When working with a group of people I already know, the boundaries are clear, and working towards a goal is satisfying. When working with people I don’t know, it can be hard to use tools that I usually rely on because they can be misinterpreted (humour is an example of this). Without facial and body language cues, I question a lot of what I am doing because there is little or no immediate feedback. This helps me to understand the importance of face to face interactions within the school context.
As far as the case study work for ETL504 goes, the first attempt felt messy. I wanted a leader to step up and provide direction. I didn’t want to be that leader. I did eventually get the ball rolling but because I never wanted to take responsibility, there was no clearly articulated way of tackling the task.
From this, I take away the knowledge that it’s important to have conviction and be straight with others about what I want to achieve early on in the process.
