Final Presentation Template Analysis of Collaborative Group Processes Clarion University West Chester University 11/16/2018

Suggestions for Presenting The slide template is for your teams final collaborative presentation – some helpful suggestions/guidelines. You will probably need more than one slide for each week in the semester! Be creative; this template is to give the team direction in reporting your collaborative process over the next 14 weeks. 11/16/2018

Suggestions (cont.) Begin outlining this powerpoint early: You know how things can go wrong with technology! Procrastination is very unfriendly! Don’t write a lot on your slides: Get the major ideas down so team members can discuss the ‘nuts and bolts’ of the communication process! Figure out who is controlling the ppt. before the presentation. 11/16/2018

The Collaborators – Week 1-2 The first week in the collaborative class made me think …? The first assignment – collaborative chapter… The Tangram gave us some idea of collaboration…. List team identification information here (motto, logo, etc.) Describe how you agreed upon your name What team member took the lead? What team members felt overwhelmed? 11/16/2018

The Collaborative Team Members List and describe team members here. Maybe include individual pictures. Identify the member(s) that took lead? Did leadership get shared among group team members. Team members were unclear about assignment? 11/16/2018

Team Communication Describe team communication patterns Use who to whom’s chart to do this. For example, compare various weeks that illustrate an improvement in team communication. When conflict emerged how did your team resolve differences? 11/16/2018

Communication Analysis -- The Who - To - Whom Chart Team 1 Week 1 1-14-1-18 11/16/2018

Team Member Roles Describe team member roles here (e.g., the leader, the cheerleader, the detail person, etc.). List individual team members and their roles. Take examples of communications from the web board, chat sessions, or who to whom charts to illustrate these ideas. 11/16/2018

Gender Effects Describe any gender effects you may have noticed (e.g., the men in the group may have talked more than the women in the group) Did gender effect communication? Create problems? Affect what roles people adopted? 11/16/2018

Communication Problems and Solutions What kinds of problems did the group run into? How were they resolved? Identify the problems that emerged at distant sites. Team members thought ‘distant’ team members were uncooperative? Be specific as to whom? 11/16/2018

Suggestions for Future Collaborative Teams It would have helped Team 7 if we had more time to… The first week was critical for us in getting… Get quiet members to work – Assigning roles helped us. We appointed a team member to monitor the calendar! What to do with ‘slackers’… The who-to-whom chart needed more emphasis! 11/16/2018

Powerpoint Keep ppt. “noises” to a minimum – they can be distracting and the team loses focus. Special effects do the job..! 11/16/2018

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