What happens when university students in California are connected with university students in Japan to teach each other about diversity in groups? Join Michelle Pacansky-Brock in this Hangout on Air to find out! This is a question that Jaimie Hoffman and Mario Perez recently explored. The two professors took a non-traditional approach to college teaching […]
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What happens when university students in California are connected with university students in Japan to teach each other about diversity in groups? Join us to for this Hangout on Air to find out! This is a question that Jaimie Hoffman and Mario Perez recently explored. The two professors took a non-traditional approach to college teaching by designing an environment that empowered students in the U.S. and Japan to learn from each other about how topics like stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination and Hofstede’s cultural dimensions are experienced by individuals in other countries. The students were brought together through VoiceThread conversations, which enabled discussion using asynchronous voice commenting.
Guests:
Jaime Hoffman
Group Communication
CSU Channel Islands
Camarillo, CA, USA
Mario Perez
Upper Intermediate English A
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Beppu City, Oita, Japan
<a href=”https://plus.google.com/u/0/app/basic/events/cngd8en9mf2no2emmnr0pahupk4″>How to View this Hangout on Air This Hangout on Air will stream live on this Google Event page a</a>nd may also be viewed live on YouTube at: <a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ONOIu3jMeo”>Diversity in Groups: A Connected Learning Experience </a>
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This weeks episode was a bit shocking! I was not expecting both of the tribes to merge into one big group. I feel like that would be very stressful because you feel more on your own then being part of a tribe. People who did not have their loved ones, started to get frustrated seeing all the couples around them-Julie and Jeremy could not stand Reed and Josh. Jeremy felt that Josh and Reed we becoming leaders of the tribe and there was tension in between the two, so he thought he would be an option to get voted off. So jeremy started to become friends with everyone so they wouldn’t vote him off. While Jeremy was doing that, Josh was doing the same because he felt that people would vote him off too, so it started to get really competitive. Josh wanted to get rid of all the singles that were still there and to keep all the couples. People had promised others that they would have their backs but when they had to start deciding and choosing sides, it started to get really stressful. When the whole tribe starts getting desperate food because they all ran out, they found hidden food in Julie’s bag. While she was tanning on the beach, they all went in her bag and grabbed the hidden stash. They were so pissed at Julie and said she was the most selfish person. So Im pretty sure people changed their minds about wanting to vote off Jeremy and Josh, they all wanted Julie gone. When Julie realized the tension she could not take it and could not take being away from her boyfriend, John, that long; so she decided to quit survivor. I think it was a good thing that she left because she really didn’t do much any way, she was kind of just there. I don’t think quitting necessarily solved the problem of how she acted and how she hid all the food from everyone. Also I think she decided to quit because people realized how selfish she was and knew she was going to just get voted off.
This is a busy week; be sure to review all of the instructions and adhere closely to the timelines. Let me know, as always, if you have any questions.
So Chapter 9 says creative problem solving. The issue with this chapter and the episode I see is the fact that there was not really creativity. The emotions of each tribe members, grudge between Josh and Jeremy kept this issue a long extended war.
In the episode the tribe merged. It was now as they stated “Huoypa”. Some took this as time to be more friendly others like Josh and Jeremy were constant war to gain members and number. When Julie decides to quit the game the problem went escalating . Josh wanted Jeremy and Jeremy wanted Josh out. In the chapter power controls part of problem solving and now the power that Jeremy had just dwindled down and matched with Josh.
They don’t have a set agenda on how to deal with the problem, They don’t have a group thinking because its an alliance not as a whole group, But they all had one thing that kept this issue at bay. Individual gain. Each person now is an enemy and an ally. They want to manipulate, they want to use people they want to use a human shield so they and each of them can get to the top. This is not a competition anymore. THe more comfortable you get the more issues can rise and since they merged now its a war…..against others and against yourself….
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Looking forward to the continuation of your persuasive speeches….
Welcome to P. Scott Corbett’s blog. I hope to use this as a way of communicating information about the classes I am teaching at the California State University Channel Islands.
Right now I am excited about the fact that I may be teaching a University 392 class in the summer of 2015 Univ 392: Introduction to the Arts and History of China.
Here is a link to a little information about the class.
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Here is the garph of owl data
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