Week 12

Assignments and activities for Week 12

Date

Class Meeting

For Next Class

Mon, 3/31
  • monthly 7
  • refine project #3 topic list
  • working in teams (the good, the bad, and the lazy)
  • team-building time (game day)

Review project topics here and here and email Suzanne by noon on Tuesday, 4/1 with:

  • top 3 choices
  • names of people you'd enjoy working with
Wed, 4/2

Initial group meeting time for project #3

Draft task list, Gantt chart, and description of roles due at end of class

  1. read TCT, chapter 5 "Ethics in the Technical Workplace"
  2. either bring a unethical ad (or other document) or pick a case from the book for discussion
  3. bring your textbook to class
Fri, 4/4

Discussion of ethics:

  • in our majors | in writing (when not to write; conveying bad news)
  • in advertising
  • in science/engineering: Einstein letter to FDR  

In TCT, read:

Boisjoly memo (p. 182) and context for it on pp. 180 & 183)

chapters 18 & 19 on technical definitions and descriptions

Review guidelines for project 3 proposal and bring any questions

Possible Discussion Questions (teamwork)

  1. What are the best things about working in teams? The worst?
  2. What are some effective strategies for avoiding/ correcting slacking?
  3. What are some other challenges that have arisen in group work? How can they be addressed?
  4. In your experience, conflict within a group is usually ____.
  5. What are some different group roles you have seen? Played?
  6. What collaborative technologies have you used?