Angela commented on Group 2 and 4
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Andrea commentd on Group 2 and 3 blog
HAPPY SPRING!!!
In the month of March, we learned many concepts and ideas about professionalism, professionalization, adult learning, and adult programs/organizations. Specifically the importance that professional organizations and programs provide great networking opportunities and different resources like professional development. Adult learning can happen anywhere. However self-learning is a concept easy to understand but hard to implement.
Our group's big focus was adjusting based on the feedback from the last paper. We organized well this month and our brief discussion on defining youth vs. adult organizations was useful to us in better understanding the expectations of the course.
For the research project, our group feverishly pulled together resources and information for the Adult Organization and Programs. By the end of the last project, Angela was emailing Nichole and I about deciding who was going to complete what parts of the next assignment. So, we needed to quickly decided which organizations we were going to research. At first we thought we would chose Goodwill Industries, Inc and Center for Leadership (CLD). However, the CLD focuses most of their efforts mainly on younger students, not adults. We discussed this as a group and finalized on researching Goodwill Industries, Inc. and Indianapolis Urban League. Each part of the paper was broken into areas suggested by the table summary. Angela provided the introduction of each organization, organized the paper for posting, and completed the summary table. Nichole provided the information necessary to compare the two organizations and the implications. Andrea provided the programs for the chosen organizations and completed the reference section. Communication between our group member continues to be strong. It almost seems that we read each others minds but I think we just realize what each others strengths are. With our busy schedules, it can be difficult to communicate however, our group still manages to make time to have conference calls to connect and clarify information.
Completing the E-Archive, our next project, is going to be challenging. However, we have documented our last two projects and assignments well which will help with the process of pulling the E-Archive project together. As a team, we have specific dates in which information on the E-Archive will be required. Within the next few days, our plan is to decide how to divide the work and get it done.
We used the same picture!!! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat job learning to work around busy schedules. This has been an issue we run into as well. Professionalization was also a topic i learned a lot about. I never thought about really separating that from professionalism before.
We have not yet begun working on our E-archive but like your ideas on how to tackle it.
Kyndra Haggard
It sounds like your group works well together, despite busy schedules. Nice job! :) I haven't yet read your paper, but I plan to now that I see you wrote about Goodwill Industries, Inc. I shop at Goodwill often because, by shopping at thrift stores, I am not supporting the demand for sweatshop labor. My money goes to Goodwill and not a clothing company sourcing their clothes from sweatshops in China. I'm interested to read what you discovered about Goodwill, as well as the Center for Leadership Development! :)
ReplyDeleteI like how your group worked together to organize and write your paper this month. It was interesting to read about the history of Goodwill Industries, Inc. Thanks for highlighting topics that were covered this month through readings and online discussion in your monthly summary.
ReplyDeleteJavita
Fine very readable summary, Group 1. I especially appreciated you highlighting the networking opportunities provided by participation in professional organizations. I frequently emphasize to my students the importance of capitalizing upon any good networking opportunities they can identify. Earlier this semester one of my students actually acted upon my advice! He will start a much coveted internship within the next couple days.
ReplyDeleteJim Brunson
Great job learning to find time to communicate well with each other despite your busy and differing schedules. I like that you use conference calls as one of your communication avenues. This is a great way to organize and bounce ideas off each other. I think this "live" talking could, at times, prove more productive than email or text. I also like your idea of setting individual due dates for the next group project. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI think this "live" talking could, at times, prove more productive than email or text.
Delete---- I think so too.
Bo
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