[nabs-l] Finding members for group projects

[justin williams]

Now Chris, think you done taught this old veteran something.  Never thought
of getting the teachers to email the rosters.  

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From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of christopher
nusbaum
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 9:12 PM
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Finding members for group projects

Suzanne,

On the first day of school I usually send an email to my teachers asking
them to send me the rosters for the classes I am in. Once they have done
this, I can read and refer back to a list of all the students in my class.
This allows me to have a list of names from which to pick group members for
these kinds of projects, as well as to simply know who is in my class. Keep
in mind that I am in high school, but you should be able to do this also
with your college professor.

Once I have a roster, I usually see if I know any of the kids in my class.
When we do group projects, I try to get partnered with students I know so we
can easily work together. However, if I do not know anyone in the class or
if the people I know already have partners, I will just pick a random name
from the class roster and go from there.
If it's a big class, I will sometimes ask the teacher or another student if
there is anyone who still has not joined a group or who needs a partner.
Once in a group, if I do not know the student(s) I am working with, I will
usually ask my group members to describe or read material if this is
necessary. Once the students get to know me, I find that they will do this
naturally without my asking. This is especially important for group projects
in science or math related classes. I hope you will be able to use one or
more of the above suggestions in your group project. Best of luck.

Hope this helps,

Chris Nusbaum

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 30, 2013, at 8:48 PM, Suzanne Germano <sgermano at asu.edu> wrote:
>
> I am forced to do a group project in my programming languages class.
>
> what methods do you prefer to find group members? The groups are 2-3
people.
>
> I do not know anybody in the class. I do not know if I have had any of 
> these students in previous classes or if they are in any of my current 
> classes.
>
> I sit in the front in the middle. There is an wide center aisle to my
left.
> One person to my right and no body behind me for 3 rows. I sit at the 
> larger desk meant for wheelchairs so I can use my laptop and cctv. The 
> other seats are the kind with the little desk that flips up from 
> beside you that isn't even big enough for a sheet of paper. Anyway I 
> haven't spoken to anyone in class. No one really talk before class 
> aside form a couple that obviously know each other outside of the class.
>
> I can be very social for example where I did my internship because we 
> were all introduced to each other and I worked on small projects with 
> a couple of people at a time.
>
> I am not good at just taking to someone in a classroom for no reason. 
> I also feel I don't really fit in since i am 49 not 18-20.
>
> I only want to work with those who also want A's.
>
> Suzanne
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