Obviously, I went to Group Dynamics. I scrolled don to the student’s weblog addresses out of curiosity of what they had written. The first entry I read was about listening. I thought this might be a topic of choice for our group assignment. However, as you read the my path while reading, I wonder if group dynamics would be appropriate. I am sure we have all worked in groups before and obviously we are required to work in a group for the next assignment.
“In many instances I have listened to someone elses idea or suggestion and have been able to “piggy-back” my ideas into the conversation. I also have found it to be really helpful to be a good listener, and realize that a way to show that you’re listening is to be able to tie ideas and suggestions into one another. In order to be a successful coordinator one needs to be a good listener, and pretty organized. Coordinators also coordinate activities of various members or subgroups and I find myself doing that often through conversations and emails within our sub groups (Schien, music, eval., fishbowl).”
http://www.umasswiki.com/wiki/User:Summer22
I continued to visit other students sites. http://www.umasswiki.com/wiki/User:Akademakid did not have anything in particular about listening.
Finding consistent in each of the sites I visit for the students of the Comm 352 course that they emphasize is group dynamics, which I believe we all know we are about to experience like it or not!
http://www.umasswiki.com/wiki/User:Buckets34 states “I learned in Group Dynamics and I will always be aware of the developmental process of forming a group in the future! I am very satisfied with the outcome of this course and I hope you all enjoy touring through our wiki and blog posts as a virtual tour through Comm. 352- Group Dynamics! –Buckets34 17:02, 11 May 2008 (EDT)”
walshy05 (http://www.umasswiki.com/wiki/User_talk:WalshyO5) confirms that in groups we each play roles. Possibly what is our persona strengths that naturally fit the need of the group. “Our subgroup worked extremely well together. We pulled our weight in the group, and we all had something unique to bring to the table. Aaron is a relief pitcher on the UMASS baseball team and provided insight to the daily life of a UMASS student-athlete and also provided information on all of the UMASS varsity athletics and venues in the Varsity Sports Page
Matt Westgate has played more Intramural Sports than probably anyone who has ever stepped foot onto the UMASS campus. Between him, and his close friends, they know the insides and out to everything involved with Intramurals from where to sign up, how to form/join a team, to the actual playing on the field. You can find out all the information you need to know about UMASS Intramurals courtesy of Matt Westgate on the UMASS Intramural Sports Page
Then it was my turn. Probably the least known aspect of sports on the UMASS campus is what I do, sports broadcasting. I have been broadcasting sports at UMASS since the fall of 2005. I personally think this aspect of the sports site will be the most useful for students interested in broadcasting because there isn’t a lot of information around campus about what I do. To see everything from the amount of games we broadcast, how to get involved, and what its like broadcasting a live college sporting event, check out the UMASS Sports Broadcasting Page.”
