Part A - Introduction + The Project HousePart B - My Random Group Project Visuals (part 1, part 2, part 3)
Part C - My Random Presentation Slides (part 1, part 2)
Part D - My Bo Liao Guide to Forming a Good Project Group in School
Oh man …. It’s been a long time ( > 10 days!) since I last updated my blog. I have been so “busy” exploring Mio TV and the free programmes which will be available for 1 month. Want to watch English Premier League on TV next season so had no choice but to sign up for the Football Frenzy package. My family have to see which other channels (besides the football channels) are nice to decide whether we want to subscribe to them before the free preview ends he he. My favourite channel so far? WE TV. Too bad WE TV stands for Women’s Entertainment TV and I’m not a woman lol. To make myself feel less gay, I shall psycho myself to think that the word Women is actually “wo men (我们)” which actually means “We” in Chinese he he. Call me a laggard, but it is the first time I get to use Video on Demand and find it really useful indeed. I love it when some channels allow us to view their programmes anytime we want. Movies and tv series are available on demand too which is really cool. Hundreds of episodes of my mom’s favourite Taiwanese drama 爱, is available on one of the Video on Demand channels lol.
This Saturday, I will also have the chance to explore the Hubstation HD from Starhub with 3 months free HBO Pak subscription =) I actually get to use the Hubstation HD free for a year without signing any contract! Can’t wait to finally explore the Hubstation which also has Video on Demand. The hours spent camping at Starhub’s facebook fanpage has paid off lol. They have fan offers (TV, mobile, broadband) every week for those who become their fan on Facebook, you might want to check it out if you haven already. Some of the phones on offer are really cheap if you manage to be the lucky first few to click on the offer. Too bad I have just recontracted my plan and can’t get a new phone anytime soon. At least I got free Hubstation HD for 1 year and the HBO Pak which includes HBO on demand, HBO HD (yeah!) and some more for 3 months =) See .. I got good lobang I share with you okay. =p
Okay enough about my TV exploration …..
I have found some time off my “busy” schedule annnnnndddddddd it’s now time to finally wrap up my “End of School Life Special” with the final post of the series: My Bo Liao Guide to Forming a Good Project Group in School!
In my 6 previous “End of School Life Specials”, I have …
Showed you The Project House which was the base for most of my group meetings
Showed you MY Random Group Project Visuals including some individual ones
Showed you My Random Presentation Slides we used for presentations
Sooooooooo, how do you form a good project group in school?
By good I mean a project group which gets along well and do well in terms of getting good scores for projects. For me, having fun, while doing our projects are just as important as getting good grades. We shouldn’t form a group with the prime objective of being the best in terms of grades. Having a group consisting of all the top students might guarantee that you will be the highest scoring group (or maybe not heh), but if you do not get along well with the people in the group, what’s the point. No fun getting good grades when there is no group celebration after that right? Happiness is more important, so form a group with happy members first then aim to be the best after that.
How to gather people to form a group on the first day in school when most people don’t know each other?
Just look at the person you hope to be in the same group as you, smile and give him or her the people’s eyebrow, point at the person and point back to yourself several times, nod your head and wait for their response. It may be a girl or guy you find attractive or someone you feel might have the same interest as you. Just try your luck and you might just end up in the same group and be lifelong friends or maybe even your future spouse ha ha. =)
After the first ever semester, forming a group with people you like will be much easier heh.
Note: I think it’s better to have a mixed group with guys and girls. If you have an all guy group, you might end up having too much fun and find it hard to complete the project in time and have to do lots of last minute work. Last minute project work might be fun, but too much will be torturous. =P Girls are usually more serious and hardworking, and will make sure work is done along the way. It’s impossible for me to be in an all girl group for obvious reasons (I’m a guy la!) but I feel that there might be a lot of tension and quarrels might occur on a regular basis. Of course, if you are comfortable with an all guy or girl group just go ahead and ignore what I have just written. Just my 2 cents, don’t flame me he he.
Different roles in a group you might want to have when forming future groups - once you get to know your course mates better.
8 roles not according to order of importance:
1. The brains
Have at least one above average student in your group heh. You don’t need to have a group filled with top students but if everyone in the group (including you) is clueless, good luck to you.2. The one and only one group leader
Every group needs a good leader who is respected. He must a good student who knows what the objectives for the projects are, how to solve problems and make decisions which all group members will accept. Try not to have a group where there is more than one person who wants to be the leader. There can only be one alpha male (or female) in a group as having 2 or more of them in a group might result in conflicts. Lucky for me, I have always been in groups with great leaders he he. I call them the boss.3. The secretary of state
Assign someone to be the secretary who will take down all the important information during projects discussions and share the information with all group members. This person must be neat and organised, or else there might be a breakdown in communication.
4. The English teacher (or whatever language the project must be in)
This person must be good in English. The person will read through the whole compiled report to check if there are any typos, spelling or grammatical errors in the report and make it more cheem.5. The joker
Even when everyone in the group gets along well, there might be conflicts during discussions due to difference in opinions. If you have a group member who is really funny, and will try to crack some jokes along the way or when he or she sense that something bad is going to happen, it will help in easing the tension. Jokers are usually very sporting and will be willing to sacrifice themselves to be the model in project visuals for the sake of the group.6. The creative director
This person must have lots of lame ideas to contribute during project discussions. Out of hundreds of lame ideas, one might actually be really good and will make your project legendary. Beware of the mood swings the creative directors might have every now and then, especially when everyone doesn’t like his ideas.
7. The makeup artist
Although the content of the main report is very important, the way the report is presented, the extra accompanying visuals and the presentation slides will help your report stand out from the rest. This might earn you some brownie points and gives the marker the impression that you have put in a lot of effort into the project. The first impression is really important heh. The makeup artist must be proficient in MS Office applications and photoshop. If he or she has a mac and likes to design, it would be even better. I really like those presentation slides made using Keynote, its soooo cool. Wish I had one.8. The others
The others.
Note: Some members can take on multiple roles. Everyone has to contribute in writing the report.
Once you have formed a group, find a great project meeting place where everyone can be comfortable in, like my project house. =P
You can’t always be in the same group due to change of classmates and schools, but you can try to observe your current members to see what roles they can be in, and try to suggest to them or to the leader during the first few project discussions. Once you get to know more people in school by making friends, getting to know more friends from the friends you made, listening to gossips at places like the canteen, tutorial rooms, lecture theaters and secret smoking corners etc, secretly liking a certain guy or girl, then you can try to be form your dream team or squeeze into one.
Once everything is in place ……………
Have fun and get to know your group mates better!! I love doing school projects!!
(The poster Sean (me) has done over 30 group projects, and has been in around 10 different groups in his poly and uni. Most of the time happy and scoring well. Please don’t flame him if you disagree with anything in his Bo Liao guide. Please ignore typos and grammatical errors as he is lazy to read through what he has just written)
I have finally completed my “End of School Life Special" series!! Just in time for the next chapter of my life … Chapter 3: W.B.M (Working fulltime before marriage). Yes, I have actually found a fulltime job last month and will be starting very soon! =) Won’t be blogging about my job though in case there is a conflict of interest. I don’t mix business with pleasure he he.
Time to continue my TV exploration!!
P.S 1: Watched Broadway Beng and loved it. I ask sky, I ask sky ……
P.S 2: Starhub finally brings in the iPhone and gives it 17 free TV on mobile channels after I sold my iphone …. Oh man. Lucky I can watch Tv on Mobile on My HTC Hero too sia. I guess TV on Mobile will look really nice on the big screen iPhone has. Lucky new Starhub iPhone users ….
(Images Taken From: My previous posts, Can't Stop The Bleeding, Deviant Art: tristin, Wikiality, Flickr: ♠NiJoKeR♣, Flickr: anatomist)