Collaboration

Collaboration. This is a really good description of how last Wednesday's class went. Starting with the teamwork activity, Christina and I had the good luck to be able to play Nintendo for our activity! This was a version of Nintendo that neither of us had ever played before and it was definitely a different experience from the video games we were used to. In addition, playing one part of the game while relying on the other to play their part was difficult. It was very important to be able to work together and communicate so that each other knew exactly what the other was going to do. We were most successful when we knew when to jump, when to go, when to stay, and of course, which buttons to push to get Mario onto Yoshi! This was a great activity not only because it was fun but it forced cooperation and collaboration to complete a task and I think Christina and I did very well! :)

During the lesson we were able to take a survey about what type of problem solving we favored. As mentioned in my title, I ended up in the collaboration group. This was a good fit for myself because I feel I am able to lead when it's time to make a decision, but I'm not the type of person who will step on anyone else's opinion or views in the process of completion. Being a collaborator, I like to take a lot of other people's feelings into account and find the best solution for the whole group, even if it's not the 100% use of my idea or 100% benefit for myself. I'm very team oriented and think this group was a reflection on that fact. Team first, self second.