Friday, February 3, 2012

Island Swing

Let us know what was happening with you during this activity? What did you think about this activity and what did we accomplish as a class?  Tuesday should we continue with this or start climbing, this is your class so let us know what you would like to do.

17 comments:

  1. I personally like the activity. The first day we didn't do so well because we were all kind of getting frustrated with one another but today went pretty well I believe. Everyone's ideas were getting across the only thing I believe that kept us from finishing the activity was time. I would like to finish this activity instead of climbing, but that's just me.

    Dylan Hanson

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  2. I think the first day we stuggled to complete the activity because we didn't communicate well or work together. But by the second day we did it right away because we had a plan and everyone knew what they were doing and we worked together really well. Overall I thought this activity was fun. I think we should continue it Tuesday because I think we can get back to the other side in less than 18 swings.

    Devin M.

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  3. The first day our class was all over the place. I think our class was not communitcating with each other and therefore we could not complete the activity. I also think people were getting frustrated when the activity wasn't working the way it should work. I like this activity. I think it is fun and it is a good way to develop good communication skills with each other. After the first day, our class was able to communicate effectively with each other and we were able to complete the activity while maintaining a positive attitude though out the activity. On Tuesday, I think we should continue the activity. We should finish what we started. I think we will be able to complete the activity and it would be a great experience.
    Ashley K.

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  4. I have to admit that the first day we did this activity, I was easily distracted and because of that I didn't really know what was going on. I just kind of figured that there wasn't anything that I could do to help since I was farther back where no one was doing anything. Well, the discussion we had made me feel really guilty so the next day I hung out near the front of the group by the rope. Either it was because there were less distractions or I felt compelled to be of some help to the activity, I was a lot more focused. There were definitely improvements the second time, too, as a class. It was really fun and I'd like to continue it, but I feel like we should have already gotten past this point. It's fun to do these sort of things and I look forward to them, but honestly I just really want to start climbing instead of spending three whole days dedicated to an activity.

    PS Happy birthday Mr. Hinojosa!!!!

    Melanie

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  5. On the first day everyone was very distracted. I feel like we've been through this process before though with alot of the previous teambuilding activities we have done before, and on the second day we were able to recognize our mistakes once again to complete the task. I think we should learn to be less distracted more on the first day so that we don't repeat our mistakes. I actually want to continue this activity for one more day because it will be one of the opportunities for us to work together as a class again and also it's a challenging and fun activity.

    Karen Li

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  6. We were very disorginised the first day of the activity, but as we kept workinng at it, we got back into the swing of things (no pun intended) we acomplished getting back to working together as a class.Also I would like to start climbing on Tuesday.
    -Katie Rose

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  7. I liked the activity because it challanged all of us to work together since we haven't done anything that dependent on teambonding recently. After overcoming some of the first day communication errorslot easier to accomplish. On tuesday I would like to start climbing.

    Assunta De Pau

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  8. I liked the activity. It was deffinetly a challenge. I think at first everyone was not as focused the first day because we didn't think we would even finish that day. However, when we came back the second time we were focused and got to the other side easily. I think we should finish the activity because it is a fun experience and I think we will be able to accomplish the task at hand.

    Paige Candra

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  9. I feel like everytime we are given a new challenge, it takes us a day to get serious and complete the task in the time limit. I think that we need to work on getting focused on the first day that we get a task. If we focus right from the start, I think that we will get a lot benefit the class more if we continued this activity.more done in a day. I'm am indecisive on whether we should continue this activity today, because I know that I want to start climbing, but we should probably get this activity done.

    ~Kim Wagner

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  10. the activity was alright i thought, but with most of our aactivities their is only about 8 people that try to solve the problem and the rest wait around till uts their turn, and we should start climbing.
    -casey smith

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  11. I feel that once we were able to focus on the task at hand, we had success and were able to enjoy ourselves more. I honestly have no opinion regarding whether or not we should climb
    -Elizabeth Davies

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  12. The first day of this activity, I will admit that I was not focused at all, and didn't contribute much, but the second day went by much smoother and I felt more involved in the activity. I think that as a class, we accomplished exactly what we were supposed and we did it wisely too. I feel like we should start climbing because am so excited to start.
    -Jenny Surber

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  13. I liked this activity. The first day though I had no idea what was going on due to that I couldnt see. The next day was a lot easier because everyone was pretty much focused and more people could see. It also seemed like people were more determined too. More ideas were getting across. Well since we started climbing stuff it seems irrelevant to answer that question but I wanted to started climbing anyways.

    ~Alyssa Godek

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  14. i liked the activity, i was in front so i could see and hear everything that was going on but i know a lot of people didn't know what was going on the first day. The second day went really smoothly because we all knew what the plan was and how to execute it. well we didn't finish the activity tuesday...but i think we could've done it! i think we should save it for another day - ORRR we should do an obstacle course on a work out day!!! it'd be tons more fun!! sorry, i keep forgetting to ask you H, my baddd.

    ~Abby Tski

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  15. I liked the activity, even though i was the first one to fall the second day.It was really fun, i like doing team building activities they are really fun and it kind of makes me feel like i have a second family.

    Marcus Wood

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  16. I think the activity went ok we managed to get it done, or at least half of it, and swinging on the rope is a lot of fun.
    Vlad Gheorghiu

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  17. I liked this activity, thought it was really fun. the only thing is I wish the area was shaped differently so that everyone could know what was going on. Because from the far end of the island people couldnt hear/see and were more focused on staying on the island than actually contributing.
    -cristina mursuli

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