Liza Blanco- Reflection Essay

    Remote learning has not only been challenging but also something out of the ordinary for most students. Remote learning is quite complicated for the majority of students, but it didn’t seem to affect any of the presentations. All the groups did a great job speaking about the chapters assigned and remained organized through it all. Everyone communicated very well with their group and demonstrated good teamwork skills. Despite the fact that it was a bit of a challenge figuring it all out everyone was able to put together an amazing presentation.

    Group one was assigned chapter three which is about Intercultural Communication. The chapter also covers culture and communication, dominant cultures, co-cultures, cultural identity, how cultures differ, and developing intercultural communication competence. Group one did a good job demonstrating the information. They included two videos in order for classmates to see and understand more of what they were trying to get across with their topics. This chapter was interesting, and the group made it easier to understand by providing the class with videos. 

    Group two was my group and we were assigned chapter nine which was related to communicating in groups. The chapter included the nature and types of groups, characteristics of healthy groups, stages of group development, and conflict in groups. We divided the topics in each lesson among two to three group members based on our knowledge. All the members made sure our classmates understood the topics by sharing briefly their point of views. The experience I had with my group was amazing because I feel like we stayed in contact while working on our presentation. We created a WhatsApp group chat in order to discuss our topic and I think that’s the main reason why we had a successful presentation. We had a very well-organized presentation with pictures on each slide and we worked well as a team.

    Group three was assigned chapter ten which was related to leadership and problem solving. This chapter covered topics such as leadership, effective meetings, systematic problem solving, communicating group solutions, and evaluating group effectiveness. This group did a great job presenting and remained organized throughout their presentation. They provided us with information based on group communication which will help the class throughout the semester. Not only did this group have great organization and teamwork skills but also had confidence. All group members spoke about their topic with lots of confidence and knew their information very well.

    Overall, working with groups and meeting group members remotely was a success for all of us. Everyone did an outstanding job organizing and putting time into their presentation. Although it has been quite a different semester due to the circumstances being faced with COVID-19 all students seemed to get around the issue in an excellent manner. I have a great feeling about this semester, and I know it will be successful with the help and guidance of our professor Sherri Sinkoff. Besides the challenges being faced during remote learning it will result in students gaining more confidence to speak up and develop great teamwork and organization skills.