During the CSI: Normal activity each individual in our team played one or more of the roles that fit under the task roles, social roles, or boundary-spanning roles. Of the ten different roles, I saw the members of my team taking on the contributor role because members were sharing information that they had on their sheet that was not on other member's sheets, the completer role because after we had decided on a reason why to convict a particular person it needed to be written down on paper, the critic because when a team member shared a piece of information with someone that was not on their sheet, they stopped and asked where they got that piece of information from, the cooperator role becasue when a member came up with a reason to convict someone based on a piece of evidence the other members agreed, the consul role because a team member had asked Professor Sheep various questions and shared them with the team, and the coordinator role because we had to check with Professor Sheep to see if we were correct on charging the right person with the murder.
I played the roles of the cooperator, consul, and coordinator. I did not receive my own piece of paper with the evidence on it so I was sharing it with a team member. The other members had finished reading before I did and were already stating reasons on why we should convict a certain person and I agreed with them when they pointed out the evidence. I played the consul role because I had asked Professor Sheep a question and returned to my team to share the answer with them. I also played the coordinator role because I had went to Professor Sheep with our sheet to see if we had convicted the right person.
I believe the contributor, the completer, and the coordinator roles were the most helpful in our team's success in solving the mystery. The contributor role is what allowed each member share information on their sheet that was not on the other sheets of the other members in the group. The completer role helped organize all of the ideas or reasons why to convict someone that were just thrown out there by writing them down on the sheet of paper. The coordinator role is what connected us to Professor Sheep and let us know whether we were right or not on our conviction.
I believe our group is in the norming stage. I feel that we are all committed to each other as a group and achieving the group's goal of getting the assignment completed. We have not had an assignment that we were not able to complete so we are ready for whatever the next assignment is that is given to us. We all respect each other as a group member and when completing assignments we offer our thoughts on a question and ask what the other members in the group think. Also, we have gotten to know each other more than when we had first started the class.
-Steven Stanek
I am glad that we had you on our team to act as the consul to take the information up to Dr. Sheep. You were able to do it quickly and bring back valuable information on what we needed to change. If I had done it, I might have gone too fast and forgot the advice that Dr. Sheep had given me.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the contributor was a very important role in our team. Without them, none of us team members would have been able to communicate what was on our different sheets and thus not been able to eliminate the suspects. The completer was also important because we needed to be able to keep track of who we eliminated so we could stay on track and remember who we had to clear still.
I stated that our group was in the preforming stage, rather than the norming stage. I feel that our group has already established all the group rules for our team and is now working together towards a common goal. We all want to do well in team activities and share ideas with each other to get the work done.
--Kristi Rudin