A look at Native American tribes

Today I observed the last group's tribe presentations. I thought that all of the groups did really well with these presentations. Every group had great graphics, information, activities, and enthusiasm during their presentations. I liked that every group provided the class with some kind of warm up activity before beginning the lesson, and concluded the lesson with an assessment. The Kahoot assessments at the end of each group's lesson was very engaging and informative! Our class gets really excited by the Kahoot quizzes, and it is a great way to end the presentations, and review the material. As a class, it is apparent that we are all very comfortable with each other. Even some of the more nervous presenters at the start of the semester are working outside of their comfort zone to present in a more appealing and enthusiastic manner.

Overall, I was very happy with the outcome of my group's presentation, and collaboration to complete the project. Although Sara was not able to contribute to the research and creation of the PowerPoint because of a medical problem, Patricia and I worked well together. Google Drive is an essential tool for collaboration when working in a group with commuters, and resident students. It is very hard to meet face-to-face often because of personal responsibilities whether it be work, or another college course, but google drive made the collaboration very easy. My only complaint about this cooperative group work assignment is the amount of time we were given to work on it. I don't think the workload for this project was too much, but it felt very rushed when we had to complete it over the weekend. A lot of the students at the school work on the weekends so that we can go to school full time during the week. I felt that if we had at least another few days to work on this assignment, it would have given myself, and the other members of my group more time to perfect the presentation. Also, if we had been given more time to work on this project, Sara could have been included in the project instead of her finding out about it the day off the presentations.



Click below for the group PowerPoints for their assigned tribe!

Jessica, Rachel, and Shannon's presentation on the Lakota tribe

Jean, Julia, Julie, and Felicia's presentation on the Dine tribe

Susan, Kristin, and Maureen's presentation on the Muscogee tribe

Patricia, Sara, and Brian's presentation on the Tlingit tribe