English 420Y - Business Writing Online

This week has been a struggle for our group. We are finding it hard to coordinate everyone’s schedules. In addition, we haven’t come to a decision on when or how we will have our group meetings. Part of the problems have been a result of two of the members from our group going on holiday this weekend, myself being one of them. I have tried to jumpstart our project by creating part of our Gannt chart for the other members to finish.

The First week went very well for our group. As soon as I got to know my group members I sent them an email introducing my self and asking them what would be the best way to communicate with them, I also asked them if they had Aim or any messenger service. They all were shocked when I told them that I was in Singapore for the summer and there is a real big time difference. It’s going to be a little hard for me. But I will make the best effort I can by keeping in touch with them. Over a time period it will all work out.

This week our team met for the first time and it was very productive. During our first meeting, we introduced ourselves as well as assigned positions for each member. I was assigned the technical work of the group and my first job was to design the Gantt chart. First, we all decided which information to include on the chart and time intervals for each task. When we finished our discussion, I began to progress with the chart. After the chart, we also assigned positions to whom is responsible for design, contacting, and so forth.

After being assigned to a group, I emailed to my group members and introduced myself.

In our group this week we started out with introductions, sharing who we are and where we are for the summer. We shared contact information and are still working out the best way to communicate which will probably be all hammered out before Monday rolls around. One of our members, Suchet, is all the way in Singapore and thus 13 time zones away. This was kind of a shock and will require a little more effort than the usual 1-2 hour time gaps between members. It just means we need to communicate effectively and stick to our plans so we don't fall behind and can't contact someone.

The first week went very well for our group. I sent out an email about myself after I found out who my group members were. I introduced myself and the times Iwould be available throughout the week. I met my other group members iin an AIM chat room and discussed the Gantt Chart and some upcoming projects. We worked on the chart together and gave each other ideas. We all worked together on this first meeting to figure out the dates of projects and how we would spilt it up. In the upcoming weeks, we will have more independent work before we put it all together.

This week our group just got to know each other a little better and decided who would do what for which brochure. We had a buddy chat on AIM Thursday night and decided that Steven and Daniel would work on the general brochure with Daniel doing the design/graphics and Steven will do the content for it. Alayna will do the content for the "caring for your pet" brochure and I will do the design/graphics. We also put together the Gant Chart that was due today.

The first week of working with my group went really well. Honestly I was a little eerie about working with a group online; it does and still kind of scares me. When we were assigned our groups Suchet emailed us right away and I was absolutely shocked to find out that he was living in Singapore for the summer and we were working in a group together. I know it is going to be challenging at some times but I believe that we will work through it. Everyone in my group has been corresponding through email and introducing themselves, telling us where they live and what they are doing for the summer.

The first week went very well and was quite productive for our group. I sent out an email about myself after I found out who my group members were. I introduced myself and the times I would be available throughout the week. I met my other group members in an AIM chat room and discussed the Gantt Chart and some upcoming projects. We worked on the chart together and gave each other ideas and information to add. We all worked together on this first meeting to figure out the dates of projects and how we would spilt it up.

Here is the group 1's Gantt Chart we produced.