Jessica's Group Interaction Exercise - Part 2

After reading the posts from my classmates it seems we all have similar ideas about what group interaction is. Some of us dislike the academic side of group interaction but appreciate the social side, and in some way we have all grown as group members. Most of us have even struggled through the bad the group experiences and learned from them. A bad experience makes us appreciate the good experiences even more.

Each person in part one shared similar views when they were discussing their past group experiences. The most important parts for effective group interaction were: open communication, learning how to deal with conflict, and time management. Through my experience I have dealt with conflict, time management, and communication (good and bad) but it seems that I didn't recognize conflict to be as significant as others did. For the most part I have had groups where there was little conflict, and reading from a few students how conflicts arose and how they were solved was important to getting the group project done. I also found that time management was a big issue, and when you had a group member that was always absent that affected your time management and success of the group experience.

After reading reflections by my peers I find it intersting that we all shared such similar group experiences. Also, the roles of non-written and written text that influenced each one of us was similar yet different. We all seemed to use written work from a previous class and show how that helped us, and when it came to non-written text we related group interaction to movies, plays, and various performances. This exercise expanded my knowledge on group interaction; and reading past experiences from my peers helped me better understand the group interaction competency.