Group Projects How to Be Successful

A guide for group leaders

IntroductionIntroductionGroup Projects

This is what we don’t want to happen!

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

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

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

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.

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?

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??

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.

Poor CommunicationPoor Communication

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)

Assessment

Upon completion of Group Project Ask for feedback Make survey

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.

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Authors:Kathy Hofmann, EFDALoretta Ryan, EFDAKaren Naylor, RDH, MPH Bonnie Magliochetti, RDH, BSJune 2011