Monthly Summaries

Dawn Fewell Commented on Group #2
Kathryn Brady Commented on Group 4.


Monthly Summary for April.

                            Group 3: Dawn, Kathy, Kim and Oscar.

This month, our group focused on the E- Archive assignment and the final group paper. We used the same approach that we had during all the other group assignments and that is having each member of the group work on a section of the paper before compiling it together.

We agreed to use Prezi for the e-archive assignment. Dawn then reviewed the assignments that we have completed so far and picked the main points from them for Oscar to use in setting up the e-Archive. Kathy was charged with the responsibility of finding images, pictures, quotes and anything that was relevant to be included in the archive. Kim then wrote.

We all went through the work to see if anything else needed to be added or taken off it though there was nothing really because everyone outdid themselves to come up with an amazing job. Kim and Oscar then went ahead and posted the papers and the e-archive onto the required sites.

This being among the last batch of assignments due for the course and the fact that we have tackled previous assignments together helped things run smoothly., We did not encounter any challenges whatsoever.

Everyone worked diligently on their assigned roles and presented the required text and other materials in due time.

Group effort is important in coursework and in a professional capacity. What could initially seem to be a daunting task is achieved well, less fraught with challenges and finished in good time. It creates room for different perspectives and opinions resulting in a more informative project.

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Monthly Summary for March

Group #3 – Kathryn Brady, Dawn Fewell, Oscar Guajardo, and Kimberly Neal

How did we organize and communicate this month?

This month our group continued to organize by creating a table with each person’s assignment and due date.  This seems to really help our group stay focused since our timeline seemed a little tighter than the last project with having spring break during this time period.  We split the Organization project into four sections and then one group member put all the pieces together and proofed the citations and references.  Then, the final draft was sent to everyone for review.  This process worked and we were able to complete the project on time.  We have continued to use email and texting as our form of communication which has worked out very well for us.

What were the challenges and what did we do to resolve them?

Everything has gone pretty smoothly this month.  We all completed our responsibilities by the agreed upon deadlines and kept communication open. 

How can we apply what we learned this month to our professional lives?

It is important to know about the different types of organizations which provide programs and many types of benefits to people wanting to continue their education.  By researching these organizations and learning more about them, we can provide this information to others seeking help.  We may be familiar with an organization but not really know what they do for people.  For example both of the organizations we studied for our paper, The United States Armed Forces and The Carnegie Corporation of New York are familiar to most people.  However, we were amazed at the contributions both organizations have made to adult education which continue to this day.  As we have learned through the weekly reading and videos, being a professional means different things to different people.  It is related to knowing our subject matter and being good at what we do, displaying an outward appearance of confidence and authenticity, holding ourselves to a high standard of character and behavior, and continually learning in order to help make our workplace and community a better place for everyone. 

What are the plans for next month?

As soon as we finished the organizations project, we began communicating through texting about what we needed to do for the E-Archive.  All of us reviewed the syllabus and looked at the examples to get ideas of what we wanted.  We are in the process of finalizing our final project theme.  We have assigned jobs and deadlines to turn in the work.  We will all provide feedback to each other for each part of the project, but we have created this breakdown of how we anticipate the workload to be divided up:

March 30

ü Agree on theme for e-Archive

April 3^rd

ü Dawn - review assignments 1-3 and draw out main points, put into bullets, outline, or other format -- Oscar will use this for electronic portion 

ü Kathy - find images, pictures, quotes, etc. on the internet related to Adult Education and the information we covered in class for Oscar to use in electronic media

ü Kim -- I will write the one-page paper, Dawn & I will communicate main points so these two things align.

            April 7

ü Group reviews all the information from Dawn, Kathy and Kim and makes any edits needed - hand off to Oscar

April 16

ü Oscar posts e-Archive to blog, Kim posts paper to blog and Blackboard
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Dawn Fewell - Commented on Group #2

Kathryn Brady-Commented on Group#1

Kimberly Neal - Commented on Group #2

February 28, 2017

This month’s group work activity provided an opportunity for all of us to get to know each other a bit more and individual roles in relation to the project were determined.  Previously we decided to use email and text as our primary communication methods and thus far it has worked well.  We started off the month reviewing our Group Plan and determining what jobs needed to be accomplished, and who would be responsible.  We split the Adult Educator project into four areas: two people researching, and two people writing the submission.  Then, one person volunteered to put it all together and then we all will review the final draft.  We agreed upon dates for each part of the plan to be completed.  The Group Plan really helped keep things in order and created a reasonable timeline that everyone agreed on.  However, any time you try to predict a timeline, there will always be things to come up.  I think our group did a great job with working around any issues that came up, kept the lines of communication open (so important!) and continued working towards completing the group project.  As we move on to the next topic, we will be better prepared on how and what to do because we now have a “blueprint” to go by.  This time around was a learning experience for all of us, and as we look ahead to the next group assignment we can build on what we have learned.  The benefit of working as a group was being able to ask questions to get clarification on things we did not understand.  Several group members commented that they found the information gathered about the two adult and community educators very informative.  The two people our group selected were unique in that one was influential although not primarily an educator, and the other was a great researcher in addition to his work in the classroom.  This is reflective of the broad and complex nature of adult and community education, and demonstrates that you don’t necessarily have to be an educator to make a difference in education.