Collaborative Learning Community

At the beginning of this class I started off by reading my colleagues welcome post. This was the beginning of our collaborative learning community. I feel that in this time were beginning to learn more information on the people we are working with. Throughout the class I really enjoyed the sharing that this class had through our discussion and blog post. I feel the more I read about each one of us through our post I got more familiar with everyone. I love how this school sets up the class into small groups so that it is possible to get very familiar with our teammates. The thing that I gained the most from this class was the "Platinum Rule" This rule allows me to trust and respect anyone that I am communicating with. In this exchange of respect it allows everyone to get their point across and allows a positive exchange of information. This rule makes understanding communication easier. Thanks colleagues for all you have given me!

I feel that this picture displays how this class is now after going through this class. I do hope that this class opened the door for each one of us to continue to study more about communication!

Adjourning

Sometimes the worst part of a conversation is to say good bye. In these good byes you can never say enough how much you will miss someone especially when the time spent with them was unforgettable. When think of the phase Adjourning in relation with team building this can be the hardest time to experience. When I think of this phase I can relate many group experiences like this. The main one that I can think of is in each class a Walden during the eighth week how we have to say or goodbyes. Even though we don't work directly on assignments together a bond is still formed throughout the class time. We share our ideas and experiences in relation to the class topics and by the end of the class semester we are saying good bye. This has always been a bitter sweet time in each class that I have taken. I really appreciate the time that I get to spend with my classmates and I will take all the sharing experiences with me.
I feel that the hardest teams to leave are the ones that worked together and got to know each other in the process. It is so important to get to know your teammates initatlly to get to understand each persons streights. This is vital to distributing task throughout the assignment. When you have a team that has spent lots of time getting to know each other it is hard to break the bond because it was not forced but something that actually growed.
I closing rituals that I think of are the feedback's and gratitude that are expressed in the goodbyes. This time is a good time to just say thank you to all your teammates.
Every part of the team building process is worth  taking!

Conflict Resolution

Hello Colleagues,

I had a disagreement with my sister recently about how she disciplines her children In this disagreement my sister was not happy about what I was saying. She treats the oldest a lot harder than the other children and she forces them to all go with him when he wants to spend so time with his friends. As children me and my sister did not have a good relationship and now that we are close we see how that was very harmful to both of our lives. Now that my sister has kids she tries to ensure that they are not distant from each other and they are close. In this disagreement I shared my emotions about what she is doing and I also actively listened to her side of the argument. She left the conversation feeling very upset about what I said. I wanted us to come to a conclusion about what she could do better and how I could help but she took it as me saying she did not know how to raise her kids. I am not sure how the conversation got to this but the issue is not resolve. Could anyone help me with this situation?