This week I continued my role as group leader for this task. I invited all our group members to join me on our Google Document on any of the nights this week, starting with Tuesday. I told them I would be on at 8:30 pm and we could share ideas and collaborate at that time. Not all the members could make our "meetings", but we managed to finish our Document in a couple of nights.
As group leader I contributed by initiating group "meetings", committing to the time I said I would be available, and collaborating with the other team member in building our ideas and finishing the task at hand. After having worked on the Google Document last week, we were much more comfortable collaborating on the Document, and commenting on the side. What did work better was deciding to communicate by telephone as we typed and organized the Document. It was easier to speak to each other rather than type in the comments column.
For next time, I still would like our group to meet face-to-face to discuss and share ideas. I know it is difficult because of our other responsibilities and locations. I can see how social webbing has made it possible for us to communicate and complete this week's task, despite not meeting face-to-face. Still, I cannot help but feel we could each contribute more to the project if we were in each other's presence, like students who physically attend class.
Althea Rodrigues
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