Team Reflection

Due to the fact that we have been doing many group projects in this class throughout the year, we have become very familiar with working in groups, trusting our peers and taking on responsibility. Because of this we believe that the Lego group projects were very successful in terms of teamwork. We were more comfortable with each other and were able to openly share our opinions and consider the suggestions of others. We have come to the conclusion that working with people you are comfortable with will lead to the most favorable outcomes and hopefully very good results.
Like in every team there are also conflicts and problems. Even though we felt that our team did not experience any extreme problems, there were still a couple things that we would have done differently. For example, we would have made sure that everyone attends all the meetings and is informed about what is going on in the group. At times we felt that one person was not participating in the activities enough and was getting graded the same that the other group members were and that was not fair. But we learned that when this happens we need to confront the person we are concerned about and give them a chance to fix their mistakes. Another thing that did not go very well in our group is not having proper access to the needed materials such as the Lego programmer. We were unable to download the program to our computers and therefore did not have access to it outside of class. In the end downloaded it onto a friend’s computer and were able to use it from there, but this meant that we did not work in class much because we did not have access to that computer. Next time we will be more organized.
Overall we feel that our group was very successful in completing and succeeding in the challenges and we worked very well together!