What a class....!!

There definitely was a lot of chaos in class on Monday. You have people screaming from all parts of the room trying to put in their 2 cents. To say it was very unorganized would be an under statment, but I guess that was the point. How could a room of 70+ people all with different personalities and views come to a unanimous decision all on our own without any structure.

I personally believe that I was very accomodating. I felt that any decision made by the group would be beneficial to me. There were more people who needed a solid decision to increase their chances of doing good on this and next tests. I felt the decision should definitely benefit everyone else more than myself.

The one thing that the class lacked was a true leader who could bring everyone together and come to an equitable solution for everyone. There were to many people going up trying to make their cases but that wasn't a smart idea. When you have several "leaders" people decide to choose which "leader" to agree and follow. This would have cut down on all the minor side arguments and increased clear communication among the group.

It was a very interesting class that I enjoyed very much, I just sat back and listened to everything everyone had to say. I only spoke about 3 times. It definitely was a revealing experience and an eye opener, I was able to see how a group of 70+ individuals can try to work together to come with a viable solution.

it's all aboout HUEVO...!

I believe that we followed through very well from steps 1-4. As a group we were able to define our objective of building a contraption that would protect the egg from breaking once it was dropped, we all understand how much time we had and how to use that time wisely. Before we were even given the materials we had already set up how much we were going to need and use. Also as a group we were able to come up with different strategies and contraptions and from there eliminate the choices which we deemed to be unsatisfactory. After we decided which way to approach the building of the contraption we all set up roles that way each person could do their job, ultimately leading up to a finished project.

The step I believe the group bypassed was Step 5. I honestly didn't see and corrective actions or revisions taking place. We came as a group and made the contraption. We didn't give time to revising or anything. I'm not saying that was a bad thing because obviously the outcome was a very positive one.

I believe the team did a superb job. Obviously the outcome was a major plus, but the way we came to achieving our goal was great. We all chipped in ideas and sorted them out so that way the cream would rise to the top. Working together on such a small object was tough, having 6 people working on something was a challenge but everyone was able to put in their contributions which led to our ultimate goal of dropping the egg and having it not break.

I want to say that my group couldn't do anything to be more effective but I can't really think of something. Maybe we could have actually used all 25min that were allotted to us instead of only using 10-15. With using those extra 10 min we could have came up with many more ideas which in turn could have been more ingenious