Reflection of Final Project-Working as a group

My group was made up of three people, Kristen, Angela, and myself. At first we had a hard time choosing a topic for our project because we all had different interests throughout our Ormrod textbook. We agreed to discuss “Students at Risk,” because we could all make connections to this topic. I enjoyed how I could make a connection from watching the movie “Freedom Writers” and researching the videos for our presentation. Both the movie and the project gave me a better sense for the needs of these students and how to be more attentive to each individual needs. Creating a positive classroom community and reaching out to all students, at risk or not, will increase the student’s eagerness to learn and be involved within the classroom. This project allowed me to work together collaboratively with a group of different people, all with our own ideas and thoughts and create a presentation that we thought would connect with our audience. This final project also allowed me to connect my inner city school experiences with textbook strategies and statistics. My group worked well as team because we had regular communication and accepted each person's thoughts and ideas. I think this was a good topic because we could all connect personally.