Communication and Collaboration
- Our group split the podcast into two hosts and one guest speaker which we worked together on deciding who would do what. I thought about what my strengths and likes are (factual, detailed, using technology) and what the rest of my groups’ strengths and interests were (more conversationalists, listened to more podcasts, etc.) hence I became the guest speaker, and in charge of overseeing the revision of the podcast, while another group member was in charge of setting up mics, etc.
- I collected information for each of the sections by going back into the novel and finding examples or quotes that I could share with my group to include in our outline. I was able to ask questions about the others’ ideas so that we could clarify what was important. I also showed that I was an active listener by nodding my head, and saying things like, “good idea”, or “I see what you mean”.
- It was difficult to find a time outside of class when the group was available to work on and record the podcast. I made sure that I was flexible when I could meet, and was prepared with my ideas so that we could be ready to go. If someone, needed help I would help them.
Critical and Reflective Thinking and Creative Thinking
- When reading this novel, I was able to connect some of the main character’s personality to my own. We both like routine, clear instructions, logic, order, math, and science.
- I knew someone in a class who had “Autism”. I am able to better understand his actions and thinking now.
- I am not strong at creative tasks like podcasts. I only listen to one podcast and that is about technology. I took a risk in doing this type of project. A strategy I used with this task was to get the facts, and then go back and see if I could talk about it and add a word or line to make it more humorous or interesting.