More Group Facilitation Questions

Hello Class!

I have been receiving some interesting questions from students across both of my Comm 41 classes about the final project in the course. Here is some additional information:

1). Read through the entire assignment carefully.

2). When you gather your group of 5-7 people (not including yourself), you will act as the facilitator and observer. You will NOT participate in the decision making process. Rather, you will be observing and asking questions.

3). Hand out the LAST page of the assignment sheet. (My apologies for including an additional "tip" at the top of the page. Tell your group to ignore that, as it is for you and not your group.)

4). Your group will then, INDIVIDUALLY, rank the people in order of who they would offer the job to first. This means that #1 on the list will be the most qualified candidate to each individual person. Have them write down, in descending order, who would qualify the most.

5). Have them write down "WHY" or a rationale for their decisions.

6). Have a group discussion about their ranking order and their reasoning.

7). You will then discuss the case as a group, and have the group make a decision about who is the most qualified. Make sure to focus on the discussion aspect of the assignment. This is where you will get examples of 'reasoning' and 'arguments'.

8). After a decision is made, and everyone agrees (by majority vote of course - not every single person has to agree), you will then have a discussion about HOW the group interacted. Follow the list of questions on the assignment sheet. Feel free to ask more questions though. Do not feel limited by what I have written down for you.

9). Right after the facilitation, while everything is still fresh in your mind, write down some notes. This is CRITICAL so you do not forget the arguments and reasoning. Remember to record sound reasoning as well as flawed reasoning.

10). As the assignment sheet states, you will need to include at least 4 concepts from the Epstein text, and at least 2 from the Small Group Communication text.

11). FOLLOW the grading sheet when writing and editing your paper. That grading sheet is EXACTLY how I will grade your essay.

Let me know if you have more questions about the final assignment. Remember, the final assignment (and video/audio/CD/DVD) needs to be submitted NO LATER than Friday, May 14th @ 11:59pm.