Essay 3 Reflection

1: Group Interaction

Our contact was, at first, limited to only the classroom. But, as the Thanksgiving weekend came around, we changed our tactic to e-mails. And, during that weekend, the only person to respond to me was Paul. We exchanged ideas and decided the plan for the whole of our essay's draft and waited for Josh and Johan to respond. In that time, we completed each of our segments and turned to the remaining two members of our group face-to-face and assigned them the task of completing the third argument and intro/conclusion. During the following two nights they participated in communications via e-mail.

2: Use of Contract

Our contract, as far as I know, was followed through at all points. We all researched avidly for information on the essay and we all completed our jobs, and completed all tasks required. It states that everyone must do his/her own work, but we never stated that e-mailing over the break was a must-have portion that would be required. Moreover, it also says, "If a person in the group does not keep up on their work, their work will be divided between the other members in the group and the person who does not do their work will loose points from their grade." After unable to find a valid third argument, we were able to split up one of the arguments I had written, Josh and Johan allowing me to write it.

3: Use of Wiki

Every site which I came to (and found a use in) was posted on the wiki, some of which have annotations and others don't. I noticed, though, that I was the only one posting anything for a rather extended period of time, and I suppose Paul was the only other person do so so either (right before we turned the essay in). I suppose this can be contributed to the fact that Josh and Johan were limited to only the introduction and conclusion and weren't sure whether or not to include things for the debate on the wiki.

4: Individual Progress

I thought, in comparison with the last essay, that I did much better in the group. Being as that I better know the people I was working with and knew they had a history of getting everything done on time helped greatly. After several attempted drafts, I eventually re-wrote everything completely even Paul's section of the paper (with his consent) and took more time in doing so. Eventually though, due to the time crunch in the final days when I met back up with Johan and Josh, I was unable to adequately sort out little details and eventually put only a small amount of effort into the essay, just wanting it done. So, I still need to buckle down even more and ensure that I can get in contact with my group members.