Reflection#2
A short summary of the collaborative work accomplished for this phase
This week my group continued to collaborate well and creatively. We were able to meet once in person but we had a little bit of difficulty meeting after that. Instead of our meetings in person we texted, met on the community which we created on google+, emailed, and commented on our shared document. We delegated work more than we did for week one specifically because each of us was reflecting and creating visuals about the people which we interviewed. We added to our shared document, created a padlet, and used the sticky note activity in order to follow all of the points on our checklist.
Your individual contribution to this week's work
I wasn’t able to complete my interview with a parent last week so that was my first task of the week. I created a visual about this person for our story, participated in the sticky activity, edited as needed, added information to our shared document, created events on our google+ community for collaboration, and provided feedback for the Design Thinking process. I enjoyed this week’s process a little bit more than last week. I found it very rewarding to learn about another parent’s point of view and to look for themes which stood out between individuals which we interviewed.
Challenges the group or you as an individual faced
Even though we work very well together we did encounter a couple of challenges. This week it was more difficult to be at the same place at the same time. We did manage to meet once in person but the rest of our collaboration was done online. Also, I had some social events, which is atypical, and I found that I was a bit more distracted than normal. I had to find times in between events and during the day to complete my homework assignments.
Next time, would you do anything differently to better the process?
I am hoping that for the coming weeks we are able to meet more often or at least on Google Hangouts and for a longer period of time. I wouldn’t change anything about the collaboration that we do digitally. We work well together online and we are always willing to do our fair share. When something is needed we are not shy about informing the person whose part it is that it needs to be done. That person always makes the changes on a timely fashion and all is well after that.
How would you apply this process with students or colleagues at your site?
I can only imagine what this process would look like in my classroom and at my school site with teachers. I believe that my students would be excited to share out about a person or theme which they have explored. They would be eager to document their findings on a poster board so that the class could find similarities together. Adults on the other hand might have a more difficult time feeling excited to share out. In order to train my students I would pick a topic which they are very excited to talk about in order to help them become even more excited. This might also work with the teachers.
What 8 tenets of critical thinking were evident or relevant to this process? (Refer to the Critical Thinking lecture)
The tenets of critical thinking which were most evident or essential for the work that my group did this week are open mindedness, deferred judgement, questioning, and reflection. For this week’s process I completed my interview and was tasked to analyze the information which we had gathered. I found that open mindedness was helpful when learning more about Mr. Hernandez and his opposition to enrolling his children in a Biliteracy program. I found myself reflecting when I read over all of the interviews and throughout this Design Thinking process I feel that I have been questioning every question, every answer, every suggestion, and also myself throughout this process. It has been a very rewarding week.
A short summary of the collaborative work accomplished for this phase
This week my group continued to collaborate well and creatively. We were able to meet once in person but we had a little bit of difficulty meeting after that. Instead of our meetings in person we texted, met on the community which we created on google+, emailed, and commented on our shared document. We delegated work more than we did for week one specifically because each of us was reflecting and creating visuals about the people which we interviewed. We added to our shared document, created a padlet, and used the sticky note activity in order to follow all of the points on our checklist.
Your individual contribution to this week's work
I wasn’t able to complete my interview with a parent last week so that was my first task of the week. I created a visual about this person for our story, participated in the sticky activity, edited as needed, added information to our shared document, created events on our google+ community for collaboration, and provided feedback for the Design Thinking process. I enjoyed this week’s process a little bit more than last week. I found it very rewarding to learn about another parent’s point of view and to look for themes which stood out between individuals which we interviewed.
Challenges the group or you as an individual faced
Even though we work very well together we did encounter a couple of challenges. This week it was more difficult to be at the same place at the same time. We did manage to meet once in person but the rest of our collaboration was done online. Also, I had some social events, which is atypical, and I found that I was a bit more distracted than normal. I had to find times in between events and during the day to complete my homework assignments.
Next time, would you do anything differently to better the process?
I am hoping that for the coming weeks we are able to meet more often or at least on Google Hangouts and for a longer period of time. I wouldn’t change anything about the collaboration that we do digitally. We work well together online and we are always willing to do our fair share. When something is needed we are not shy about informing the person whose part it is that it needs to be done. That person always makes the changes on a timely fashion and all is well after that.
How would you apply this process with students or colleagues at your site?
I can only imagine what this process would look like in my classroom and at my school site with teachers. I believe that my students would be excited to share out about a person or theme which they have explored. They would be eager to document their findings on a poster board so that the class could find similarities together. Adults on the other hand might have a more difficult time feeling excited to share out. In order to train my students I would pick a topic which they are very excited to talk about in order to help them become even more excited. This might also work with the teachers.
What 8 tenets of critical thinking were evident or relevant to this process? (Refer to the Critical Thinking lecture)
The tenets of critical thinking which were most evident or essential for the work that my group did this week are open mindedness, deferred judgement, questioning, and reflection. For this week’s process I completed my interview and was tasked to analyze the information which we had gathered. I found that open mindedness was helpful when learning more about Mr. Hernandez and his opposition to enrolling his children in a Biliteracy program. I found myself reflecting when I read over all of the interviews and throughout this Design Thinking process I feel that I have been questioning every question, every answer, every suggestion, and also myself throughout this process. It has been a very rewarding week.