Natalie commented on: Group 2
Robyn commented on Group 4.
Meredith commented on Group 3
Emily commented on Group 3
During the month of February we set up our blog, split up assignment roles for the first group project, and began diving into the project. Below is a table outlining our project roles:
Assignment
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Person Responsible
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Due Date
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Create Blog: Create blog and add other members as admin
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Natalie
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ASAP
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Ed1Pt1: Educator #1 Background, Profile, Perspective, Contributions
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Emily
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Upload to Google Drive Project 2 Folder 2/15
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Ed1Pt2: Educator #1 Impact, Implications, compile Ed1Pt1 and Ed1Pt2 into one fluid document
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Robyn
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Upload to Google Drive Project 2 Folder 2/19
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Ed2Pt1: Educator #2 Background, Profile, Perspective,
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Meredith
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Upload to Google Drive Project 2 Folder 2/15
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Ed2Pt2: Educator #2 Contributions,Impact, Implications, compile Ed2Pt1 and Ed2Pt2 into one fluid document
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Natalie
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Upload to Google Drive Project 2 Folder 2/19
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Compile Paper: Compile Ed1 and Ed2 into one paper, and format title page and reference page
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Robyn forward to Natalie for final review
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Upload to Google Drive Project 2 Folder by 2/25
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Review Paper: All group members review and add comments. Schedule call to discuss if necessary. Final review if necessary.
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All
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Review by 2/27
Phone Call @ 8:30 3/1
Final Review if necessary by 3/3
Upload to Blog by 3/4
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Summarize: Summarize main points for Project 4
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Meredith
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Upload to Google Drive Project 4 Folder by 3/4
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Our group met by conference call twice during the month of February as well as having a group text message to communicate. We set up a Google Drive to organize and share files.
A highlight this month for Robyn was learning about Thomas Ehrlich, especially in light of having attending IU during his presidency. Learning about his impact and being able to review it throughout the past twenty years is a wonderful experience, especially now as she sees her own daughter at IU in a program he started. A highlight for Meredith was Dorothy Canfield Fisher, and it was really exciting to see all the “firsts” she accomplished as a woman in adult education. Natalie was most interested by how Dorothy taught sexual education objectively, and Natalie believes it would be wise to adopt a lot of the methods Dorothy utilized. She also found it interesting as to how many people viewed Dorothy as creating propaganda. She is excited to use some of her methods in her own career. Emily enjoyed learning about Thomas Ehrlich as she is a VISTA with Campus Compact; currently Campus Compact awards each year the Thomas Ehrlich Engaged Faculty Award, and it was enlightening to her to learn about the person behind the award that she helps recruit nominations for.
The major challenge that came up for all group members is time, in particular balancing work, family, and school. We have all appreciated flexibility in our group as we move forward over bumps working together.
Looking forward to March, we plan to complete and submit the first group project. The following Thursday we will have a phone call outlining and dividing up responsibilities for the next group project.
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ReplyDeleteIt is so neat that individuals in your group had such personal ties with the Educators you are researching for the assignment. One of the educators my group is researching worked at Ball State, but other than that, we do not have many ties. Having personal ties to the material like that helps the process!
It's great that you are all working so well together. This is my first time working as a group in an online class, I was a little terrified about it at the beginning. However, I am learning and I have really enjoyed stretching in this capacity. How has the group conference call been going? It is interesting that you had personal connections with the educator. For the educator that I wrote about I actually emailed with her and we are now connected on linked in. It is helpful to learn to reach out make new connections. Great job!
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I have found the conference calls to be really helpful because it is a time where we are all together, focused, and thoughts are flowing. We get a lot done efficiently.
DeleteThe conference calls are a good way to communicate. The highlights for the groups members is also interesting and its a good connection for Robyn who's daughter is currently in a program pioneered by Thomas Ehrlich at IU. The post also made me look up the educators as my interest was piqued by the sexual education methods of Dorothy Canfield Fisher.
ReplyDeleteI really appreciated your table of responsibilities! You guys seem to be very organized! Glad that your group work is going well and that you've found the conference calls to be really helpful. Keep pressing on!
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