Good Team!

Here is an example of a good team in action. I have cut out the names but this set of postings was made by 4 different students. I posted the comment "Great Teamwork" yesterday.

These students have been working on this task for about 5 days. The subject for this week's paper for this team is White Dwarf Stars. Each of them is required to post a couple of hotlinks and a picture along with a paragraph or two of information. They will have the next couple of days to craft all of this into a two page paper so just posting this is not enough. You can see from the postings that this team has coordinated and is trying to make the process as simple as possible.

Here is an example of a good individual student posting:

Notice that the student has written about her research, linked to her sources and provided an image. On a good team, most or all of the members are doing their work and carrying their fair share. Of course, there are times when some do more than others but over the long haul it all works out pretty fairly. The main thing is that these online groups turn out to be a real, genuine little teams. They have team pride. They support each other, encourage and help their teammates. The students often become wistful at the end of the semester when their team is broken up. This is a very powerful social environment and it really improves the learning for the students who are on a good team.

I will show you a completed “team paper” when the projects are done.