. "BUILDING COMMUNITY IN THE CLASSROOM THROUGH ICE-BREAKERS." Http://teachpsych.org/otrp/resources/eggleston04.pdf. Web. 17 June 2011.

  13. THE END Authors: Kathy Hofmann, EFDA Loretta Ryan, EFDA Karen Naylor, RDH, MPH Bonnie Magliochetti, RDH, BS June 2011

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