Chapter 3, 9, 10 Reflection by Ciara Dominguez

     This class started June 1^st and so much has been accomplished already. Due to the pandemic, classes have been virtual. I personally prefer face-to-face classes because it is easier to communicate. At first, I was afraid that classes being virtual was going to be complicated, but it has turned out to not be that bad. This project was given to us the first week of the semester. My group, which was group one, made a group chat on WhatsApp, which was great because we helped each other a lot. We were assigned to random groups by our professor and presented our projects at the end of the week. The presentations were divided into three groups; each group was responsible for a chapter.

   Group 1 presented chapter 3. This chapter was about intercultural communication and how culture is a huge part of society. Each member of the group picked a topic to talk about. Some of the topics were culture, race, sex, religion, socioeconomic status, disability, and communication. I enjoyed working with my group because everyone was very cooperative and did their part. Some of the group members used videos to educate our classmates on their topics. I personally liked our chapter the best because it talked about things that can help us understand one another. Communication is one of the most important skills to learn and being able to communicate brings us together.

     Group 2 presented chapter 9, which was about communicating in groups. What I liked a lot about this presentation was the format of the PowerPoint and the visuals. The topics in the presentation were families, social groups, support groups, interest groups, virtual groups, service groups, work groups, teams and healthy groups. Basically, the presentation was about what it means to communicate in the groups that were talked about. The students that were in charge of this chapter did a great job with their presentation. They explained everything very well and worked together through the whole presentation.

      Finally, group 3 did their presentation on chapter 10, which talked about leadership and problem solving. Each slide was dedicated to steps on how to be a good leader and know how to problem solve. Like all the groups, they used images, but the text was too small in my opinion. Other than that, the presentation was good. They talked about some important points on problem solving and I was able to understand everything.

     Overall, all the groups did a good job. For the majority of the students, remote learning is fairly new. I am relieved to say that this project went smoothly. It was our first presentation so of course it was not perfect, but it went well. Everyone worked together in their groups and the professor was there to help and answer all of our questions.