Group Project Reflection #1

During our very first and official group project meeting/lesson, we have set a topic, aims and rationales for our topic. How we got to the decision to the topic was because we knew for a fact that after all of the climate change projects that we have done previously, neither of us would want to do another project based on the topic and also because we do think that it is a topic that quite a lot of people take for granted.

For the aims and rationales, we actually decided on basic "creating a good and interesting short film" sort of aims and rationale. However after some thought, we decided to include ways to work properly in a group because we realized that the group project isn't only about the outcome, but also how we worked.

GROUP PROJECT TOPIC: Climate Change


FOCUS OF THE TOPIC: Natural Habitats, Eco diversity
(DEFORESTATION D:, Polar Bears, Amazon Forest, Malaysia, Alaska)


ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Leader: Lisa
Facilitator: Lena
Timekeeper: Chanda
Organizer/Recorder: Jamie


PROJECT OUTCOME: iMovie (Short films)
- 2 short films
- first one: what will happen if we do change the way we live
- second one: what if we don’t change the way we live


AIMS
1) To successfully work as a group and complete the project.
- Make sure that all of the workload is evenly distributed
- Make sure all team members follows the time frame
- Make sure everyone knows exactly their roles and responsibilities
- Make sure everyone participates in all of the discussions and decision-making
- Make sure to record the minutes for every group meeting and decision made.
2) To raise awareness of deforestation, habitat loss, etc.
3) Educate the public on how our actions affects the whole world


RATIONALE
The realization that nothing is being done motivates us to raise more awareness on the severity of this issue. Furthermore, due to the deforestation in Malaysia for the palm oil plantations, it gives us a first-hand experience on how the society can neglect and just oversee the environment and how our actions are affecting it. 

Success Criterias for Smart Searching

1. To learn how to search effectively
   – Try to stay on topic whilst researching so you don't waste time going in circles as there are some points that will be similar to each other, etc.
   
   
2. To get less distracted
   – When researching, we tend to get bored after awhile and roam off to some social networking site and lose the track of time. Try to spend less time on these sites.
   
   
3. Compare the information.
   – Some information from certain websites might be written based on a personal perspectives, when researching this might even be a blog, or a personal webpage. By comparing the information, you get to check it's reliability.
   
   
4. Note the source of information.
   – A few websites might be biased at they might be government websites used for propaganda or again, just personal views.