I do not know about you but I agree with Adkins's advice about group work. The advice that was given to the readers is the same thing that we have been hearing ever since elementary school when our teacher would assign us to do group work. From my personal experience, the most important advice that he gave to the readers was "determine what technologies you and your group will need to facilitate the project collaboratively, and set deadlines for tasks" (Atkins, 237) First, determining the technology you'll need is essential because what if one of your group members who was assigned to the task the needs some sort of technology does not have access to any. They would have no way to let you know until the next time you would meet and that would most likely be the day of the deadline. You do not want to take that risk. Next, the self set deadline for the tasks are also important. You may be put in a group of lazy people who will not do the work until the day before the official deadline (putting everyone else on hold) or will not do it at all. Setting a deadline for each group member will allow you to see who is willing to get the work done and who you need to talk to your instructor about and get removed from your group. Setting deadline can also help you if you are a lazy and do not do your work until the last minute.
Are these myths bias or are they true? In Irvin's essay, "What Is “Academic” Writing?" he outlined and debunked 7 myths that most high school and college students were made to believe as they evolved as writers. The Myths Are: Myth #1: The “Paint by Numbers” myth Myth #2: Writers only start writing when they have everything figured out Myth #3: Perfect first drafts Myth #4: Some got it; I don’t—the genius fallacy Myth #5: Good grammar is good writing Myth #6: The Five Paragraph Essay Myth #7: Never use “I” Most of these myth's I have personally never heard of but I just can't agree with myth #1. The myth is described as "writers believe they must perform certain steps in a particular order to write “correctly.” Rather than being a lock-step linear process,-". Maybe it's just me being stubborn but I've always been taught to follow an evidence triangle or some type of layout when I wrote essays and it made it a little more easier an...
I agree with you on the issue of deadlines. Personally, I have been the type to procrastinate until the day before the official deadline. However, after reading Atkin's advice, I see how this may affect other group members.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great summarize! I agree with you, It is a good idea to use technology in group work because it make things easier and everyone should be responsible for their own deadlines.
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