#collaboration and teamwork

[borngeniusworld]

The Power of a Healthy Work Environment

The Power of a Healthy Work Environment In the journey to success, having talent is just one piece of the puzzle. Equally important is the environment in which that talent thrives. Picture this: you’re like a plant. Even if you have the best seed, you won’t grow well if you’re planted in bad soil. A healthy work environment is like good soil for your talent. It’s where you feel valued,…

[legogradstudent]

Collaborating on a project with several colleagues, the grad student is unable to identify exactly what he is contributing.

[would-holden-caulfield-like-nge]

Bully turns 18 today!

Oh no, no one came to Jimmy's birthday party! Draw in your favorite character (or oc) to congratulate him!

[sheisanimposter]

I understand why professors say teamwork is important when justifying group projects, even though I know it’s really about grading less papers. I’m a reasonable person, I get it.

But if you’re an instructor on this app I raise you this: if the project is about teamwork, why isn’t my grade?

I’m being graded on the end result of the project, not the teamwork. Yet no amount of teamwork is going to make that end result strong if there are people in my group who simply don’t care. And no, that isn’t how it works in the real world.

When I worked on group projects professionally, there were things in place to set the team up for success and monitor our work:

- there was usually pre-designated project lead who had leadership skills or a strong background knowledge on the project

- our slack channels usually had a supervisor in them for questions and accountability

- in my non slack work places we had project check ins with a supervisor

-in some cases we had project feedback surveys at the end or halfway through

I’m 33, I have professional and leadership experience, I could do this project by myself in a week and get an A because I’ve done similar work professionally. I also have ocd so “taking over” is something I’ve worked hard to reduce and I’ve learned to balance with “step up step back”.

By not doing all the work for a group of 20 something’s who barely experienced high school, I actually am practicing teamwork and leadership. I’m giving them info and prompts to try to help, but some of them simply don’t care and are hoping someone else will do all the work. Ultimately they can get away with that because my professor is grading us on the quality of our work, not how we got there.

My attempts to get people to meet, the prompts I gave my team to help get conversations going, and the info I provided to them that they didn’t use will not be graded. My professor will never see our discord chat. Instead I’m being graded on the work ethic of others. How is this teaching teamwork? How is this grading team work? How is it actually preparing severely undersocialized students (my classmates missed most of high school due to Covid and it shows) for the workplace?

So if you’re a teacher, professor or instructor who genuinely cares about teaching teamwork and not just grading fewer papers, here are some suggestions:

-designate a project leader: let the team choose and give that person extra credit

-do project check ins, it can just be a quick survey monkey to give people a chance to “tattle” anonymously. You have to actually read them and follow up on issues though.

-mandate that the group chat stays in canvas or that you’re included in the discord chat, that chat itself should be part of the grade based on how much people participated in and lead conversations

-give individual grades. This means not just grading based on the end result but on each persons portion of it. If one person made the whole presentation that’s going to factor more into their grade. If one section of a project is better researched than another that should factor into individual grades.

-TEACH TEAMWORK FIRST: college isn’t about learning by trial and error, we’re typically given material to learn before being graded on an assignment that proves our knowledge of it. So many current students were not taught teamwork or other social skills typically gained in high school because of COVID learning, don’t assume they know how to do things you take for granted. If the project is team based because you feel teamwork is important, the least you can do is give some handouts on communication and planning strategies that are used in real workplaces. It’s unfair to be grading students on something you didn’t teach them / that isn’t a prerequisite for your course. If your course doesn’t have teamwork knowledge as a prerequisite why are you assuming your students know anything about it?

[theheliumsystem]

have a donnie

[dy-mph-na]

heartbreak themed lyrics/poem

i’d love to find someone to make me a background beat that’d go with the lyrics lol I love to sing but idk any instruments

[jayb1rb]

My OC Jynx and my good friends OC Sagittarius meeting for the first time! Jynx is a little more than surprised, as you can tell, and Sagittarius is.... Sagittarius. Sagittarius belongs to @isisthedemon who has a drawing of her own for these two, which you should check out!

[in-tenebris-et-in-solitudine]

[strangeryetcecil]

Let's make a guy together!

[fuyuthefoxwriter]

What’s this a Team Red color Colab, how fabulous!!! we sadly didn’t get it done before the deadline (ha dead pun) but we still were so happy with how it turned out and decided to share it, I hope you all enjoy it as much as we enjoyed coloring it together

Ghostwriter and Cujo colored by me (aka @fuyuthefoxwriter )

Johnny 13 colored by @half-deadmagicperson

Ember and Background colored by @ectoblastfromthepast

Danny and tiny man Skulker colored by @echo-does-art

Technus colored by @brothebro

And last but not least spectra colored by @furiarossa

The amazing line art was made by @things-i-cannot-do-in-amitypark

[borngeniusworld]

The Power of a Healthy Work Environment

The Power of a Healthy Work Environment In the journey to success, having talent is just one piece of the puzzle. Equally important is the environment in which that talent thrives. Picture this: you’re like a plant. Even if you have the best seed, you won’t grow well if you’re planted in bad soil. A healthy work environment is like good soil for your talent. It’s where you feel valued,…

[marlequinncos]

Watching The Terror and I feel like Peter Lukas would be kicking his feet and giggling with every episode

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[themontessoriacademyofarlington]

Lower Elementary - Geometry

These students are very focused on their work in geometry! This material covers the parts of an angle, such as the vertex and sides, providing a solid foundation for more complex geometry. Students construct angles with the geometry sticks, reinforcing their understanding and visualization of how angles are formed. Collaborative learning is a key aspect of their work, enhancing their understanding of angles and fostering teamwork, communication skills, and a sense of community.

[androdconstruction]

“You can dream, create, design and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it requires people to make the dream a reality.”

— Walt Disney

[teharrarose]

Sweeter Echoes, Crackling Embers

My favorite part of a project is when you find the art that properly tells the story you want to tell. @lunaticmarkers -- here from tumblr -- ((lunaticmarkers.tumblr.com)) brought to life our story Sweeter Echoes, Crackling Embers unlike anything I could have done alone. They brought their talent and we hit a homerun!

Check it out here, our story, Sweetest Echoes, Crackling Embers -- written for the 72 Hour Murderboy Game Jam 2024 -- https://teharra-rose.itch.io/sweeter-echoes-crackling-embers