Collaborative Research and Persuasive Presentation How do we motivate people to believe as we believe or take action?

Collaborative Research and Persuasive Presentation

How do we motivate people to believe as we believe or take

action?

Objectives – Day 1O To identify and use collaborative

group skillsO To identify and establish group normsO Coming together is a beginning.

Keeping together is progress.Working together is success.

O - Henry Ford

Trial and error?O Form your group:

O Find one other person you work with very well, who has strong work habits. Write both your names on a slip of paper. Turn in.

O Join up with another pair picked randomly.O You have 10 minutes. Create something

with the supplies provided.O Share your finished product with the class.O BEGIN!

Time to debriefO Please respond individually to these

questions:O 1. What did your group come up

with?O 2. What problems did you face?O 3. Why did/didn’t you work well?O 4. Did everyone contribute?O 5. Was there a leader? Is this good

or bad?

Debriefing continuedO 6. Was a leader needed?O 7. What slowed the group down?O 8. What problems did you have in

organizing?O 9. What responsibility did each

member have?O 10. How could the group solve the

problem faster next time?

CollaborationThink-Pair-Share

O Think of a successful team you belong to.

O What does it look like?O What does it sound like?O What qualities are needed to be

successful?

CollaborationThink-Pair-Share

O Think of an unsuccessful team you belong to or have belonged to.

O What did it look like?O What did it sound like?O What qualities make an unsuccessful

team?

Collaboration DefinedO col·lab·o·rateO   verb (used without object),

col·lab·o·rat·ed, col·lab·o·rat·ing. 1. to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work: They collaborated on a novel.

O www.dictionary.com

Characteristics of Effective Teams

O Have a clearly defined purpose that guides their work and specific, measurable goals that they achieve.

O Define and are committed to norms that guide how the team operates.

O Are disciplined in maintaining their focus.O Communicate effectively within the team

and those outside of the team.O http://www.turningpts.org//pdf/Teams.pdf

Establishing NormsWhat are they?

O Norms are ways of working together that help groups be more thoughtful and productive.

O Norms fall into two categories: procedural and interpersonal.

O Once norms are established, it is important that the entire group take responsibility for them.

O Norms can change and evolve as the group develops and matures.

O www.scoe.org/files/setting-norms.pdf

Establishing NormsWhat do they look like?

O Here are some common group norms:O Share informationO Ask questionsO Help the group stay on taskO Listen criticallyO Weigh and evaluate ideas, facts, opinionsO Be considerateO CooperateO Speak clearly and loudly enough to be

heard.

Areas to consider when setting norms

O Logistics – time, place, duration, frequency

O Timeliness – start, end, attendanceO Courtesy – listening, interruptions,

equal participation, dealing with disagreements, respect, empathy, work load

O Decision Making Process – How will we make decisions? Reach agreements? How will we show agreement?

Areas to consider when setting norms continued

O Workload assignment – How will work be assigned? How will conflicts with existing workloads be settled?

O Setting Priorities – How will we discharge responsibility for on-time completion and equal distribution?

O Enforcement of norms – How will we make sure norms are followed?

Your turn.

O Write down 3 important norms for you. One per Post It note.

O Put all Post Its in your group folder.

Objectives Day 2O To identify and use collaborative

group skillsO To identify and establish group normsO True...there is no "i" in team, but

there is a "u" in suck. O - unknown

Work together to establish your group’s norms

Establishing Norms Procedure

O Organize your Post It notes from yesterday.

O Create a chart with 2 columns: procedural norms and interpersonal norms.

O Do a Round Robin: each member of the group reads one of her/his Post Its and places it in the correct column.

O Begin.

Narrowing Down Norms

O Group the suggestions that are similar. For example:

O “Take turns speaking.”O “Make sure everyone speaks.”O Can become “Make sure everyone

is heard.”

Coming to consensusO Discuss the norms that have been

suggested.O Are all in agreement about the

norms?O Do you have 3-5 norms all members

of the group can follow?

Group ProcessO Write down the 3-5 norms. O Post the norms during each meeting.O Review the norms before beginning

work each day.O Add new norms as the team

develops and new situations arise.O Share your group’s norms with the

class.

Group JobsO Complete the Team Skills Self-

Evaluation sheet.O What do you bring to the group?O What are your strengths? (leader,

tech savvy, detail oriented, organized, research, presentations, time management)

O What are your weaknesses? (procrastination, unorganized, lose things)

Assigning JobsO Based on your group discussion,

volunteer for a job that will help your group be successful with the persuasive presentation.

O Below your list of norms, create a list with the jobs/responsibilities and the name of the person who will be in charge of each for your group.

PracticeO Form a circle with your group.O You will be given a question to

discuss based on your own experiences.

O You will be competing against the other groups.

O Every member must contribute.O Members must contribute in random

order, not just in order around the circle.

Practice continuedO The Winners!O The group that has followed the rules

explicitly (every member contributing at least 3 times in random order) in the shortest length of time.

QuestionsO 1. How do teenagers spend their free time?O 2. What is the best program on TV?O 3. In what ways could our school be improved?O 4. What is the best part about living in

Rochester?O 5. Who is the most influential American living

today?O 6. What is your favorite class this year?O 7. What has been the best invention in the past

10 years?O 8. What are some of your dream jobs?

Debrief PracticeO How did the group decide in what

order students were going to speak?O Who kept order?O What means were used to encourage

the more reluctant members to contribute?

Objectives: Day 3O To use collaborative group skills and

established group norms to create a product and present it.

O First: Clean up your folders so you only have your group norms and jobs; the rest can be recycled.

Take 2O Review the group normsO Review the group jobsO Group Task: Collaborate as a group to

create a new product using the supplies provided and persuade the audience in a 1-2 minute speech to purchase your product.

O Use Monroe’s Motivated Sequence.O Groups will vote on the most persuasive

presentation.

Work TimeO You have 15 minutes.O You may use notecards.O All members must be involved in the

presentation.O BEGIN!

TTT2 - DebriefO 1. What went well?O 2. What problems did you face?O 3. Why did/didn’t you work well?O 4. Did everyone contribute?O 5. Did the group follow the norms?O 6. Did everyone meet his/her

responsibilities?O 7. How could the group complete the

task better next time?

TomorrowO Report to the Business lab tomorrowO Have your gmail account set upO Bring your blue and green packetsO We will begin work on the Persuasive

PresentationO Hours 4,5, and 8 – Sales Self

evaluations are due on Friday. Go to website April 23 to find form.

TomorrowO We are in the classroom.O We will examine persuasive forces:

ethos, pathos, logosO We’ll hear how these are used in a

speech.O We will hear Sales speeches as we

have time on December 15 and 16.O Get your gmail account set up by

Friday!