Essay #3 Reflections

1) Group interactions

We did pretty well in researching our materials. Though when were planning the outline, I think our group interaction faded. There were some points that our group members disagreed. We argued but we didn't have enough information to back up our argument. The outline then was incomplete but me and another group member brainstormed the outline at the end of the class. I sent emails to the other group members to take a look at the outline in the wiki (and to edit it). When we were doing our rough drafts, we split up paragraphs (from the outline) to write. After the peer reviews, we were adding last minute stuff into the draft. Me and another group member emailed (multiple times) to our group of the corrected essay. Though the other half of our group didn't respond to the emails. Though I got one or two replies by one group member but the email they replied was already old. I guess that the emails I sent is traveling slow?? Since there was no respond to our corrected essay, me and my group member decided to just send the email to Craig and Ben. Me and the other group member kept in touch also with Myspace.

2)Use of contract

According to the contract, I think we did pretty well on distributing work. We split the paragraphs amongst ourselves and had the time to look over on other paragraphs (for transitioning). We did succeed on the completion of the work, but I know that we didn't really laid a hand on the essay during the Thanksgiving break. So we weren't ahead of our work instead the essay became a last minute work. I think that our group members maintained their portion of the work. But the emails I sent, concerned of one paragraph that did not have a hook , wasn't replied or corrected. That work was left to another group member. When we were done correcting the final draft, I sent emails to agree on the finalization of the essay. Only one replied and agreed. It was reaching to midnight and I had no choice but to email the essay (still the other group members didn't agree on the finalization). Attendance wasn't mandatory for us but the work completion matters. When a group member was absent, I emailed them what we did on that day and what they should do for the project.

3)Use of wiki

I noticed that I'm doing a lot of contributions for the wiki. I helped out on the outline. Also, I inserted a notes page where I put the notes from my reading to give a sense of direction of what we'll be writing for the essay. Though I did help on finding sources and annotations, I completely forgot to submit my annotations of the books I used for the paper. I ended up submitting it in the wiki on the last minute. Luckily, I emailed myself the bibliography and the annotations a long time ago.