Previously on Joshes blog...
Josh and his fellow FDA enthusiasts travelled to the whimsical dimension of the Lincolnshire Echo to speaker to the master dimension only known as editor Jon Grubb regaling us with tales of wonder about being a honourable warrior known as a journalist. After leaving this dimension the FDA's were tasked with answering a set of riddles for their blogs, the catch was it must be answered in groups.
Ok now wannabe comic bit's over let's get going.
Following on from Sue's last lecture our job was to answer questions surrounding a exclusive article the Lincolnshire Echo published surrounding councillors shady dealings with expenses. Link here- http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/news/COUNCIL-EXPENSE-PURSEarticle-3245880-detail/article.html
The trick was doing it in a group. These are the steps we took to get it done and little log along the way:
Arrangement: The first thing was to get everyone somewhere we could all talk and do the work together. This started off we a few of us sending out ideas via text. After we decided a location, date and time we sent out a mass email to everyone in our group explaining why we emailed and our plans. Also to come prepared with ideas of how to answer the questions.
Making sure everyone got the message: Since not everyone used the Universities email we knew it's possible some people may have not got our message, it involved us meeting with people prior and post lecture to make sure they knew the plan. On the day we meet, we had a seminar so we reminded everyone once more to the time and place and luckily we had special session that day, so those who attended went to the library after that.
Getting to work: So the place we chose was the libary due to the fact it had wide resources and made use feel really clever when we told people where we would would been. When we got their we sat in a group at the computers and bought up the questions on Blackboard and worked through them logically. We noted down our answers and gave everyone a chance to speak.
So what made this whole little adventure work? Well it was being able to communicate and I’m now pleased to say I do have suitable contact details for people now. Another key point was using an old GCSE English trick called the PEE (Point Example Explain) chain when we went through the questions verbally. So you'd bring up an idea, draw on some kind of example to support your idea and then explain it to get your message across.
Very good! This could well form part of your final assessment piece! My advice would be to work this up using some group work theory from the library, looking particularly at group work communications. Compare how the theory sits with your actual practice. You can then write about your reflection on what you did well (and would therefore do again) and what perhaps you didn't do so well (and what you might try to do next time). Gather this all together using citations from you theoretical books and you will have a good analysis/academic report of your processes.
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