Today I worked through two different challenges in a small group. The first challenge required me to work with my partners to build a duck out of legos in 4 minutes. The second challenge was a brain teaser where we had to solve a bunch of questions within 7 minutes.

Here is a picture of my duck:

After The duck Challenge:

What went well for my team regarding teamwork…

We all worked together and each person had a separate thing to do.

What went well for my team while completing the actual task…

First we came up with an idea and then each of us came up with ideas and we tried each idea and then combined them into the idea that worked best.

What was challenging for my team in terms of teamwork…

It was hard for us to agree on which idea to use.

What I would do differently…

I would come up with a strategy first and then start building instead of just reaching in the lego bin and start pulling out a whole bunch of legos.

After the Brain Teaser:

What went well for my team regarding teamwork…

We all decided to come up with ideas and tried to allow everyone’s voice to be heard.

What went well for my team while completing the actual task…

We didn’t complete the whole task but of the tasks we completed we worked well together to get two out of the six tasks done.

What was challenging for my team in terms of teamwork…

We didn’t understand the task so we had different opinions of how to complete the tasks.

What I would do differently…

Try to understand it better, ask more questions.

When working in groups this year, I hope that…

My group can actually work together instead of some of my group members doing the work and other group members just sitting in the background talking and not working.