[nabs-l] Finding members for group projects

[Suzanne Germano]

Our class rosters are up on blackboard.


On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 4:47 AM, Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com>wrote:

> Chris, I'm surprised they'd give you that info. I mean, doesn't that
> violate some student privacy law?
>
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> From: christopher nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
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> Date sent: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 21:12:27 -0400
> 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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