What we did
Today, after coming to class, we handed in our blog post reviews. One person from our group stapled them all and handed them in. But sadly, only two groups were able to meet the deadline, which was today. Because so many people were unable to meet the due date, Ms Lees gave us a talk about how we have to be able to hand things in on time and also post on our blogs at the right time. After the talk, one of the students recommended that we have a silent detention at flex, where we finish our work, for those who do not meet the mandatory deadline.
After that, all the novel groups got together and we presented our webs that we worked together on. Most groups did the presentation, but due to insufficient time, we decided we'd do the presentations that we were unable to do on Friday.
For the second block of our double block, we watched the ABC Nightline IDEO Shopping Cart video again and took more notes on how we could use what the group in the video did as a kind of model for us. After taking notes, we were given chapter questions for 'There Will Be Wolves.'
Learning Intentions
I think the reason we did the group web was in order to develop our group working skills in order to be able to work with peers in the future, along with developing our socializing skills. By working in a group, we had to talk and communicate with each other, and communication is very important when working with others.
As for the IDEO video, I believe that the reason we watched it and talked about it during class was so that we could relate to the video and also to learn about how the group in the video worked very well and we should do similar things such as them.
Reflections/Connections
I thought this was a very fun experience, because we got to create a huge project with our groups, which was something new. It was also a very good learning experience because we got to learn about groupwork and also about the middle ages by doing this project.
In my opinion, social skills and communication are essential in the modern world. Today, almost everything you do requires communication or is involved with it. Many jobs require good social skills, especially jobs in the media.
Homework
-Finish chapter questions for THERE WILL BE WOLVES
-If you miss a blog post or don't do your homework, you MUST go to Flex.
Well done, Daniel! I'm very happy you were able to post your reflection post even though you were busy! I'm thinking that you might've been able to expand a little more on your "What We Did" for the second block part. Maybe you could've explained more about what kind of notes we took down for the shopping cart video. It's a little briefer than your other posts but I understand because I heard that you had other plans going on and you were busy! Good job! (:
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